Song of Songs chapter 3
The woman has an erotic dream. The woman has a sexual fantasy.
Like this chapter of the Bible, our comments are sexually explicit.
THE WOMAN HAS AN EROTIC DREAM
(Woman)
VERSE 1. By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.
By night on my bed. The NIV translation puts it this way:
All night long on my bed
Some people say the woman is having a dream. If so, it is an erotic dream.
I sought him. That is, she yearns for him. She feels sexual desire. She is burning with sexual desire all night long.
him whom my soul loves. That is, “the love of my soul” (BBE translation).
In the Song of Songs, sexual encounters lead to cunnilingus and fellatio. Sexual fantasy and masturbation are honored, as are erotic dreams and breasts. Vaginal intercourse is not even mentioned. Read more »
VERSE 2. I will get up now, and go about the city; in the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.
I will seek him whom my soul loves. She goes into the city in search of her lover.
VERSE 3. The watchmen who go about the city found me; “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
VERSE 4. I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, into the room of her who conceived me.
VERSE 5. I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires. When is the right time for a couple to have sexual intimacy? When they’re BOTH ready for it.
If they are not BOTH ready for sexual intimacy, then for one of them, it will be:
- An obligation. Sex should never be a matter of obligation.
- Unfulfilling. Sex should be fulfilling for both the woman and the man, not just for the man.
- Unwanted. Sex should never be forced. That is called rape.
Song of Songs 2:7. I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
THE WOMAN HAS A SEXUAL FANTASY
(Friends)
VERSE 6. Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all spices of the merchant?
comes up from the wilderness. This is often interpreted as Solomon arriving for his wedding.
However, there are two problems with that interpretation. And they are significant:
PROBLEM 1. The Song of Songs never mentions a wedding ceremony.
PROBLEM 2. The Song of Songs does not describe the woman and Solomon as being married.
pillars of smoke. These verses offer a portrait of manly strength and virility.
In the Song of Songs, sexual encounters lead to cunnilingus and fellatio. Sexual fantasy and masturbation are honored, as are erotic dreams and breasts. Vaginal intercourse is not even mentioned. Read more »
VERSE 7. Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage! Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel.
Sixty mighty men are around it. Armed guards surround the royal chamber.
Perhaps they are real guards. Or perhaps they are part of the woman’s sexual fantasy.
VERSE 8. They all handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear in the night.
VERSE 9. King Solomon made himself a carriage of the wood of Lebanon.
made himself a carriage. This suggests a fantasy.
In the real world, Solomon is not a craftsman. Instead, his life was taken up with extravagant displays of wealth and building his empire.
VERSE 10. He made its pillars of silver, its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, the middle of it being paved with love, from the daughters of Jerusalem.
(Woman)
VERSE 11. Go out, you daughters of Zion, and see king Solomon, with the crown with which his mother has crowned him, in the day of his weddings, in the day of the gladness of his heart.
SONG OF SONGS
CHAPTERS: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08
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