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Song of Solomon 2:14

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

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O my dove, [that art] in the clefts of the rock, in the secret [places] of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet [is] thy voice, and thy countenance [is] comely.

Song of Solomon 2:14 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Song of Solomon 2:14

Theological / Devotional

My dove. The rock pigeon selects the lofty cliffs and deep ravines (see Jer. 48:28) for its roosting places, and avoids the neighborhood of men. Thus Solomon indicates the modesty and shyness of his loved one.

The stairs. Heb. madregah, better, “steep places” as in Eze. 38:20.

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