Song of Solomon 1:8
O my love, I have compared you to my company of horsemen against the chariots of Pharaoh.
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In Context
9Your cheeks are beautiful, like those of a turtledove. Your neck is like a bejeweled collar.
Cross References
Psalms 16:3You have tested my heart and visited it by night. You have examined me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in me.
Song of Solomon 1:15Bride to Groom: Behold, you are handsome, O my beloved, and graceful. Our bed is flourishing.
Song of Solomon 4:1Groom to Bride: How beautiful you are, my love, how beautiful you are! Your eyes are those of a dove, except for what is hidden within. Your hair is like flocks of goats, which ascend along the mountain of Gilead.
Song of Solomon 4:10How beautiful are your breasts, my sister, my spouse! Your breasts are more beautiful than wine, and the fragrance of your ointments is above all aromatic oils.
Song of Solomon 6:1Bride: My beloved has descended to his garden, to the courtyard of aromatic plants, in order to pasture in the gardens and gather the lilies.
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 →