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THE MESSAGE
Song of Solomon 5:8
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Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you,if you find my love,tell him that I am lovesick.
I adjure you, daughters of Yerushalayim, If you find my beloved, That you tell him that I am faint with love. Friends
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am sick with love.
"Swear to me, you daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, As to what you will tell him: For I am lovesick."
Promise me, women of Jerusalem, if you find my lover, tell him I am weak with love.
"I command that you take an oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, As to what you tell him— [Say that] I am sick from love [sick from being without him]."
I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, That you tell him that I am faint with love. Friends
I charge you, O daughters of Ierusalem, if you finde my welbeloued, that you tell him that I am sicke of loue.
I call you to solemnly swear, O daughters of Jerusalem,If you find my beloved,What will you tell him?Tell him that I am sick with love."
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
Young women of Jerusalem, if you find the one I love, please say to him, "She is weak with desire."
I charge you, daughters of Yerushalayim, that if you find the man I love, what are you to tell him? That I am sick with love.
I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, … What will ye tell him?—That I am sick of love.
I tell you, women of Jerusalem, if you find my lover, tell him I am weak with love.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you should find my beloved, tell him that I am sick for love.
Promise me, women of Jerusalem, that if you find my lover, you will tell him I am weak from passion.
I adjure you, O maidens of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him that I am lovesick!
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my Beloved, what do you tell Him? That I am sick with love.
I charge you therfore (o ye doughters of Ierusalem) yf ye fynde my beloued, that ye tell him, how that I am sick for loue.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, That ye tell him, that I am sick from love.
I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you see my loved one, what will you say to him? That I am overcome with love.
'I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, what will ye tell him? that I am love-sick.'
I charge you, O daughters of Ierusalem, if ye find my beloued, that yee tell him, that I am sicke of loue.
I charge you therfore O ye daughters of Hierusalem, yf ye fynde my beloued, that ye tell hym howe that I am sicke for loue.
I have charged you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the powers and the virtues of the field: if ye should find my kinsman, what are ye to say to him? That I am wounded with love.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
Ye douytris of Jerusalem, Y biseche you bi an hooli thing, if ye han founde my derlyng, that ye telle to hym, that Y am sijk for loue.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, That you tell him, that I am sick from love.
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I [am] sick with love.
The Beloved to the Maidens:
O maidens of Jerusalem, I command you— If you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him that I am lovesick!I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, That you tell him I am lovesick!
Make this promise, O women of Jerusalem— If you find my lover, tell him I am weak with love.
I tell you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my loved one, you must tell him that I am weak with love."
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, tell him this: I am faint with love.
I adjure you, ye daughters of Jerusalem, - If ye find my beloved, what will ye tell him? That, sick with love, I am.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him that I languish with love.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am sick with love.
I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved -- What do ye tell him? that I [am] sick with love!
"I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, As to what you will tell him: For I am lovesick."
Contextual Overview
The Woman
I was sound asleep, but in my dreams I was wide awake. Oh, listen! It's the sound of my lover knocking, calling!The Man
"Let me in, dear companion, dearest friend, my dove, consummate lover! I'm soaked with the dampness of the night, drenched with dew, shivering and cold." 3The Woman
"But I'm in my nightgown—do you expect me to get dressed? I'm bathed and in bed—do you want me to get dirty?" 4But my lover wouldn't take no for an answer, and the longer he knocked, the more excited I became. I got up to open the door to my lover, sweetly ready to receive him, Desiring and expectant as I turned the door handle. But when I opened the door he was gone. My loved one had tired of waiting and left. And I died inside—oh, I felt so bad! I ran out looking for him But he was nowhere to be found. I called into the darkness—but no answer. The night watchmen found me as they patrolled the streets of the city. They slapped and beat and bruised me, ripping off my clothes, These watchmen, who were supposed to be guarding the city. 8 I beg you, sisters in Jerusalem— if you find my lover, Please tell him I want him, that I'm heartsick with love for him.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
charge: Song of Solomon 2:7, Song of Solomon 8:4
if ye: Romans 15:30, Galatians 6:1, Galatians 6:2, James 5:16
that ye: Heb. what ye
I am: Psalms 42:1-3, Psalms 63:1-3, Psalms 77:1-3, Psalms 119:81-83
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 13:2 - vexed 2 Chronicles 9:4 - there was Psalms 45:14 - virgins Psalms 84:2 - soul Psalms 119:20 - soul Psalms 119:174 - longed Proverbs 13:12 - Hope Song of Solomon 1:7 - O thou Song of Solomon 2:5 - for Song of Solomon 3:1 - him whom Song of Solomon 8:6 - love Isaiah 26:8 - desire Matthew 25:1 - ten Luke 5:34 - the children Luke 23:28 - daughters
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,.... Young converts, as before observed; who, upon the hideous outcry the church made in the streets, came to her to know what was the matter, whom she addressed as after related; this shows the humility and condescension of the church, in desiring the assistance of weaker saints in her present case, and her earnestness and resolution to make use of all ways and means she could to find her beloved; and it becomes saints to be assisting to one another; and conversation with one another, even with weak believers, is often useful. And these the church "adjures", or "causes to swear" p; charged them on oath, as they would answer it to God; which shows the strength of her love, her sincerity, and seriousness in her inquiry after him:
if ye find my beloved; who had but little knowledge of him, and communion with him, since at present he was yet to be found by them; and it was possible, notwithstanding, that they might find him before she did, as Christ showed himself to Mary Magdalene, before he did to the disciples. The charge she gave them is,
that ye tell him that I [am] sick of love; or, "what shall ye", or "should ye tell him?" q not her blows and wounds, the injuries and affronts she had received from the watchmen and keepers of the wall; nor many things, only this one thing, which was most on her heart, uppermost in her mind, and under which she must die, if not relieved, "tell him that I [am] sick of love"; and that for him, through his absence, and her eager longing after him, and the discoveries of his love to her; and which, though not incurable, nor a sickness unto death, for Christ suffers none to die through love to him, yet is a very painful one; and is to be known by a soul's panting after Christ, and its prodigious jealousy of his love, and by its carefulness, diligence, and industry, to enjoy the manifestations of it. Of this love sickness, :-.
p ×ש××¢×ª× ÏÏκιÏα, Sept. "adjuro", V. L. Pagninus, c. q ×× ×ª×××× ×× "quid narrabitis ei?" Pagninus, Michaelis "quid indicabitis ei?" Montanus, Marckius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The bride, now awake, is seeking her beloved. The dream of his departure and her feelings under it have symbolized a real emotion of her waking heart.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Song of Solomon 5:8. I am sick of love. — "I am exceedingly concerned for his absence; and am distressed on account of my thoughtless carriage towards him." The latter clause may be well translated, "What should ye tell him?" Why, "that I am sick of love." This ends the transactions of the third day and night.
