Song of Solomon 5:2

I sleepe, but mine heart waketh, it is the voyce of my welbeloued that knocketh, saying, Open vnto mee, my sister, my loue, my doue, my vndefiled: for mine head is full of dewe, and my lockes with the droppes of the night.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I gathered my myrrhe with my spice: I ate mine hony combe with mine hony, I dranke my wine with my milke: eate, O friends, drinke, and make you merie, O welbeloued.

3I haue put off my coate, howe shall I put it on? I haue washed my feete, howe shall I defile them?

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Cross References

Genesis 29:20And Iaakob serued seuen yeres for Rahel, and they seemed vnto him but a few dayes, because he loued her.

Psalms 24:7Lift vp your heads ye gates, and be ye lift vp ye euerlasting doores, and the King of glory shall come in.

Psalms 119:1ALEPH. Blessed are those that are vpright in their way, and walke in the Lawe of the Lord.

Song of Solomon 2:8It is the voyce of my welbeloued: beholde, hee commeth leaping by the mountaines, and skipping by the hilles.

Song of Solomon 2:14My doue, that art in the holes of ye rocke, in the secret places of the staires, shewe mee thy sight, let mee heare thy voyce: for thy voyce is sweete, and thy sight comely.

Song of Solomon 4:7Thou art all faire, my loue, and there is no spot in thee.

Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 5:2

The Love of Christ to the Church. 1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. These words are Christ's answer to the church's prayer in the close of the foregoing chapter, Let my beloved come into his garden; here he has come, and lets her know it. See how ready God is to hear prayer, how ready Christ is to accept the invitations that his… Read the whole commentary →

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