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A Confident Answer
Commentators note that the bride's answer is not one of panic but of confident assurance. She knows exactly where her beloved is and what he is doing. This highlights the security of their bond; the temporary separation is not a cause for alarm but a part of their love story.
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Song Of Solomon
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Albert Barnes
On Song Of Solomon 6:1–2
18th Century
Theologian
The question posed by the chorus, and the answer it receives from the bride, show that the loss and seeking are not to be taken too seriously.
Charles Ellicott
On Song Of Solomon 6:1–3
19th Century
Bishop
Whither is thy beloved gone... By a playful turn, the poet heightens the description of the lover’s beauty by the impress…
John Gill
On Song Of Solomon 6:2
17th Century
Pastor
My beloved is gone down into his garden
Which may be said by Solomon, in allusion to what he himself was used to do,…