Albert Barnes Commentary Song Of Solomon 4:1

Albert Barnes Commentary

Song Of Solomon 4:1

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Song Of Solomon 4:1

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are [as] doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of mount Gilead." — Song Of Solomon 4:1 (ASV)

You have doves’ eyes ... - Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. So also in Song of Solomon 4:3, Song of Solomon 6:7, and Isaiah 47:2, “veil” is better than “locks.”

That appear from ... - Or, “that recline upon Mount Gilead.” The point of comparison seems to be the multitudinousness of the flocks seen browsing on the verdant slopes of the rich pasturelands (Numbers 32:1; Micah 7:14).