--- title: "Song of Solomon 5 - Study King James Bible with commentary critical and explanatory on the whole bible" description: "Read Song of Solomon 5 with commentary critical and explanatory on the whole bible commentary. 1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine wi" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/commentary-critical-and-explanatory-on-the-whole-bible/song-of-solomon/5" --- [ Read](/kjv/song-of-solomon/5)[ Commentary](/study/song-of-solomon/5)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/song-of-solomon/5) Audio 1 I am come into my garden, my sister, *my* spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.* 2 ¶ I sleep, but my heart waketh: *it is* the voice of my beloved that knocketh, *saying*, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, *and* my locks with the drops of the night. 3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? 4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole *of the door*, and my bowels were moved for him.* 5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped *with* myrrh, and my fingers *with* sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.* 6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, *and* was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. 7 The watchmen that went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. 8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I *am* sick of love.* 9 ¶ What *is* thy beloved more than *another* beloved, O thou fairest among women? what *is* thy beloved more than *another* beloved, that thou dost so charge us? 10 My beloved *is* white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.* 11 His head *is as* the most fine gold, his locks *are* bushy, *and* black as a raven.* 12 His eyes *are* as *the eyes* of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, *and* fitly set.* 13 His cheeks *are* as a bed of spices, *as* sweet flowers: his lips *like* lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.* 14 His hands *are as* gold rings set with the beryl: his belly *is as* bright ivory overlaid *with* sapphires. 15 His legs *are as* pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance *is* as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. 16 His mouth *is* most sweet: yea, he *is* altogether lovely. This *is* my beloved, and this *is* my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.* [Song of Solomon 4](/study/song-of-solomon/4) [Song of Solomon 6](/study/song-of-solomon/6) ## Commentary To verse 1 **1.** Answer to her prayer ([Isaiah 65:24](/kjv/isaiah/65/24); [Revelation 3:20](/kjv/revelation/3/20)). **am come**—already ([Revelation 3:20](/kjv/revelation/3/20)- :); "come" ([Revelation 3:20](/kjv/revelation/3/20)- :). **sister . . . spouse**—As Adam's was created of his flesh, out of his opened side, there being none on earth on a level with him, so the bride out of the pierced Saviour ([Ephesians 5:30-32](/kjv/ephesians/5/30-32)). **have gathered . . . myrrh**—His course was already complete; the myrrh, c. ([Matthew 2:11](/kjv/matthew/2/11) [Matthew 26:7-12](/kjv/matthew/26/7-12); [John 19:39](/kjv/john/19/39)), emblems of the indwelling of the anointing Holy Ghost, were already gathered. **spice**—literally, "balsam." **have eaten**—answering to her "eat" ([Song of Solomon 4:16](/kjv/song-of-solomon/4/16)). **honeycomb**—distinguished here from liquid "honey" dropping from trees. The last supper, here set forth, is one of *espousal,* a pledge of the future *marriage* ([Song of Solomon 8:14](/kjv/song-of-solomon/8/14); [Revelation 19:9](/kjv/revelation/19/9)). Feasts often took place in gardens. In the absence of sugar, then unknown, honey was more widely used than with us. His eating honey with milk indicates His true, yet spotless, human nature from infancy ([Revelation 19:9](/kjv/revelation/19/9)- :); and after His resurrection ([Revelation 19:9](/kjv/revelation/19/9)- :). **my wine**— ([Revelation 19:9](/kjv/revelation/19/9)- :) —a cup of wrath to Him, of mercy to us, whereby God's Word and promises become to us "milk" ([Psalms 19:10](/kjv/psalms/19/10); [1 Peter 2:2](/kjv/1-peter/2/2)). "My" answers to "His" ([Song of Solomon 4:16](/kjv/song-of-solomon/4/16)). The myrrh (emblem, by its bitterness, of *repentance*), honey, milk (*incipient faith*), wine (*strong faith*), in reference to believers, imply that He accepts all their graces, however various in degree. **eat**—He desires to make us partakers in His joy ([Isaiah 55:1](/kjv/isaiah/55/1); [Isaiah 55:2](/kjv/isaiah/55/2); [John 6:53-57](/kjv/john/6/53-57); [1 John 1:3](/kjv/1-john/1/3)). **drink abundantly**—so as to be filled ([Ephesians 5:18](/kjv/ephesians/5/18); as [Ephesians 5:18](/kjv/ephesians/5/18)- :). **friends**— ([Ephesians 5:18](/kjv/ephesians/5/18)- :). CANTICLE IV.— ([Song of Solomon 5:2-8](/kjv/song-of-solomon/5/2-8)) —FROM THE AGONY OF GETHSEMANE TO THE CONVERSION OF SAMARIA. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/commentary-critical-and-explanatory-on-the-whole-bible/song-of-solomon/5#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/commentary-critical-and-explanatory-on-the-whole-bible/song-of-solomon/5#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/commentary-critical-and-explanatory-on-the-whole-bible/song-of-solomon/5","name":"Song of Solomon 5 - Study King James Bible with commentary critical and explanatory on the whole bible","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/commentary-critical-and-explanatory-on-the-whole-bible/song-of-solomon/5#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read Song of Solomon 5 with commentary critical and explanatory on the whole bible commentary. 1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine wi","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/commentary-critical-and-explanatory-on-the-whole-bible/song-of-solomon/5#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/commentary-critical-and-explanatory-on-the-whole-bible/song-of-solomon/5"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/commentary-critical-and-explanatory-on-the-whole-bible/song-of-solomon/5#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","name":"Study Bible"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/commentary-critical-and-explanatory-on-the-whole-bible","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/commentary-critical-and-explanatory-on-the-whole-bible","name":"commentary critical and explanatory on the whole bible"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/commentary-critical-and-explanatory-on-the-whole-bible/song-of-solomon","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/commentary-critical-and-explanatory-on-the-whole-bible/song-of-solomon","name":"Song of Solomon"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/commentary-critical-and-explanatory-on-the-whole-bible/song-of-solomon/5","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/commentary-critical-and-explanatory-on-the-whole-bible/song-of-solomon/5","name":"5"}}]},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","width":512,"height":512},"logo":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever","https://www.facebook.com/RBibleBelievers"]}]} ```