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 watchmen making their rounds in the city found me. ⌞I asked,⌟ “Have you seen the one I love?” 4I had just left them when I found the one I love. I held on to him and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mother’s house, into the bedroom of the one who conceived me. Young women of Jerusalem, swear to me by the gazelles or by the does in the field, that you will not awaken love or arouse love before its proper time. 6Who is this young woman coming up from the wilderness like clouds of smoke? She is perfumed with myrrh and incense made from the merchants’ scented powders. 7Look! Solomon’s sedan chair! Sixty soldiers from the army of Israel surround it.

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