Song of Solomon 5:2

I am sleeping, but my heart waketh: The sound of my beloved knocking! 'Open to me, my sister, my friend, My dove, my perfect one, For my head is filled [with] dew, My locks [with] drops of the night.'

Young's Literal Translation

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 have come in to my garden, my sister-spouse, I have plucked my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my comb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, drink, Yea, drink abundantly, O beloved ones!

3I have put off my coat, how do I put it on? I have washed my feet, how do I defile them?

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Cross References

Genesis 29:20and Jacob serveth for Rachel seven years; and they are in his eyes as some days, because of his loving her.

Psalms 24:7Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory!

Psalms 119:1[Aleph.] O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,

Song of Solomon 2:8The voice of my beloved! lo, this — he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.

Song of Solomon 2:14My dove, in clefts of the rock, In a secret place of the ascent, Cause me to see thine appearance, Cause me to hear thy voice, For thy voice [is] sweet, and thy appearance comely.

Song of Solomon 4:7Thou [art] all fair, my friend, And a blemish there is not in thee. Come from Lebanon, O spouse,

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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