Song of Solomon 1:10
Chorus to Bride: We will fashion for you chains of gold, accented with reddened silver.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
In Context
9Your cheeks are beautiful, like those of a turtledove. Your neck is like a bejeweled collar.
11Bride to Chorus: While the king was taking his rest, my aromatic ointment sent forth its odor.
Cross References
Genesis 24:22Then, after the camels drank, the man took out gold earrings, weighing two shekels, and the same number of bracelets, ten shekels in weight.
Genesis 41:42And he took the ring from his own hand, and he gave it into his hand. And he clothed him with a robe of fine linen, and he placed a necklace of gold around his neck.
Proverbs 1:9so that grace may be added to your head and a collar to your neck.
Song of Solomon 5:13His head is like the finest gold. His locks are like the heights of palm trees, and as black as a raven.
Isaiah 61:10I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, and my soul will exult in my God. For he has clothed me with the vestments of salvation, and he has wrapped me in the clothing of justice, like a groom arrayed with a crown, and like a bride adorned with her jewels.
Ezekiel 16:12And I put gold upon your face, and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown upon 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 →