Song of Solomon 5 · Verse 4

Song of Solomon 5:4

My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
Song of Solomon 5:4, King James Version

Song of Solomon 5:4 in other translations

BSBMy beloved put his hand to the latch; my heart pounded for him.
WEBMy beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him.
ASVMy beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, And my heart was moved for him.
YLTMy beloved sent his hand from the net-work, And my bowels were moved for him.
DARBYMy beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door; And my bowels yearned for him.
BBEMy loved one put his hand on the door, and my heart was moved for him.
WebsterMy beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.

What does Song of Solomon 5:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. A key in the East is usually a piece of wood with pegs in it corresponding to small holes in a wooden bolt within, and is put through a hole in the door, and thus draws the bolt. So Jesus Christ "puts forth His hand (namely, His Spirit, Eze 3:14), by (Hebrew, 'from,' so in So 2:9) the hole"; in "chastening" (Psa 38:2; Re 3:14-22, singularly similar to this passage), and other unexpected ways letting Himself in (Lu 22:61, 62). bowels ... moved for him--It is His which are first troubled for us, and which cause ours to be troubled for Him (Jr 31:20; Ho 11:8).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 My beloved put in his hand - If it were a real scene, which is mentioned in this and the two following verses, it must refer, from the well-known use of the metaphors, to matrimonial endearments. Or, it may refer to his attempts to open the door, when she hesitated to arise, on the grounds mentioned Sol 5:3. But this also bears every evidence of a dream.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Song of Solomon 5:2-8

Churches and believers, by carelessness and security, provoke Christ to withdraw. We ought to notice our spiritual slumbers and distempers. Christ knocks to awaken us, knocks by his word and Spirit, knocks by afflictions and by our consciences; thus, Rev. 3:20. When we are unmindful of Christ, still he thinks of us. Christ's love to us should engage ours to him, even in the most self-denying instances; and we only…

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Song of Solomon 5:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

דּוֹדִ֗יdo.Dilover myH1730
שָׁלַ֤חsha.Lachhe sentH7971
יָדוֹ֙ya.Dohand hisH3027
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הַחֹ֔רha.Chorthe holeH2356
וּמֵעַ֖יu.me.'Aiand inward parts myH4578
הָמ֥וּha.Muthey were turbulentH1993
עָלָֽיו\׃'a.Lavon himH5921

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Cross references for Song of Solomon 5:4

  • Philippians 2:13

    For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

  • Song of Solomon 1:4

    Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

  • Acts 16:14

    And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

  • 2 Corinthians 8:16

    But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.

  • 1 Kings 3:26

    Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.

  • Psalms 110:3

    Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.

  • Genesis 43:30

    And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.

  • 2 Corinthians 8:1-2

    Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

  • Isaiah 26:8-9

    Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

  • 1 John 3:16-17

    Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
put.
1:4; Ps 110:3; Ac 16:14; 2Co 8:1,2,16; Php 2:13
my bowels.
Ge 43:30; 1Ki 3:26; Isa 26:8,9; 1Jo 3:16,17
for him. or, (as some read,) in me.

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Context

  • Song of Solomon 5:3

    I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

  • Song of Solomon 5:4

    My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.

  • Song of Solomon 5:5

    I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

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Song of Solomon 5:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mi amado metió su mano por el agujero, y mis entrañas se conmovieron dentro de mí.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mon bien-aimé a avancé sa main par le guichet, et mes entrailles se sont émues à cause de lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Mein Geliebter streckte seine Hand durch die Öffnung und mein Inneres ward seinetwegen erregt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dilectus meus misit manum suam per foramen, et venter meus intremuit ad tactum ejus.