Proverbs 5:19 (BSB)
A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
From Proverbs 5. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Proverbs 5:19
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 5:15-23: Solomon, having shown the great evil that there is in adultery and fornication, and all such lewd and filthy courses, here prescribes remedies against them. I. Enjoy with satisfaction the comforts of lawful marriage, which was ordained for the prevention of uncleanness, and therefore ought to be made use of in time, lest it should not prove effectual for the cure of that which it might have prevented.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 5:19: Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe,.... That is, the wife of youth; let her always appear to thee as amiable and lovely as these creatures are; or let her be loved by thee as these are by princes and great men (w), who used to keep them tame, keep them clean, wash, comb them, and adorn them, and play with them...
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 5:19: loving . . . roe--other figures for a wife from the well-known beauty of these animals. breasts--(Compare Sol 1:13; Eze 23:3, Eze 23:8). ravished--literally, "intoxicated," that is, fully satisfied.
- Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 5:18-20: Pro 5:18-20 With Pro 5:18 is introduced anew the praise of conjugal love. These three verses, Pro 5:18-21, have the same course of thought as Pro 5:15-17. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. 19 The lovely hind and the graceful gazelle - May her bosom always charm thee; In her love mayest thou delight thyself evermore.