Song of Solomon 1:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

Song of Solomon 1:8 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Song of Solomon 6:1
Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.
Song of Solomon 5:9
What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
Hebrews 11:4-40
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. …
James 2:21
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
James 5:10
Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7-11)

Here is, I. The humble petition which the spouse presents to her beloved, the shepherdess to the shepherd, the church and every believer to Christ, for a more free and intimate communion with him. She turns from the daughters of Jerusalem, to whom she had complained both of her sins and of her troubles, and looks up to heaven for relief and succour against both, Song 1:7. Here observe, 1. The titl…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

8. If--she ought to have known (Joh 14:8, 9). The confession of her ignorance and blackness (So 1:5) leads Him to call her “fairest” (Mt 12:20). Her jealousy of letting even “His companions” take the place of Himself (So 1:7) led her too far. He directs her to follow them, as they follow Him (1Co 11:1; He 6:10, 12); to use ordinances and the ministry; where they are, He is (Jr 6:16; Mt 18:19, 20;…