O panorama
Cânticos 3 abre com “By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.”, muda perto do versículo 6 com “Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh…” e termina com “Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his…”. Esses pontos traçam o movimento próprio do capítulo, da abertura à conclusão.
A Escritura ao lado do resumo
Cânticos · Versão King James · 11Cânticos 3:1-6
Versículos 1–6: By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I…
Cânticos 3:1–6 abre com “By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.” e chega a “Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and…” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve Acompanhe as imagens, argumentos, orações e observações com que Cânticos examina a vida diante de Deus.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
Este bloco contém 2 perguntas. Elas não são simples pontuação: mostram onde uma voz procura, desafia, teme ou tenta compreender.
“By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.” Os termos próprios desta linha incluem sought, loveth, night. A relação com os versículos 2 permite verificar sua função na passagem.
“I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I…” Os termos próprios desta linha incluem broad, city, loveth. A relação com os versículos 1 e 3 permite verificar sua função na passagem.
Cânticos 3:1-6
Versão King James1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
2I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
3The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
4It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
5I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
6Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Cânticos 3:7-11
Versículos 7–11: Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it…
Cânticos 3:7–11 abre com “Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of…” e chega a “Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother…” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve Acompanhe as imagens, argumentos, orações e observações com que Cânticos examina a vida diante de Deus.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
“Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.” Nomear Israel e Solomon mantém o relato ligado a pessoas ou lugares concretos. Acompanhe onde o nome retorna e o que muda ao redor dele.
Cânticos 3:7-11
Versão King James7Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
8They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
9King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
10He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
11Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Detalhes que merecem atenção
A imagem de abertura
Song of Solomon 3:1 começa com “By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.”
Onde o capítulo muda
Song of Solomon 3:6 forma uma mudança natural: “Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?”
A nota final
Song of Solomon 3:11 deixa o leitor com “Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of…”
Um caminho de palavras pelo capítulo
As palavras loveth, soul, daughters, sought, city, Jerusalem ajudam a revelar as preocupações repetidas do capítulo.
Primeiro o texto
Onde os leitores divergem
O resumo começa com o que a passagem diz e como suas partes se relacionam. Ele não presume que uma denominação já resolveu todas as questões. A dependência de uma tradição, teoria literária ou reconstrução histórica é claramente identificada.
O texto KJV aparece primeiro. As conclusões interpretativas são identificadas, e as diferenças surgem quando ajudam a explicar por que comunidades sérias nem sempre chegam à mesma resposta.
As notas interpretativas comparativas deste capítulo estão em preparação. Até que as notas revisadas estejam prontas, esta página separa o texto KJV do resumo e da aplicação sem afirmar que leitores responsáveis concordam em todas as questões.