Song of Solomon 1:9
Your cheeks are beautiful, like those of a turtledove. Your neck is like a bejeweled collar.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.
In Context
8O my love, I have compared you to my company of horsemen against the chariots of Pharaoh.
10Chorus to Bride: We will fashion for you chains of gold, accented with reddened silver.
Cross References
1 Kings 10:28And horses were brought for Solomon from Egypt and from Kue. For the merchants of the king were buying these from Kue. And they paid out the established price.
Song of Solomon 1:15Bride to Groom: Behold, you are handsome, O my beloved, and graceful. Our bed is flourishing.
Song of Solomon 2:10Lo, he stands beyond our wall, gazing through the windows, watching through the lattices.
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 5:2Groom to Bride: I have arrived in my garden, O my sister, my spouse. I have harvested my myrrh, with my aromatic oils. I have eaten the honeycomb with my honey. I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink, and be inebriated, O most beloved.
Isaiah 31:1Woe to those who descend into Egypt for assistance, hoping in horses, and putting their trust in four-horse chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are exceedingly strong. And they have not believed in the Holy One of Israel, and they have not sought the Lord.
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 →