Song of Songs 3:5

Song of Songs 3:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
• New International Version (NIV)Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the does of the field, Do not stir up nor awaken love Until it pleases.

Context of Song of Songs 3:5

3The city guards found me as they walked in the streets of the city. I asked them, ‘Have you seen the man that I love?’ 4Just then, as I left them, I found my lover! I hugged him and I would not let him go. I took him to my mother's house. I took him into my mother's bedroom. That is where my life started, inside my mother's body. Promise this to me, young women of Jerusalem: Do not cause our love to wake up. Do not cause it to become too strong until the time is right. The gazelles and the wild deer will know about your promise. 6Who is this who is coming from the desert? It seems that smoke is rising into the air! There is a lovely smell of myrrh and incense. It is the smell of all the spices that a trader sells. 7Look! They are carrying King Solomon on a throne! 60 soldiers are travelling with it. They are Israel's bravest soldiers.

Song of Songs 3:5 word by word

הִשְׁבַּ֨עְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֜ם בְּנ֤וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ בִּצְבָא֔וֹת א֖וֹ בְּאַיְל֣וֹת הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה אִם־תָּעִ֧ירוּ׀ וְֽאִם־תְּעֽוֹרְר֛וּ אֶת־הָאַהֲבָ֖ה עַ֥ד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I chargeשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
• you, O ye daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• by the roesצְבִיtsebîy · gazelleH6643
• andאוֹ'ô 'av · orH176
• by the hindsאַיָּלָה'ayâlâh · doeH355
• of the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• that ye stir not upעוּר‛ûr · to rouseH5782
• loveאַהֲבָה'ahăbâh · loveH160
• till he pleaseחָפֵץchâphêts · to delight inH2654

Commentaries on Song of Songs 3:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5I charge you - The same adjuration as before, Song of Solomon 2:7.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5In this dramatic scene, the woman is already apart from her lover and is terrified that she will not see him soon. One night, her worries push her out of bed to search frantically for him. She finds him and takes him to meet her mother.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. So So 2:7; but there it was for the non-interruption of her own fellowship with Jesus Christ that she was anxious; here it is for the not grieving of the Holy Ghost, on the part of the daughters of Jerusalem. Jealously avoid levity, heedlessness, and offenses which would mar the gracious work begun in others (Mt 18:7; Ac 2:42, 43; Ep 4:30). Canticle III.--(So 3:6-5:1)--The Bridegroom with the Bride. Historically, the ministry of Jesus Christ on earth.Read the comment
• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 5I adjure you [you] nations, while I am exiled among you.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Hold
• Gazelle
• Purity
• Roe; Roebuck
• Hind

Commentaries on Song of Songs 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary