Canticles 5:16
His throat most sweet, and he is all lovely: such is my beloved, and he is my friend, O ye daughters of Jerusalem.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Guttur illius suavissimum, et totus desiderabilis. Talis est dilectus meus, et ipse est amicus meus, filiæ Jerusalem.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- φάρυγξ αὐτοῦ γλυκασμοὶ καὶ ὅλος ἐπιθυμία. οὗτος ἀδελφιδός μου καὶ οὗτος πλησίον μου, θυγατέρες Ἰερουσαλήμ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- חִכּוֹ֙ מַֽמְתַקִּ֔ים וְכֻלּ֖וֹ מַחֲּמַדִּ֑ים זֶ֤ה דוֹדִי֙ וְזֶ֣ה רֵעִ֔י בְּנ֖וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
Haydock's commentary
Lovely. Hebrew and Septuagint, "desires." (Menochius)
The beauty of Christ is chiefly interior; and all must aim at this perfection, who would be his spouses, Psalm xliv. 3. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Jerome Against Jovinianus, Book I
31. Then follows: “A garden shut up is my sister, my bride: a garden shut up, a fountain sealed.” That which is shut up and sealed reminds us of the mother of our Lord who was a mother and a Virgin. Hence it was that no one before or after our Saviour was laid in his new tomb, hewn in the solid rock. And yet she that was ever a Virgin is the mother of many virgins. For next we read: “Thy shoots are an orchard of pomegranates with precious fruits.” By pomegranates and fruits is signified the blending of all virtues in virginity.“My beloved is white and ruddy”; white in virginity, ruddy in martyrdom. …
St Gregory Nazianzen The Third Theological Oration. On the Son
XX. He was baptized as Man, but He remitted sins as God, not because He needed purificatory rites Himself, but that He might sanctify the element of water. He was tempted as Man, but He conquered as God; yea, He bids us be of good cheer, for He has overcome the world. He hungered, but He fed thousands; yea, He is the Bread that giveth life, and That is of heaven. He thirsted, but He cried, If any man thirst, let him come unto Me and drink. Yea, He promised that foun tains should flow from them that believe. He was wearied, but He is the Rest of them that are weary and heavy laden. He was heavy with sleep, but He walked lightly over the sea. He rebuked the winds, He made Peter light as he began to sink. He pays tribute, but it is out of a fish; yea, He is the King of those who demanded it. …