Song of Solomon 4:6
Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
5Thy two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a roe, which feed among the lilies.
7Thou are all fair, my love, and there is no spot in thee.
Cross References
Exodus 30:8And when Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before LORD throughout your generations.
Exodus 37:29And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer.
Psalms 66:15I will offer to thee burnt-offerings of fatlings, with the incense of rams. I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.
Song of Solomon 4:14spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.
Malachi 1:11For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name [is] great among the Gentiles. And in every place incense [is] offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name [is] great among the Gentiles, says LORD
Luke 1:9that, according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to burn incense after entering into the temple of the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 4:2-8
The Beauty of the Church. 1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. 2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them. 3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks. 4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for… Read the whole commentary →