Song of Solomon 3:5

I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, let not love be moved till it is ready.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4I was but a little way from them, when I came face to face with him who is the love of my soul. I took him by the hands, and did not let him go, till I had taken him into my mother's house, and into the room of her who gave me birth.

6Who is this coming out of the waste places like pillars of smoke, perfumed with sweet spices, with all the spices of the trader?

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 2:6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand is round about me.

Song of Solomon 8:4I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not let love be moved till it is ready.

Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 3:2-6

The Love of the Church to Christ. 1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. 2 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. 3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? 4 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… Read the whole commentary →

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