Song of Solomon 5:6

I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had turned away, and was gone. My soul failed me when he spoke. I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

In Context

5I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with flowing myrrh, upon the handles of the bar.

7The watchmen that go about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:28And he said unto his brethren: 'My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack.' And their heart failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying: 'What is this that God hath done unto us?'

2 Samuel 16:10And the king said: 'What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? So let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him: Curse David; who then shall say: Wherefore hast thou done so?'

Psalms 28:1A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I call; my Rock, be not Thou deaf unto me; lest, if Thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Psalms 69:3(69-4) I am weary of my crying; my throat is dried; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Psalms 80:4(80-5) O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt Thou be angry against the prayer of Thy people?

Proverbs 1:28Then will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me.

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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