Song of Solomon 5:13

His cheeks are as beds of aromatical spices set by the perfumers. His lips are as lilies dropping choice myrrb.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

In Context

12His eyes as doves upon brooks of waters, which are washed with milk, and sit beside the plentiful streams.

14His hands are turned and as of gold, full of hyacinths. His belly as of ivory, set with sapphires.

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Cross References

Psalms 4:6Offer up the sacrifice of justice, and trust in the Lord: many say, Who sheweth us good things?

Psalms 45:2My heart hath uttered a good word I speak my works to the king; My tongue is the pen of a scrivener that writeth swiftly.

Psalms 89:15justice and judgment are the preparation of thy throne. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face:

Song of Solomon 1:16The beams of our houses are of cedar, our rafters of cypress trees.

Song of Solomon 3:6Who is she that goeth up by the desert, as a pillar of smoke of aromatical spices, of myrrh, and frankincense, and of all the powders of the perfumer?

Song of Solomon 5:5I arose up to open to my beloved: my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers were full of the choicest myrrh.

Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 5:10-16

Enquiring after the Excellencies of Christ; The Church's Confidence in Christ. 9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us? 10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. 11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. 12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. 13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as… Read the whole commentary →

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