Song of Solomon 1:17
The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters are cypresses.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
In Context
16Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant; Also our bed is green.
Cross References
1 Kings 6:9And he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
Psalms 92:12The righteous shall shoot forth like a palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar on Lebanon.
Song of Solomon 8:9If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver; And if she be a door, We will enclose her with boards of cedar.
Ezekiel 42:3over against the twenty [cubits] that pertained to the inner court, and over against the pavement that pertained to the outer court; there was gallery against gallery in the third [story];
Hebrews 11:10for he waited for the city which has foundations, of which God is [the] artificer and constructor.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 1:13-17
Conference between Christ and His Church. 12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. 13 A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. 14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi. 15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes. 16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. 17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir. Here… Read the whole commentary →