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 jumped up to open the door for my love, and my hands dripped with perfume. My fingers dripped with lovely myrrh as I pulled back the bolt. 6I opened to my lover, but he was gone! My heart sank. I searched for him but could not find him anywhere. I called to him, but there was no reply. The night watchmen found me as they made their rounds. They beat and bruised me and stripped off my veil, those watchmen on the walls. 8Make this promise, O women of Jerusalem— If you find my lover, tell him I am weak with love. 9Why is your lover better than all others, O woman of rare beauty? What makes your lover so special that we must promise this?

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