Song of Solomon 5:6

I opened to my kinsman; 1 My kinsman was gone: 1 My soul failed at his speech: 1 I sought him, but found him not; 1 I called him, but he answered me not. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.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 kinsman; 1 My hands dropped myrrh, 1 My fingers choice myrrh, 1 On the handles of the lock. 1

7The watchmen that go their rounds in the city found me, 1 They smote me, they wounded me; 1 The keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 42:28And he said to his brethren, My money has been restored to me, and behold this is in my sack. And their heart was wonder struck, and they were troubled, saying one to another, What is this that God has done to us?

2 Samuel 16:10And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? even let him alone, and so let him curse, for the Lord has told him to curse David: and who shall say, Why hast thou done thus?

Psalms 28:1A Psalm of David on the occasion of the solemn assembly of the Tabernacle. 1 Bring to the Lord, ye sons of God, 1 Bring to the Lord young rams; 1 Bring to the Lord glory and honor. 1

Psalms 69:3Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek my soul: 1 Let them be turned backward and put to shame, that wish me evil. 1

Psalms 80:4Blow the trumpet at the new moon, 1 In the glorious day of your feast. 1

Proverbs 1:28For it shall be that when ye call upon me, I will not hearken to you: 1 Wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find me. 1

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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