Song of Solomon 1:2
Smelling sweet of the best ointments. Thy name is as oil poured out: therefore young maidens have loved thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
In Context
1Let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine,
Cross References
Genesis 29:11And having watered the flock, he kissed her: and lifting up his voice, wept.
Psalms 2:12Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you perish from the just way.
Psalms 63:3In a desert land, and where there is no way, and no water: so in the sanctuary have I come before thee, to see thy power and thy glory.
Song of Solomon 2:4He brought me into the cellar of wine, he set in order charity in me.
Song of Solomon 5:16His throat most sweet, and he is all lovely: such is my beloved, and he is my friend, O ye daughters of Jerusalem.
Song of Solomon 7:9Thy throat like the best wine, worthy for my beloved to drink, and for his lips and his teeth to ruminate.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 1:2
Song of Solomon All scripture, we are sure, is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for the support and advancement of the interests of his kingdom among men, and it is never the less so for there being found in it some things dark and hard to be understood, which those that are unlearned and unstable wrest to their own destruction. In our belief both of the divine extraction and of the spiritual exposition of this book we are confirmed by the ancient, constant, and concurring testimony both of the… Read the whole commentary →