the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Song of Solomon 8:13
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There you are, sitting in the garden. Friends are listening to your voice. Let me hear it too!
Young Man
O my darling, lingering in the gardens, your companions are fortunate to hear your voice. Let me hear it, too!You that dwell in the gardens, The companions listen for your voice: Cause me to hear it.
You who live in the gardens, my friends are listening for your voice; let me hear it.
The Lover to His Beloved:
O you who stay in the gardens, my companions are listening attentively for your voice; let me be the one to hear it!Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear [it].
You who dwell in the gardens, with friends in attendance, Let me hear your voice! Beloved
"O you who sit in the gardens, My companions are listening for your voice— Let me hear it."
He
O you who dwell in the gardens, with companions listening for your voice; let me hear it.Frendis herkene thee, that dwellist in orchertis; make thou me to here thi vois.
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken for thy voice: cause me to hear it.
You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!
He Speaks: You are in the garden with friends all around. Let me hear your voice!
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, The companions hearken for thy voice: Cause me to hear it.
You who have your resting-place in the gardens, the friends give ear to your voice; make me give ear to it.
[He]
You who live in the garden, friends are listening for your voice. Let me hear it! —Thou that dwellest in the gardens, The companions hearken to thy voice: Let me hear [it].
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken for thy voice: 'Cause me to hear it.'
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to heare it.
"O you who sit in the gardens, my friends are listening for your voice. Let me hear it."
O you who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice; let me hear it.
O thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken vnto thy voyce: cause me to heare it.
Those who sit in the gardens and listen to your voice, have reported your words to me.
Let me hear your voice from the garden, my love; my companions are waiting to hear you speak.
HEO thou fair dweller in the gardens, the companions are giving heed to thy voice, Let me hear it.
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the friends hearken: make me hear thy voice.
O you who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice; let me hear it.
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, O let me heare thy voyce, that my companions may hearken to the same.
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: make me hear it.
You who dwell in the gardens,companions are listening for your voice;let me hear you!
You who dwell in the gardens, with friends in attendance, Let me hear your voice! Beloved
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
O you who dwell in the garden, my companions are listening to your voice. Let me hear it!
You who dwell in the gardens, the companions are listening to your voice; cause me to hear it .
The companions are attending to thy voice, Cause me to hear. Flee, my beloved, and be like to a roe,
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, O let me heare thy voyce, that my companyons maye herken to the same.
Oh, lady of the gardens, my friends are with me listening. Let me hear your voice!
"You who sit in the gardens: My companions are listening for your voice— Let me hear it!"
"O you who sit in the gardens, My companions are listening for your voice— Let me hear it!"
"O you who sit in the gardens,My companions are giving heed to your voice—Let me hear it!"
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
dwellest: Song of Solomon 2:13, Song of Solomon 4:16, Song of Solomon 6:2, Song of Solomon 6:11, Song of Solomon 7:11, Song of Solomon 7:12, Matthew 18:20, Matthew 28:20, John 14:21-23
the companions: Song of Solomon 1:7, Song of Solomon 3:7-11, Song of Solomon 5:9-16, Judges 11:38, Judges 14:11, Psalms 45:14
cause: Song of Solomon 2:14, Psalms 50:15, John 14:13, John 14:14, John 15:7, John 16:24
Reciprocal: Song of Solomon 5:1 - come Luke 13:19 - cast John 10:3 - the sheep
Cross-References
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thou that dwellest in the gardens,.... These are the words of Christ to the church, describing her by her habitation, and may be rendered, "O thou, inhabitress of the gardens" i; the word used being in the feminine gender, which determines the sense of it, as belonging to the church: but the Septuagint version renders it by a word in the masculine gender; and so Ambrose k, who interprets the words as spoken by the church to Christ; though he observes that Symmachus and Aquila interpret them as the words of Christ to the church. By the "gardens" are meant particular congregations, the dwelling places of the church, and where she has work to do by her ministers, to plant, water, prune, and dress the gardens; and of particular believers, whose business it is to attend on the ministry of the word, and other ordinances; and dwelling here may denote diligence and constant attendance here, and which is approved of by Christ, and well pleasing to him: and it is honourable, as well as profitable and delightful, to have a place in these gardens, and especially an abiding one; and indeed those, to whom Christ gives a place and a name here, are in no danger of being turned or driven out, as Adam was from Eden;
the companions hearken to thy voice; meaning either the divine Persons, the Father and the Holy Ghost, as Piscator; the companions of Christ, of the same nature, perfections, and glory with him; who listen to what the church and true believers say to them and to one another, Malachi 3:16; or the angels, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra, the friends of Christ and his people, who hearken to the conversation of believers, in private and public; and especially to the Gospel, preached in the assembly of the saints, Ephesians 3:10; or rather the daughters of Jerusalem, who all along attend the bride in this Song, and are the virgins her companions, Psalms 45:14; and it is a title that belongs to all truly gracious souls, Psalms 122:8; who hearken to the voice of the church, to the Gospel, preached by her ministers; which is a joyful sound, and gives great delight and pleasure;
cause me to hear [it]; that is, her voice; so sweet and charming to him, as in Song of Solomon 2:14; her voice in prayer and praise; in speaking of him, his person, offices, and grace, to others, and confessing his name before men. Some render the words, "preach me" l; and then the sense is, seeing the companions flock unto thee, and listen with great attention and pleasure to thy voice, take the opportunity of preaching me unto them; let my person, righteousness, and grace, be the subject of thy ministry: and which was done in the first times of the Gospel, by the apostles; has been, more or less, ever since, by faithful ministers; and will be continued until the second coming of Christ, prayed for in Song of Solomon 8:14.
i ×××ש×ת "quae habitas", V. L. Pagninus, Brightman, Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Mercerus, Michaelis "quae sedes", Cocceius. k Enarrat. in Psal. lxxii. octon. 22. p. 1068. l ×ש×××¢× × "in praedica me", Junius & Tremellius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The poem having opened with the song of a chorus in praise of the king Song of Solomon 1:2-4, concludes with a versicle recited by the bride, repeating the last words of her former strain Song of Solomon 2:17, with one significant change. She no longer thinks of the possibility of separation. The âMountains of Betherâ (division) of Song of Solomon 2:17, are now âMountains of Besamimâ (spices). His haunts and hers are henceforth the same (compare Song of Solomon 4:6).
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Song of Solomon 8:13. Thou that dwellest in the gardens — This is supposed to refer to the bridegroom asking permission of his spouse early in the morning to retire, as was his usual custom. He intimates the companions were waiting to hear, and he wished to hear it in the way of permission to depart.
