Geneva Study Bible By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. By {a} night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
(a) The Church by night, that is, in troubles, seeks Christ, but is not incontinently heard. I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will {b} seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
(b) Showing that although we are not heard at first, yet we must still continue in prayer, till we feel comfort. The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? The {c} watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
(c) Which declares that we must seek to all of whom we hope to have any help. It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. {d} I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
(d) Read Geneva So 2:7 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant? Who is this that cometh out of the {e} wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
(e) This refers to the Church of Israel which was led in the wilderness for forty years. Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel. Behold his {f} bed, which is Solomon's; sixty valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
(f) By the bed is meant the temple which Solomon made. They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear {g} in the night.
(g) He alludes to the watch which kept the temple. King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem. He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart. Go forth, O ye {h} daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the {i} crown with which his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart. (h) All you that are of the number of the faithful. (i) Christ became man, was crowned by the love of God with the glorious crown of his divinity. The Geneva Bible Translation Notes [1599] Bible Hub |
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