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Song of Songs 2:4

He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
Song of Songs 2:4 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.
  • BSB He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love.
  • NKJV He brought me to the banqueting house, And his banner over me was love.
  • NASB “He has brought me to his banquet hall, And his banner over me is love.
  • NLT He escorts me to the banquet hall; it’s obvious how much he loves me.

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Quick answer

He brings her to the banquet hall, his banner over her being love. It declares love that is public, protective, and assured.

Overview

Led into the house of wine, she sees his "banner" over her as love, an emblem of openly avowed, sheltering devotion. Love here is both intimate and unashamedly displayed. The believer too is brought by the Lord into the joy of His house, where His love stands as the banner and assurance over His people (Rom. 8:38-39).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 16

  • Rom 8:28–39And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
  • John 15:9–15As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
  • Rom 5:8–10But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
  • Song 1:4Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
  • Rev 3:20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
  • Ps 84:10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
  • Isa 11:10And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
  • Song 6:4Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
  • John 14:21–23He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
  • Ps 63:2–5To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
  • Ps 60:4Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
  • Ps 20:5We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
  • Song 1:1The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
  • Esth 7:7And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
  • Song 5:1I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
  • Job 1:10Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

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