Song of Solomon 1:10
Your face is a delight with rings of hair, your neck with chains of jewels.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
In Context
9I have made a comparison of you, O my love, to a horse in Pharaoh's carriages.
11We will make you chains of gold with ornaments of silver.
Cross References
Genesis 24:22And when the camels had had enough, the man took a gold nose-ring, half a shekel in weight, and two ornaments for her arms of ten shekels weight of gold;
Genesis 41:42Then Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and he had him clothed with the best linen, and put a chain of gold round his neck;
Proverbs 1:9For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.
Song of Solomon 5:13His face is as beds of spices, giving out perfumes of every sort; his lips like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
Isaiah 61:10I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.
Ezekiel 16:12And I put a ring in your nose and ear-rings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 1:8-12
The Love of the Church to Christ. 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? 8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. 9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. 10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. 11… Read the whole commentary →