Albert Barnes Commentary Proverbs 5:19

Albert Barnes Commentary

Proverbs 5:19

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Proverbs 5:19

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"[As] a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love." — Proverbs 5:19 (ASV)

Better, A loving hind (is she) and pleasant roe. As in the whole circle of Arab and Persian poetry the antelope and the gazelle are the chosen images of beauty, so they served with equal fitness for the masculine and feminine types of it. (Compare the names Tabitha and Dorcas, Acts 9:36.)