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Song of Solomon 8:14

8:13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. Make: Heb. Flee away

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Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!

Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

Make haste, my beloved, and be you like to a roe or to a young hart on the mountains of spices.

What does Song of Solomon 8:14 mean?

Song of Solomon 8:14 is a verse in the book of Song of Solomon, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בָּרַח (bârach), דּוֹד (dôwd), דָּמָה (dâmâh). It connects to 7 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Make
haste,בָּרַחbârach/baw-rakh'/H1272to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenly
my
beloved,דּוֹדdôwd/dode/H1730(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
and
be
thou
likeדָּמָהdâmâh/daw-maw'/H1819to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
to
a
roeצְבִיtsᵉbîy/tseb-ee'/H6643splendor (as conspicuous); also a gazelle (as beautiful)
or
to
a
youngעֹפֶרʻôpher/o'-fer/H6082a fawn (from the dusty color)
hartאַיָּלʼayâl/ah-yawl'/H354a stag or male deer
upon
the
mountainsהַרhar/har/H2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
of
spices.בֶּשֶׂםbesem/beh'-sem/H1314fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant
Make:
Heb.
Flee
away

Commentary on Song of Solomon 8:14

HENRY_FULL · Song of Solomon 8:14
stray sheep, I have thy mark; concern thyself for me, send after me by the word, and conscience, and providences; bring me back by thy grace." Seek me, that is, find me; for God never seeks in vain. Turn me, and I shall be turned. 3. An obedient plea: "Though I have gone astray, yet I have not wickedly departed, I do not forget thy commandments. " Thus he concludes the psalm with a penitent sense of his own sin and believing dependence on God's grace. With these a devout Christian will conclude his duties, will conclude his life; he will live and die repenting and praying. Observe here, (1.) It is the character of good people that they do not forget God's commandments, being well pleased with their convictions and well settled in their resolutions. (2.) Even those who, through grace, are mindful of their duty, cannot but own that they have in many instances wandered from it. (3.) Those that have wandered from their duty, if they continue mindful of it, may with a humble confidence commit themselves to the care of God's grace. This psalm is the first of those fifteen which are here put together under the title of "songs of degrees." It is well that it is not material what the meaning of that title should be, for nothing is offered towards the explication of it, no, not by the Jewish writers themselves, but what is conjectural. These psalms do not seem to be composed all by the same hand, much less all at the same time. Four of them are expressly ascribed to David, and one is said to be designed for Solomon, and perhaps penned by him; yet cxxvi. and cxxix. seem to be of a much later date. Some of them are calculated for the closet (as cxx. and cxxx. ), some for the family (as cxxvii. and cxxviii. ),

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Isaiah 37:3

And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. blasphemy: or, provocation

Isaiah 37:4

It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left. left: Heb. found

Isaiah 37:14

And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

Isaiah 38:2

Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,

Jonah 2:2

And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. by: or, out of mine affliction hell: or, the grave

Luke 22:44

And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

Hebrews 5:7

Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; in that: or, for his piety

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Song of Solomon 8:14.

Song of Solomon 2:17

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. of Bether: or, of division

Song of Solomon 2:9

My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice. shewing: Heb. flourishing

1 Kings 4:23

Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.

Deuteronomy 12:15

Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.

Deuteronomy 12:22

Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.

Deuteronomy 14:5

The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.

Deuteronomy 15:22

Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.

Genesis 31:21

So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.

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What does Song of Solomon 8:14 say?

Song of Solomon 8:14 (King James Version) reads: "Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. Make: Heb. Flee away"

Is Song of Solomon 8:14 in the Old or New Testament?

Song of Solomon 8:14 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Song of Solomon.

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