Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
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Gill's Exposition
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe,.... That is, the wife of youth; let her always appear to thee as amiable and lovely as these creatures are; or let her be loved by thee as these are by…
Barnes' Notes
Better, “A loving hind (is she) and pleasant roe.” As in the whole circle of Arab and Persian poetry the antelope and the gazelle are the chosen images of beauty, so they served with equal fitness for…
Solomon, having shown the great evil that there is in adultery and fornication, and all such lewd and filthy courses, here prescribes remedies against them.
I. Enjoy with satisfaction the comforts of…
Cambridge Bible
Let her be as] These words, which are not in the Hebrew, are not wanted. Read "A loving hind &c." The imagery again, which is thoroughly Oriental, reappears in the Song of Solomon (Pro 2:9; Pro 2:17;…
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