Song of Solomon 8:4 BSB

Song of Solomon 8:4

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

KJV

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

That ye stir not up - literally, as in the margin. For “my love” read as before love. The omission of “the roes and hinds” here is noticeable. Hebrew scholars regard this charge here and elsewhere Son 2:7; Son 3:5 as an admonition to Israel not to attempt obtaining a possession of, or restoration to, the promised land, and union or reunion there with the Holy One, before being inwardly prepared for it by the trials of the wilderness and the exile. This interpretation comes very near to what appears to be the genuine literal meaning (see Son 2:7 note).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The Christian church was raised up from a low and desolate condition by the grace of Christ relied on, Gal. iv. Particular believers are amiable, nay, admirable, and divine grace is to be admired in them, when by the power of that grace they are brought up from the wilderness, leaning with a holy confidence and complacency upon Jesus Christ their beloved.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי	hish.Ba'.ti	I adjure	H7650 →
אֶתְכֶ֖ם	'et.Khem	<obj.> you	H853 →
בְּנ֣וֹת	be.Not	O daughters of	H1323 →
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם	ye.ru.sha.Lim	Jerusalem	H3389 →
מַה־	mah-	why?	H4100 →
תָּעִ֧ירוּ׀	ta.'I.ru	will you awaken	H5782 →
וּֽמַה־	u.mah-	and why?	H4100 →
תְּעֹֽרְר֛וּ	te.'o.re.Ru	will you arouse	H5782 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָאַהֲבָ֖ה	ha.'a.ha.Vah	<the> love	H160 →
עַ֥ד	'ad	until	H5704 →
שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃ ס	she.tech.Patz	that it will please	H2654 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk7

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Song of Solomon 3:5
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
leads to
- Song of Solomon 2:7
  O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
- Micah 4:8
  And you, O watchtower of the flock, O stronghold of the Daughter of Zion—the former dominion will be restored to you; sovereignty will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem.”
Through
Song of Solomon 2:7
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
leads to
- Song of Solomon 3:5
  O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
- Song of Solomon 1:5
  I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
- Song of Solomon 5:8–9
  O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
- Proverbs 5:19
  A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
- Song of Solomon 5:16
  His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.