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Song of Solomon 5:5

Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Song of Solomon 5:5 — by Collins Asein

Quick Summary

Song of Solomon 5:5 is a verse from the book of Song of Solomon in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the han..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.

Song of Solomon 5:5 — KJV

“I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. sweet...: Heb. passing, or, running about”

— Song of Solomon 5:5 (KJV)

Song of Solomon 5:5 in Context — About the Book of Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon is an unashamed celebration of covenant love — poetic dialogue between a bride and bridegroom that honors desire, faithfulness, and delight. Believers across centuries have also read it as a picture of Christ's love for His people: strong as death, unquenchable by many waters.

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Cross-References for Song of Solomon 5:5

“And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock: performing: Heb. separating”

Shares key themes with Song of Solomon 5:5: sweet, lock, heb

“Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering. without...: Heb. from the eyes manner: or, ordinance”

Shares key themes with Song of Solomon 5:5: sweet, lock, heb

“And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.”

Shares key themes with Song of Solomon 5:5: rose, open, hands

“And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead. forced: Heb. humbled”

Shares key themes with Song of Solomon 5:5: rose, heb, about

“And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men. present: Heb. found”

Shares key themes with Song of Solomon 5:5: rose, heb, about

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