שיר השירים 1:1

Hebrew Modern Translation

שיר השירים אשר לשלמה׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
שיר השירים אשר לשלמה

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
שִׁ֥יר הַשִּׁירִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִשְׁלֹמֹֽה ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים אֲשֶׁר לִשְׁלֹמֹֽה ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

song: Psalms 14:1, *title Isaiah 5:1

Solomon's: 1 Kings 4:32

Reciprocal: Psalms 45:1 - A song Song of Solomon 2:4 - banqueting house Ephesians 5:32 - speak Colossians 3:16 - and spiritual

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Song of songs, which [is] Solomon's. Wrote by Solomon, king of Israel, as the "amanuensis" of the Holy Ghost; and not by Hezekiah and his men, as the Jews say k: or, "concerning Solomon" l; Christ, of whom Solomon was a type; see Song of Solomon 3:7; of his person, excellencies, love to his church, care of her, and concern for her; and of the nearness and communion he admitted her to, and indulged her with the Jews have a saying m, that wherever the word Solomon is used in this song, the Holy One is meant, the holy God, or Messiah: it is called "the Song of songs", because the most excellent, as the Holy of holies, King of kings, c. which, with the Hebrews, express a superlative this being more excellent than the one hundred and five songs, written by Solomon, or than any human composure whatever; yea, preferable to all Scriptural songs, as to subject, manner of style, and copiousness of it.

k T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 15. 1. l לשלמה "de Solomone", Cocceius. m Maimon. Yesode Hatorah, c. 6. s. 12.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The “Song of songs,” i. e., the best or most excellent of songs.

Which is Solomon’s - literally, “to” or “for Solomon,” i. e., belonging to Solomon as its author or concerning him as its subject. In a title or inscription, the former interpretation is to be preferred.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

THE SONG OF SOLOMON

-Year from the Creation of the World, according to Archbishop Usher, 2990.

-Year from the Flood of Noah, according to the common Hebrew text, 1334.

-Year before the birth of Christ, 1010. -Year before the vulgar era of Christ's nativity, 1014.

CHAPTER I

The bride's love to her spouse, 1-5.

She confesses her unworthiness; desires to be directed to the

flock, 6, 7;

and she is directed to the shepherds' tents, 8.

The bridegroom describes his bride, and shows how he will

provide for her, and how comfortably they are accommodated,

9-17.

NOTES ON CHAP. I

Verse Song of Solomon 1:1. The song of songs — A song of peculiar excellence. See the Introduction. The rabbins consider this superior to all songs. TEN songs, says the Targum, have been sung; but this excels them all.

1. The first was sung by Adam when his sin was pardoned.

2. The second was sung by Moses and the Israelites at the Red Sea.

3. The third was sung by the Israelites when they drank of the rock in the wilderness.

4. The fourth was sung by Moses when summoned to depart from this world.

5. The fifth was sung by Joshua when the sun and moon stood still.

6. The sixth was sung by Deborah and Barak after the defeat of Sisera.

7. The seventh was sung by Hannah when the Lord promised her a son.

8. The eighth was sung by David for all the mercies given him by God.

9. The ninth is the present, sung in the spirit of prophecy by Solomon.

10. The tenth is that which shall be sung by the children of Israel when restored from their captivities. See the Targum.