Song of Songs 5:8

Song of Songs 5:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
• New International Version (NIV)Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you— if you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him I am faint with love.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am sick with love.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, That you tell him I am lovesick!

Context of Song of Songs 5:8

6I opened the door for my lover. But he had already turned away. He had gone! I was very upset that he had gone away. I looked for him but I did not find him. I called to him but he did not answer me. 7The city guards found me as they walked in the streets of the city. They beat me and they hurt my body. Those guards on the city walls took away my robe. Young women of Jerusalem, please find my lover! Promise me to tell him this, if you find him. Tell him that my love for him has made me weak! 9Tell us this, most beautiful of all women. Why do you think that your lover is better than other men? Why must we promise to do this for you? 10My lover is very handsome and healthy. He is the greatest man among 10,000 men.

Song of Songs 5:8 word by word

הִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֖ם בְּנ֣וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם אִֽם־תִּמְצְאוּ֙ אֶת־דּוֹדִ֔י מַה־תַּגִּ֣ידוּ ל֔וֹ שֶׁחוֹלַ֥ת אַהֲבָ֖ה אָֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I chargeשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
• you, O daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• if ye findמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• my belovedדּוֹדdôd dôd · belovedH1730
• that ye tellנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• sickחָלָהchâlâh · be weak: illH2470
• of loveאַהֲבָה'ahăbâh · loveH160

Commentaries on Song of Songs 5:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8I 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.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 2-8Verses 2-8 Churches and believers, by carelessness and security, provoke Christ to withdraw. We ought to notice our spiritual slumbers and distempers. Christ knocks to awaken us, knocks by his word and Spirit, knocks by afflictions and by our consciences; thus, Rev. 3:20. When we are unmindful of Christ, still he thinks of us. Christ's love to us should engage ours to him, even in the most self-denying instances; and we only can be gainers by it. Careless…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8I am sick with love: The woman's trauma symbolizes her lovesickness (compare Song of Solomon 2:5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. She turns from the unsympathizing watchmen to humbler persons, not yet themselves knowing Him, but in the way towards it. Historically, His secret friends in the night of His withdrawal (Lu 23:27, 28). Inquirers may find ("if ye find") Jesus Christ before she who has grieved His Spirit finds Him again. tell--in prayer (Jas 5:16). sick of love--from an opposite cause (So 2:5) than through excess of delight at His presence; now excess of pain at His…Read the comment
• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 8I adjure you [You] heathens, Nebuchadnezzar’s men, who saw Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah submitting themselves to the fiery furnace, and Daniel to the lions’ den because of prayer, and Mordecai’s generation in the days of Haman...Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Answer
• Adjuration
• Sick; Sickness

Commentaries on Song of Songs 5

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary