Song of Songs 5:7

Song of Songs 5:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
• New International Version (NIV)The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. They beat me, they bruised me; they took away my cloak, those watchmen of the walls!
• English Standard Version (ESV)The watchmen found me as they went about in the city; they beat me, they bruised me, they took away my veil, those watchmen of the walls.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The watchmen who went about the city found me. They struck me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls Took my veil away from me.

Context of Song of Songs 5:7

5I arose to open for my beloved; my hands dripped with myrrh – my fingers flowed with myrrh on the handles of the lock. 6I opened for my beloved, but my lover had already turned and gone away. I fell into despair when he departed. I looked for him but did not find him; I called him but he did not answer me. The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. They beat me, they bruised me; they took away my cloak, those watchmen on the walls! 8O maidens of Jerusalem, I command you – If you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him that I am lovesick! 9Why is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful of women? Why is your beloved better than others, that you would command us in this manner?

Song of Songs 5:7 word by word

מְצָאֻ֧נִי הַשֹּׁמְרִ֛ים הַסֹּבְבִ֥ים בָּעִ֖יר הִכּ֣וּנִי פְצָע֑וּנִי נָשְׂא֤וּ אֶת־רְדִידִי֙ מֵֽעָלַ֔י שֹׁמְרֵ֖י הַחֹמֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The watchmenשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: guardH8104
• that went aboutסָבַבsâbab · to turn: surroundH5437
• the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• me, they smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• me, they woundedפָּצַעpâtsa‛ · to woundH6481
• of the wallsחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• took awayנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• my veilרְדִידrâdîyd · veilH7289

Commentaries on Song of Songs 5:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Took away my veil - They tore it off rudely, to discover who she was. See on Song of Solomon 5:2; (note). To tear the veil signifies, in Eastern phrase, to deflower or dishonor a woman.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. 7the watchmen...beat me and bruised me: The watchmen, who were protectors in Song of Solomon 3:3, now become threatening figures in her dream (Song of Solomon 5:2). Their actions reflect her feelings of being pummeled and wounded. They took away my cloak: She feels she has lost her dignity.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. watchmen--historically, the Jewish priests, &c. (see on So 5:2); spiritually, ministers (Is 62:6; He 13:17), faithful in "smiting" (Psalm 141. 5), but (as she leaves them, {v.} 8) too harsh; or, perhaps, unfaithful; disliking her zeal wherewith she sought Jesus Christ, first, with spiritual prayer, "opening" her heart to Him, and then in charitable works "about the city"; miscalling it fanaticism (Is 66:5), and taking away her veil (the greatest…Read the comment
• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 7The watchmen who patrol the city found me and apprehend the thieves who prowl at night.Read the comment

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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