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Song of Solomon 4:8

4:7 Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

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Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

4:9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. ravished: or, taken away

What does Song of Solomon 4:8 mean?

Song of Solomon 4:8 is a verse in the book of Song of Solomon, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בּוֹא (bôwʼ), לְבָנוֹן (Lᵉbânôwn), כַּלָּה (kallâh). It connects to 6 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Comeבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
with
me
from
Lebanon,לְבָנוֹןLᵉbânôwn/leb-aw-nohn'/H3844Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine
my
spouse,כַּלָּהkallâh/kal-law'/H3618a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife
with
me
from
Lebanon:לְבָנוֹןLᵉbânôwn/leb-aw-nohn'/H3844Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine
lookשׁוּרshûwr/shoor/H7789to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for
from
the
topרֹאשׁrôʼsh/roshe/H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
of
Amana,אֲמָנָהʼĂmânâh/am-aw-naw'/H549Amanah, a mountain near Damascus
from
the
topרֹאשׁrôʼsh/roshe/H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
of
ShenirשְׁנִירShᵉnîyr/shen-eer'/H8149Shenir or Senir, a summit of Lebanon
and
Hermon,חֶרְמוֹןChermôwn/kher-mone'/H2768Chermon, a mount of Palestine
from
the
lions'אֲרִיʼărîy/ar-ee'/H738a lion
dens,מְעוֹנָהmᵉʻôwnâh/meh-o-naw'/H4585{an abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum)}
from
the
mountainsהָרָרhârâr/haw-rawr'/H2042a mountain
of
the
leopards.נָמֵרnâmêr/naw-mare'/H5246a leopard (from its stripes)

Commentary on Song of Solomon 4:8

HENRY_FULL · Song of Solomon 4:8
pted. The more there is of freeness and willingness in the service of God the more pleasing it is to him. 2. Assistance in them: Teach me thy judgments. We cannot offer any thing to God which we have reason to think he will accept of, but what he is pleased to instruct us in the doing of; and we must be as earnest for the grace of God in us as for the favour of God towards us. 109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts. Here is, 1. David in danger of losing his life. There is but a step between him and death, for the wicked have laid a snare for him; Saul did so many a time, because he hated him for his piety. Wherever he was he found some design or other laid against him to take away his life, for it was that they aimed at. What they could not effect by open force they hoped to compass by treachery, which made him say, My soul is continually in my hand. It was so with him, not only as a man (so it is true of us all; wherever we are we lie exposed to the strokes of death; what we carry in our hands is easily snatched away from us by violence, or if sandy, as our life is, it easily of itself slips through our fingers), but as a

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Proverbs 1:11

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

Proverbs 1:12

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

Song of Solomon 4:10

How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

Jeremiah 18:22

Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

Daniel 6:10

Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

Luke 20:19

And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Song of Solomon 4:8.

1 Chronicles 5:23

And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.

Deuteronomy 3:9

(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)

Ezekiel 27:5

They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee. made: Heb. built

Jeremiah 22:23

O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress

Joshua 11:17

Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them. the mount: or, the smooth mountain

Joshua 13:5

And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.

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What does Song of Solomon 4:8 say?

Song of Solomon 4:8 (King James Version) reads: "Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards."

Is Song of Solomon 4:8 in the Old or New Testament?

Song of Solomon 4:8 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Song of Solomon.

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