Song of Solomon 8:5
Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple tree I awoke thee. There thy mother was in travail with thee. There she who brought thee forth was in travail.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake love, until it please.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 32:8With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
Psalms 63:8My soul follows close after thee. Thy right hand upholds me,
Psalms 107:2Let the redeemed of LORD say [so], whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
Song of Solomon 3:4It was but a little that I passed from them when I found him whom my soul loves. 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 who conceived me.
Song of Solomon 3:11Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown with which his mother has crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Song of Solomon 6:10Who is she who looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, sublime as an army with banners?
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 8:2-5
The Love of the Church to Christ. 1 O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised. 2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate. 3 His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. 4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he… Read the whole commentary →