Song of Solomon 5 · Verse 1

Song of Solomon 5:1

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.
Song of Solomon 5:1, King James Version

Song of Solomon 5:1 in other translations

BSBI have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; 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, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.
WEBI have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Friends Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.
ASVI am come into my garden, my sister, my bride: 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.
YLTI 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!
DARBYI 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, beloved ones!
BBEI have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; to take my myrrh with my spice; my wax with my honey; my wine with my milk. Take meat, O friends; take wine, yes, be overcome with love.
WebsterI have come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh, with my spice; I have eaten my honey-comb with my honey; I have drank my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yes, drink abundantly, O beloved.

What does Song of Solomon 5:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
So 5:1-16. 1. Answer to her prayer (Is 65:24; Re 3:20). am come--already (So 4:16); "come" (Ge 28:16). sister ... spouse--As Adam's was created of his flesh, out of his opened side, there being none on earth on a level with him, so the bride out of the pierced Saviour (Ep 5:30-32). have gathered ... myrrh--His course was already complete; the myrrh, &c. (Mt 2:11; 26:7-12; Joh 19:39), emblems of the indwelling of the anointing Holy Ghost, were already gathered. spice--literally, "balsam." have eaten--answering to her "eat" (So 4:16). honeycomb--distinguished here from liquid "honey" dropping from trees. The last supper, here set forth, is one of espousal, a pledge of the future marriage (So 8:14; Re 19:9). Feasts often took place in gardens. In the absence of sugar, then unknown, honey was more widely used than with us. His eating honey with milk indicates His true, yet spotless, human nature from infancy (Is 7:15); and after His resurrection (Lu 24:42). my wine--(Joh 18:11)--a cup of wrath to Him, of mercy to us, whereby God's Word and promises become to us "milk" (Psa 19:10; 1Pe 2:2). "My" answers to "His" (So 4:16). The myrrh (emblem, by its bitterness, of repentance), honey, milk (incipient faith), wine (strong faith), in reference to believers, imply that He accepts all their graces, however various in degree. eat--He desires to make us partakers in His joy (Is 55:1, 2; Joh 6:53-57; 1Jo 1:3). drink abundantly--so as to be filled (Ep 5:18; as Hag 1:6). friends--(Joh 15:15). Canticle IV.--(So 5:2-8:4)--From the Agony of Gethsemane to the Conversion of Samaria.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

The bridegroom calls on his spouse to admit him, Sol 5:1-3. She hesitates; but arising finds him gone, seeks him, and is treated unworthily by the city watch, Sol 5:4-7. Inquires of the daughters of Jerusalem, who question her concerning her beloved, Sol 5:8, Sol 5:9. This gives her occasion to enter into a fine description of his person and accomplishments, Sol 5:10-16. Verse 1 I am come into my garden - באתי bathi, I came, or have come; this should be translated in the past tense, as the other preterite verbs in this clause. I think the latter clause of the preceding verse should come in here: "Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. I have come into my garden, my sister, callah, or spouse; I have gathered my myrrh," etc. I have taken thee for my spouse, and am perfectly satisfied that thou art pure and immaculate. Eat, O friends - drink abundantly - These are generally supposed to be the words of the bridegroom, after he returned from the nuptial chamber, and exhibited those signs of his wife's purity which the customs of those times required. This being a cause of universal joy, the entertainment is served up; and he invites his companions, and the friends of both parties, to eat and drink abundantly, as there was such a universal cause of rejoicing. Others think that these are the words of the bride to her spouse: but the original will not bear this meaning; the verbs are all plural.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Christ's answer. (Song 5:1) The disappointments of the church from her own folly. (Song 5:2-8) The excellences of Christ. (Song 5:9-16) Verse 1 See how ready Christ is to accept the invitations of his people. What little good there is in us would be lost, if he did not preserve it to himself. He also invites his beloved people to eat and drink abundantly. The ordinances in which they honour him, are means of grace.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Song of Solomon 5:1 in the original Hebrew

