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Song of Solomon 8:4

Song of Solomon 8:4
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.

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Barnes' Notes

That ye stir not up - literally, as in the margin. For “my love” read as before love. The omission of “the roes and hinds” here is noticeable. Hebrew scholars regard this charge here and elsewhere Son…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem Rather, as in R.V., I adjure you … nor awaken love, until it please. This verse is a repetition of Son 2:7 and Son 3:5 with the difference that, instead of im =…

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