Song of Solomon 5:4
My kinsman put forth his hand by the hole of the door, and my belly was moved for him.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
In Context
3I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?
Cross References
1 Kings 3:26And the woman whose the living child was, answered and said to the king, (for her + 3:26 Gr. her womb was troubled.bowels yearned over her son) and she said, I pray thee, my lord, give her the child, and in nowise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor hers; divide it.
Song of Solomon 1:4They have drawn thee: we will run after thee, for the smell of thine ointments: the king has brought me into his closet: let us rejoice and be glad in thee; we will love thy breasts more than wine: righteousness loves thee.
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 →