Self-interpreting Bible

Song Of Solomon 8

1The love of the church to Christ. 6The vehemency of love. 8The calling of the Gentiles. 14The church prayeth for Christ's coming.

1 O THAT ^athou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee ^*without, ^bI would kiss thee; yea, ¹I should not be despised.

a: Is. 7:14 , Is. 9:6 , Is. 4:2 , He. 2:11 , He. 2:12 , He. 2:14 , Jn. 1:14 , Jn. 2:11
*: without-outside.
b: Ps. 2:12 , Jn. 9:12 , Jn. 9:28 , Jn. 7:48 , Jn. 7:52 , 1Co. 1:23 , 1Co. 1:24
1: Heb. they should not despise me.

2 I would ^clead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: ^dI would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my ^epomegranate.

c: Ca. 3:4 , Ga. 4:26
d: Pr. 9:2 , Pr. 9:5 , Ca. 7:9 , Ca. 7:12 , Ca. 4:10 , Ca. 5:1
e: Ca. 4:3

3 His ^fleft hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.

f: Ca. 2:6 , De. 33:27 , 2Co. 12:9 , Zep. 3:17 , Is. 62:4 , Is. 62:5

4 ^gI charge you, ^hO daughters of Jerusalem, ²that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.

g: Ca. 2:7 , Ca. 3:5
h: Ca. 1:5
2: Heb. why should ye stir up, or, why.

5 ⁱWho is this that ³cometh up ^jfrom the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? ^kI raised thee up under the apple tree: there ^lthy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

i: Ca. 3:6 , Ca. 6:10
3: Or, goeth up.
j: Ca. 2:10 , Ca. 4:8 , 1Jn. 5:4 , Ps. 45:10 , Ps. 45:11 , Col. 3:1 , Col. 3:5
k: Ca. 2:3 , Ho. 12:4
l: Ca. 3:11 , Mat. 12:50 , Ga. 4:19 , Col. 1:27

6 ¶^mSet me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: ⁿfor love is strong as death; jealousy is ⁴cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

m: Is. 49:16 , Je. 22:24 , Hag. 2:23 , 2Ti. 2:19
n: Jn. 21:17 , Phi. 3:8 , Phi. 3:9 , Ps. 73:25 , Ps. 13:1 - 4 , Ps. 42:1 , Ps. 63:1 , Ps. 84:2 , Is. 26:8 , Is. 26:9 , Pr. 6:34 , Pr. 6:35 , Ro. 8:35
4: Heb. hard.

7 ^oMany waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: ^pif a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be ^*contemned.

o: Ps. 32:6 , Ps. 18:4 , Ps. 69:1 , Ps. 69:2 , Is. 8:7 , Mat. 7:27
p: Pr. 6:35 , Ps. 73:25 , Phi. 3:7 - 9 , 2Co. 5:14
*: contemned-despised, treated with contempt.

8 ¶We have ^qa little sister, and ^rshe hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day ^swhen she shall be ^*spoken for?

q: Eze. 23:33 , Ge. 49:10 , Ps. 22:27 , Ps. 2:8 , Ep. 2:12 , Ep. 4:17
r: Eze. 16:7
s: Is. 11:10 , Is. 49:6 , Is. 49:12 , Is. 54:5 , Is. 60:3 , Is. 60:5 , Is. 60:10 , Is. 60:11 , Ac. 11:19 - 23
*: spoken for-asked in marriage.

9 ^tIf she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and ^uif she be a door, we will ^*inclose her with boards of cedar.

t: Mat. 16:18 , Ep. 2:22 , Re. 21:12 , Re. 21:14 , Re. 21:19
u: Ac. 14:27 , 1Co. 16:9 , Re. 3:8 , Ca. 1:10 , Ca. 1:11
*: inclose-surround.

10 I am ^va wall, and my breasts like ^wtowers: then was I in his eyes as one that found ⁵favour.

v: Col. 2:7 , Ca. 7:3 , Ca. 7:7 , vs. 20 , vs. 21 , Eze. 16:7
w: Ca. 5:13
5: Heb. peace, Ro. 5.1,10. , Ro. 5:1 , Ro. 5:10

11 ^xSolomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

x: Is. 5:1 , Is. 5:7 , Mat. 20:1 - 7 , Mat. 21:33 - 43 , Mat. 25:14 - 30 , He. 13:17 , Ec. 2:4

12 My ^yvineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, ^zO Solomon, must have a thousand, and ^athose that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

y: Ca. 1:6 , Ps. 119:9 , Ps. 119:11 , Pr. 4:23 , 1Ti. 4:16 , Ac. 20:28
z: Ro. 14:8 , 2Co. 5:15 , Ps. 72:17 - 19 , Is. 53:12
a: 1Ti. 5:17 , 1Th. 2:19 , 1Th. 2:20

13 ^bThou that dwellest in the gardens, ^cthe companions hearken to thy voice: ^dcause me to hear it.

b: Ca. 2:12 , Ca. 2:13 , Ca. 4:12 - 14 , Ca. 6:2 , Ca. 6:11 , Ca. 7:11 , Ca. 7:12
c: Ca. 1:5 , Ca. 1:6 , Ca. 2:7 , Ca. 3:7 - 11 , Ca. 5:8 - 16
d: Ca. 2:14 , Ps. 50:15

14 ¶⁶Make haste, my beloved, and ^ebe thou like to a roe or to a young ^*hart upon the mountains of spices.

6: Heb. Flee away. Re. 22.17,20. ch. 1.2; 2.17. Lu. 19.12. , Re. 22:17 , Re. 22:20 , Ca. 1:2 , Ca. 2:17 , Lu. 19:12
e: Ca. 2:9 , Ca. 2:17
*: hart-deer. Ga. 4.29. , Ga. 4:29