Song of Solomon 8:4
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
Song of Solomon 8:4 in other translations
| BSB | O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right. |
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| WEB | I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires. |
| ASV | I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please. |
| YLT | I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, How ye stir up, And how ye wake the love till she please! |
| DARBY | I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem,...Why should ye stir up, why awake my love, till he please? |
| BBE | I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not let love be moved till it is ready. |
| Webster | I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not, nor awake my love, until he please. |
What does Song of Solomon 8:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Song of Solomon 8:3-4
3-4. The "left and right hand," &c., occurred only once actually (So 2:6), and here optatively. Only at His first manifestation did the Church palpably embrace Him; at His second coming there shall be again sensible communion with Him. The rest in So 8:4, which is a spiritual realization of the wish in So 8:3 (1Pe 1:8), and the charge not to disturb it, close the first, second, and fourth canticles; not the third…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Song of Solomon 8:1-4
Desire for communion with Christ. (Song 8:1-4) The vehemence of this desire. (Song 8:5-7) The church pleads for others. (Song 8:8-12) And prays for Christ's coming. (Song 8:13,14) Verses 1-4 The church wishes for the constant intimacy and freedom with the Lord Jesus that a sister has with a brother. That they might be as his brethren, which they are, when by grace they are made partakers of a Divine nature. Christ…
Song of Solomon 8:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Song of Solomon 8:4
- Song of Solomon 2:7
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
- Song of Solomon 3:5
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
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Context
- Song of Solomon 8:3
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
- Song of Solomon 8:4
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
- Song of Solomon 8:5
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
Song of Solomon 8:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Conjúroos, oh doncellas de Jerusalem, que no despertéis, ni hagáis velar al amor, hasta que quiera. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Je vous adjure, filles de Jérusalem, pourquoi éveilleriez-vous, et pourquoi réveilleriez-vous mon amour, avant qu’elle le veuille! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ich beschwöre euch, Töchter Jerusalems, daß ihr nicht wecket noch aufwecket die Liebe, bis es ihr gefällt! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Adjuro vos, filiæ Jerusalem, ne suscitetis, neque evigilare faciatis dilectam, donec ipsa velit. |