Song of Solomon 6:3

Old Testament Poetry/Wisdom ASV (1901)

What does Song of Solomon 6:3 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “I am my beloved`s, and my beloved is mine; He feedeth [his flock] among the lilies,” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

I am my beloved`s, and my beloved is mine; He feedeth [his flock] among the lilies,
Song of Solomon 6:3 — American Standard Version

Context — Song of Solomon 6

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
3I am my beloved`s, and my beloved is mine; He feedeth [his flock] among the lilies,

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“I [am] my beloved’s, and my beloved [is] mine, etc.] Expressive of interest in Christ, and union to him, and of her faith therein; which still continued, notwithstanding her unbecoming behavior toward Christ, and her many infirmities, (<220502>Song of Solomon 5:2,3). Aben Ezra connects the words with the preceding, “my beloved is gone”, etc. but though he is, and I am left alone, I know I am his, and he is mine; which throws a beauty upon the words, and declares the excellency and strength of her faith; for herein lies the glory and excellency of faith, to believe in an unseen Christ: though it may be the Shechinah was with her, as the Targum has it; or Christ had now appeared to her, and…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“my beloved's: Sol 2:16, Sol 7:10; Heb 8:10; Rev 21:2-4 he: Sol 2:16 Song of Solomon (Canticles) 6:4”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine, Who feeds among the lilies, Shulamith farther proceeds, followed by the daughters of Jerusalem, to seek her friend lost through her own fault. She always says, not אישׁי, but דּודי and רעי; for love, although a passion common to mind and body, is in this Song of Songs viewed as much as possible apart from its basis in the animal nature. Also, that the description hovers between that of the clothed and the unclothed, gives to it an ideality favourable to the mystical interpretation. Nakedness is ערוה. But at the cross nakedness appears transported from the sphere of sense to that of the supersensuous. Song of Solomon (Canticles) 6:4”
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