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Song of Solomon 5:9

Song of Solomon 5:9
What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?

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Commentary

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Section 5:9–6:3: The bride’s commendation of the beloved. In the allegorical interpretations of Jewish expositors all is here spoken by exiled Israel of the Holy One whose praise she sings “by the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

What is thy beloved more thananother beloved This is the reply of the daughters of Jerusalem. The A.V. gives the meaning correctly enough, but there is considerable perplexity as to the exact…