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A Famously Difficult Verse
Scholars like Charles Ellicott point out that this verse is one of the most difficult in the entire book, describing the Hebrew text as potentially 'irremediably corrupt.' Ancient translations differ, and modern ones vary widely. This scholarly consensus on its obscurity is important, as it frees the reader from feeling they must find a single, simple meaning.
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Song Of Solomon
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Albert Barnes
On Song Of Solomon 6:11–12
18th Century
Theologian
The bride’s words may be paraphrased: “You speak of me as a glorious beauty, but I was recently just a simple maiden engaged in rural work. I went …
Charles Ellicott
On Song Of Solomon 6:11–13
19th Century
Bishop
EXCURSUS III.—ON THE PASSAGE,Song of Solomon 6:11–13.
Translated word for word this passage runs as follows:
John Gill
On Song Of Solomon 6:12
17th Century
Pastor
Or ever one was aware, my soul made me [like] the chariots of
Amminadib .
These are…
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Matthew Henry
On Song Of Solomon 6:11–13
17th Century
Minister
In retirement and in meditation, the Christian character is formed and perfected. But this is not the retirement of the idle, the self-indulgent, o…