the Week of Proper 13 / Ordinary 18
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THE MESSAGE
Song of Solomon 4:5
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Your breasts are like two fawns,twins of a gazelle, that feed among the lilies.
Your two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe, Which feed among the lilies.
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, that graze among the lilies.
"Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle That graze among the lilies.
Your breasts are like two fawns, like twins of a gazelle, feeding among the lilies.
"Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle Which feed among the lilies.
Your two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe, Which feed among the lilies.
Thy two breastes are as two young roes that are twinnes, feeding among the lilies.
Your two breasts are like two fawns,Twins of a gazelleWhich feed among the lilies.
Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
Your breasts are perfect; they are twin deer feeding among lilies.
Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among lilies.
Thy two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, Which feed among the lilies.
Your breasts are like twin fawns, like twins of a gazelle, feeding among the lilies.
Your two breasts are like two young roes, twins of a gazelle, which feed among the lilies.
Your breasts are like gazelles, twin deer feeding among lilies.
Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle that feed among the lilies.
Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, feeding among the lilies.
Thy two brestes are like two twyns of yonge roes, which fede amoge the lilies.
Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe, Which feed among the lilies.
Your two breasts are like two young roes of the same birth, which take their food among the lilies.
Thy two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a gazelle, which feed among the lilies.
Thy two breasts, are like two yong Roes, that are twinnes, which feed among the lillies.
Thy two breastes are lyke two twinnes of young Roes, whiche feede among roses.
Thy two breasts are as two twin fawns, that feed among the lilies.
Thy two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a roe, which feed among the lilies.
Thi twei tetis ben as twey kidis, twynnes of a capret, that ben fed in lilies,
Your two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe, Which feed among the lilies.
Thy two breasts [are] like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of the gazelle grazing among the lilies.
Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle, Which feed among the lilies.
Your breasts are like two fawns, twin fawns of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
Your two breasts are like two young deer, the two young ones of a gazelle, that eat among the lilies.
Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, that feed among the lilies.
Thy two breasts, are like two young roes, twins of a gazelle, - which pasture among lilies.
Thy two breasts like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, that feed among the lilies.
Thy two breasts [are] as two fawns, Twins of a roe, that are feeding among lilies.
"Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle Which feed among the lilies.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
two breasts: Song of Solomon 1:13, Song of Solomon 7:3, Song of Solomon 7:7, Song of Solomon 8:1, Song of Solomon 8:10, Proverbs 5:19, Isaiah 66:10-12, 1 Peter 2:2
feed: Song of Solomon 2:16, Song of Solomon 6:3
Reciprocal: Song of Solomon 8:8 - she hath Ezekiel 16:7 - whereas Hosea 14:5 - he shall
Cross-References
God said, "What have you done! The voice of your brother's blood is calling to me from the ground. From now on you'll get nothing but curses from this ground; you'll be driven from this ground that has opened its arms to receive the blood of your murdered brother. You'll farm this ground, but it will no longer give you its best. You'll be a homeless wanderer on Earth."
Moses' temper blazed white-hot. He said to God , "Don't accept their Grain-Offering. I haven't taken so much as a single donkey from them; I haven't hurt a single hair of their heads."
By an act of faith, Abel brought a better sacrifice to God than Cain. It was what he believed, not what he brought, that made the difference. That's what God noticed and approved as righteous. After all these centuries, that belief continues to catch our notice.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thy two breasts [are] like two young roes that are twins,.... Or, "two fawns, the twins of a doe": Providence, as Plutarch observes p, has given to women two breasts, that, should they have twins, both might have a fountain of nourishment; and are fitly compared to twins of the doe. The hind, for the most part, brings but one roe at a time; but there are some, the philosopher says q, bring twins; by which the beauty of the breasts is expressed: "young roes" may point at the smallness of them, large breasts are not accounted handsome; and "twins", at their equal size and shape, not one larger nor higher than the other, that would be a deformity; twins are generally alike;
which feed among the lilies; and are fat and plump: the allusion may be to the putting of lilies in the bosom, between the breasts, as other flowers; lilies are reckoned among the decorations of women, in the Apocryha:
"And pulled off the sackcloth which she had on, and put off the garments of her widowhood, and washed her body all over with water, and anointed herself with precious ointment, and braided the hair of her head, and put on a tire upon it, and put on her garments of gladness, wherewith she was clad during the life of Manasses her husband.'' (Judith 10:3)
or rather to the creatures mentioned, the roes and hinds, which feed among lilies, in fields where lilies grow; for these grow in fields as well as in gardens, and are called the "lilies of the field", Matthew 6:28; and we read r sometimes of harts and hinds among lilies. By "breasts" may be meant, either the ministers of the word, who impart "the sincere milk of the word", and who deliver out the nourishing doctrines of grace, like milk out of the breast, 1 Corinthians 3:2; and may be like to "roes" for their affection to those who are under their ministry; and pleasant to them, to whom they are made useful; and for their sharp sightedness and penetration into the mysteries of grace; and for their quick dispatch in doing their work, though through many difficulties, which, like young roes, they leap and skip over: and "two" of them show a sufficient number of them Christ provides for his church; and being "twins" express their equal authority, and harmony of doctrine; and feeding "among lilies" is where Christ himself feeds, Song of Solomon 2:16; where Christ feeds they feed, and where they feed Christ feeds, even among his saints, comparable to lilies, Song of Solomon 2:2; or these "breasts" may design the two Testaments, the Old and New, which contain the whole sincere milk of the word; are like "young roes", pleasant and delightful to believers; and, as "twins", are alike, agree in their doctrines concerning Christ, and the blessings of grace through him; the types, figures, prophecies, and promises of the one, have their completion in the other; and both abound with the lilies of Gospel doctrines and promises: though rather these "breasts" may point at the two ordinances of the Gospel, baptism, and the Lord's supper; which are breasts of consolation to believers, out of which they suck, and are satisfied; and through feeding on Christ in both, they receive much nourishment and strength; and are very amiable and lovely to the saints, when they enjoy the presence of Christ in them, and have the discoveries of his love to them; and may be said to be "twins", being both instituted by Christ, and both lead unto him, and require the same subjects; and are received and submitted to by saints, comparable to lilies, as before.
p De Liberis Educand. vol. 2. p. 3. q Aristot. de Animal. l. 6. c. 29. r "En aspicis ilium, candida qui medius cubat inter lilia, cervum?" Calphurnius apud Bochart. Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 3. c. 24. col. 924.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Song of Solomon 4:5. Thy two breasts are like two young roes — I have met with many attempts to support this similitude, or rather to show that there is a similitude; but I judge them unworthy of citation. The poet speaks the language of nature; and in a case of this kind, where the impassioned lover attempts to describe the different perfections of his bride, language often fails him, and his comparisons and similitudes are often without strict correctness. In love songs we have heard ladies' necks compared to that of the swan, not only for its whiteness, but also for its length! The description here shows more of nature than of art, which I consider a high recommendation.
Feed among the lilies. — It may be the nipples especially, which the poet compares to the two young roes; and the lilies may refer to the whiteness of the breasts themselves.
