Song Of Songs Chapter 3 verse 3 Holy Bible
The watchmen that go about the city found me; `To whom I said', Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
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The watchmen who go about the town came by me; to them I said, Have you seen him who is my heart's desire?
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The watchmen that go about the city found me: -- Have ye seen him whom my soul loveth?
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The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
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The watchmen who go about the city found me; "Have you seen him whom my soul loves?"
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The watchmen have found me, (Who are going round about the city), `Him whom my soul have loved saw ye?'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - The watchmen that go about the city found me: (to whom I said) Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? The simplicity of these words is very striking. They confirm the view that the bride is recalling what occurred in her country life. The watchmen make no reply, and do not treat her ill, as in the dream related in Song of Solomon 5:7, where they are keepers of the walls, and smite her and wound her. In a small country town she might have been recognized, or known to be really in trouble. But such incidents must not be pressed too much in a poem. The allegorical view finds considerable support in the fact that it is difficult on any hypothesis exactly to explain the language as descriptive of real occurrences. In such instances as Psalm 127:1 and Isaiah 52:8 the reference to watchmen in the city shows that such a metaphor would be familiarly understood. Whether adopted from Solomon's Song or not, the figure of a city watched and guarded, and the people of God as watching for the glory of Zion, was common in the prophetic writings. The soul seeking for its object and for the restoration of its peace calls in the aid of the faithful guardians of the holy city, the friends alike of the Saviour and of those who desire to be his.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) The watchmen that go about the city.--"Henceforward until morning the streets are deserted and silent, with only here and there a company returning from a visit, with a servant bearing a lantern before them. The city-guard creeps softly about in utter darkness, and apprehends all found walking in the streets without a light" (Thomson, Land and Book, p. 32--in description of Beir-t).
