Song of Solomon 5:13
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, banks of sweet herbs. His lips are lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
12His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks, washed with milk, fitly set.
14His hands are rings of gold set with beryl. His body is ivory work overlaid [with] sapphires.
Cross References
Psalms 4:6Many there are who say, Who will show us good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Psalms 45:2Thou are fairer than the sons of men. Grace is poured into thy lips. Therefore God has blessed thee forever.
Psalms 89:15Blessed is the people who know the joyful sound. They walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
Song of Solomon 1:16Behold, thou are fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant. Also our couch is green.
Song of Solomon 3:6Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Song of Solomon 5:5I rose up to open to my beloved, and my hands drops with myrrh, and my fingers with liquid myrrh, upon the handles of the bolt.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 5:10-16
Enquiring after the Excellencies of Christ; The Church's Confidence in Christ. 9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us? 10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. 11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. 12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. 13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as… Read the whole commentary →