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בָּ֣אתִיBa.tiI have comeH935
לְגַנִּי֮le.ga.Nito garden myH1588
אֲחֹתִ֣י'a.cho.TiO sister myH269
כַלָּה֒kha.LahbrideH3618
אָרִ֤יתִי'a.Ri.tiI have gatheredH717
מוֹרִי֙mo.Rimyrrh myH4753
עִם\־'im-withH5973
בְּשָׂמִ֔יbe.sa.Mispice myH1313
אָכַ֤לְתִּי'a.Khal.tiI have eatenH398
יַעְרִי֙ya'.Rihoneycomb myH3293
עִם\־'im-withH5973
דִּבְשִׁ֔יdiv.Shihoney myH1706
שָׁתִ֥יתִיsha.Ti.tiI have drunkH8354
יֵינִ֖יyei.Niwine myH3196
עִם\־'im-withH5973
חֲלָבִ֑יcha.la.Vimilk myH2461
אִכְל֣וּ'ikh.LueatH398
רֵעִ֔יםre.'ImO friendsH7453
שְׁת֥וּshe.TudrinkH8354
וְשִׁכְר֖וּve.shikh.Ruand become drunkH7937
דּוֹדִֽים\׃\ \סdo.DimO loversH1730

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Cross references for Song of Solomon 5:1

  • Song of Solomon 6:2

    My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

  • Song of Solomon 4:16

    Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

  • Revelation 22:17

    And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

  • Song of Solomon 4:9-14

    Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. …

  • Isaiah 55:1-2

    Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

  • Song of Solomon 8:13

    Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.

  • Isaiah 58:11

    And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

  • Isaiah 66:14

    And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.

  • Isaiah 51:3

    For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

  • Proverbs 9:5

    Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

  • Isaiah 61:11

    For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

  • John 3:29

    He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 Christ awakes the church with his calling.
2 The church having a taste of Christ's love, is sick of love.
9 A description of Christ by his graces.

come.
4:16; 6:2,11; 8:13; Isa 5:1; 51:3; 58:11; 61:11; Joh 14:21-23
my sister.
4:9-12; 8:1; Heb 2:12-14
I have gathered.
4:13,14; Ps 147:11; Isa 53:11
eat.
De 16:13-17; 26:10-14; 2Ch 31:6-10; Ps 16:3; Isa 23:18; 55:1,2
Isa 62:8,9; 65:13; 66:14; Mt 25:40; Ac 11:29; 2Co 9:11-15; Eph 5:18
1Th 3:8,9
friends.
Lu 12:4; 15:6,7,9,10; Joh 3:29; 15:14,15
yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. or, and be drunken withloves.
Zec 9:15-17; Re 22:17

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Context

  • Song of Solomon 5:1

    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.

  • Song of Solomon 5:2

    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.

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Song of Solomon 5:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		YO vine á mi huerto, oh hermana, esposa mía: cogido he mi mirra y mis aromas; he comido mi panal y mi miel, mi vino y mi leche he bebido. Comed, amigos; bebed, amados, y embriagaos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Je suis venu dans mon jardin, ma sœur, ma fiancée! J’ai cueilli ma myrrhe avec mes aromates, j’ai mangé mon rayon de miel avec mon miel, j’ai bu mon vin avec mon lait. Mangez, amis; buvez, buvez abondamment, bien-aimés!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ich bin in meinen Garten gekommen, meine Schwester, meine Braut, habe meine Myrrhe gepflückt samt meinem Balsam, habe meine Wabe gegessen samt meinem Honig, meinen Wein getrunken samt meiner Milch. Esset, Freunde; trinket und berauschet euch, Geliebte!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Veniat dilectus meus in hortum suum, et comedat fructum pomorum suorum. Veni in hortum meum, soror mea, sponsa; messui myrrham meam cum aromatibus meis; comedi favum cum melle meo; bibi vinum meum cum lacte meo; comedite, amici, et bibite, et inebriamini, carissimi.