El panorama
Cantares 3 abre con “By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.”, cambia cerca del versículo 6 con “Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh…” y termina con “Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his…”. Estos puntos trazan el movimiento propio del capítulo desde su inicio hasta su conclusión.
Las Escrituras junto al resumen
Cantares · Versión King James · 11Cantares 3:1-6
Versículos 1–6: By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I…
Cantares 3:1–6 abre con “By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.” y llega a “Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Sigue las imágenes, argumentos, oraciones y observaciones con las que Cantares examina la vida delante de Dios.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
Este bloque contiene 2 preguntas. No son simple puntuación: muestran dónde una voz busca, desafía, teme o intenta comprender.
“By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.” Los términos propios de esta línea incluyen sought, loveth, night. Su relación con los versículos 2 permite comprobar su función dentro del pasaje.
“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…” Los términos propios de esta línea incluyen broad, city, loveth. Su relación con los versículos 1 y 3 permite comprobar su función dentro del pasaje.
Cantares 3:1-6
Versión 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?
Cantares 3:7-11
Versículos 7–11: Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it…
Cantares 3:7–11 abre con “Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of…” y llega a “Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Sigue las imágenes, argumentos, oraciones y observaciones con las que Cantares examina la vida delante de Dios.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.” Nombrar a Israel y Solomon mantiene el relato unido a personas o lugares concretos. Sigue dónde reaparece el nombre y qué cambia a su alrededor.
Cantares 3:7-11
Versión 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.
Detalles que vale la pena notar
La imagen inicial
Song of Solomon 3:1 comienza con “By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.”
Dónde cambia el capítulo
Song of Solomon 3:6 forma un giro 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?”
La nota final
Song of Solomon 3:11 deja al lector con “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…”
Un recorrido de palabras por el capítulo
Las palabras loveth, soul, daughters, sought, city, Jerusalem ayudan a revelar las preocupaciones que se repiten en el capítulo.
Primero el texto
Donde difieren los lectores
El resumen comienza con lo que dice el pasaje y cómo se relacionan sus partes. No supone que una denominación ya haya resuelto cada pregunta. Toda dependencia de una tradición, teoría literaria o reconstrucción histórica se identifica con claridad.
El texto KJV aparece primero. Las conclusiones interpretativas se identifican, y las diferencias se presentan cuando ayudan a explicar por qué las comunidades serias no siempre llegan a la misma respuesta.
Las notas interpretativas comparativas de este capítulo están en preparación. Hasta que las notas revisadas estén listas, esta página separa el texto KJV del resumen y la aplicación sin afirmar que todos los lectores serios coinciden en cada cuestión.