Song of Solomon 5:15
His legs as pillars of marble, that are set upon bases of gold. His form as of Libanus, excellent as the cedars.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
14His hands are turned and as of gold, full of hyacinths. His belly as of ivory, set with sapphires.
Cross References
Exodus 26:19For which thou shalt cast forty sockets of silver, that under every board may be put two sockets at the two corners.
1 Kings 4:33And he treated about trees from the cedar that is in Libanus, unto the hyssop that cometh out of the wall: and he discoursed of beasts, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Psalms 92:13The just shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus.
Song of Solomon 4:11Thy lips, my spouse, are as a dropping honeycomb, honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments, as the smell of frankincense.
Lamentations 4:7Zain. Her Nazarites were whiter than snow, purer than milk, more ruddy than the old ivory, fairer than the sapphire.
Zechariah 9:17For what is the good thing of him, and what is his beautiful thing, but the corn of the elect, and wine springing forth virgins?
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 →