Song of Solomon 4:14
Spikenard and saffron, sweet cane and cinnamon, with all the trees of Libanus, myrrh and aloes with all the chief perfumes.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
13Thy plants are a paradise of pomegranates with the fruits of the orchard. Cypress with spikenard.
15The fountain of gardens: the well of living waters, which run with a strong stream from Libanus.
Cross References
Genesis 43:11Then Israel said to them: If it must needs be so, do what you will: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down presents to the man, a little balm, and honey, and storax, myrrh, turpentine, and almonds.
Numbers 24:6As woody valleys, as watered gardens near the rivers, as tabernacles which the Lord hath pitched, as cedars by the waterside.
2 Chronicles 9:9And she gave to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and most precious stones: there were no such spices as these which the queen of Saba gave to king Solomon.
Song of Solomon 1:12A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, he shall abide between my breasts.
Song of Solomon 4:6Till the day break, and the shadows retire, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
Song of Solomon 6:2I to my beloved, and my beloved to me, who feedeth among the lilies.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 4:9-15
The Love of Christ to the Church. 8 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. 9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. 10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! 11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as… Read the whole commentary →