Song of Songs 8:4

Song of Songs 8:4 in other versions

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

Context of Song of Songs 8:4

2I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate. 3His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not, nor awake my love, until he please. 5Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I awakened thee under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bore thee. 6Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals of it are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

Song of Songs 8:4 word by word

הִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֖ם בְּנ֣וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם מַה־תָּעִ֧ירוּ׀ וּֽמַה־תְּעֹֽרְר֛וּ אֶת־הָאַהֲבָ֖ה עַ֥ד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃ סRead the interlinear

• chargeשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
• daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• notעוּר‛ûr · to rouseH5782
• loveאַהֲבָה'ahăbâh · loveH160
• pleaseחָפֵץchâphêts · to delight inH2654

Commentaries on Song of Songs 8:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4I adjure you: For the third time, the woman urges the young women of Jerusalem to keep their virginity (see Song of Solomon 2:7; 3:5). The importance of virginity is affirmed in Song of Solomon 8:8–9.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. The "left and right hand," &c., occurred only once actually (So 2:6), and here optatively. Only at His first manifestation did the Church palpably embrace Him; at His second coming there shall be again sensible communion with Him. The rest in So 8:4, which is a spiritual realization of the wish in So 8:3 (1Pe 1:8), and the charge not to disturb it, close the first, second, and fourth canticles; not the third, as the bridegroom there takes charge…Read the comment
• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 4I adjure you Now the congregation of Israel addresses the nations, “Even though I complain and lament, my Beloved holds on to my hand, and He is my support in my exile; therefore, I adjure you.”Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Purity
• Song of Songs

Commentaries on Song of Songs 8

• 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