Song of Solomon 5:8

I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you see my loved one, what will you say to him? That I am overcome with love.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

In Context

7The keepers who go about the town overtook me; they gave me blows and wounds; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

9What is your loved one more than another, O fairest among women? What is your loved one more than another, that you say this to us?

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Cross References

Psalms 63:1A Psalm. Of David. When he was in the waste land of Judah.

Psalms 119:81CAPH My soul is wasted with desire for your salvation: but I have hope in your word.

Song of Solomon 2:7I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, do not let love be moved till it is ready.

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

Galatians 6:1Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.

Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 5:3-9

The Love of Christ to the Church; Spiritual Desertion. 2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. 3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? 4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. 5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with… Read the whole commentary →

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