Song of Solomon 1:9
Thy cheeks are beautiful as the turtledove's, thy neck as jewels.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.
In Context
8To my company of horsemen, in Pharao's chariots, have I likened thee, O my love.
10We will make thee chains of gold, inlaid with silver.
Cross References
1 Kings 10:28And horses were brought for Solomon out of Egypt, and Coa: for the king's merchants brought them out of Coa, and bought them at a set price.
Song of Solomon 1:15Behold thou art fair, my beloved, and comely. Our bed is flourishing.
Song of Solomon 2:10Behold my beloved speaketh to me: Arise, make haste, my love, my dove, my beautiful one, and come.
Song of Solomon 4:1How beautiful art thou, my love, how beautiful art thou! thy eyes are doves' eyes, besides what is hid within. Thy hair is as flocks of goats, which Come up from mount Galaad.
Song of Solomon 5:2I sleep, and my heart watcheth; the voice of my beloved knocking: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is full of dew, and my locks of the drops of the nights.
Isaiah 31:1Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, trusting in horses, and putting their confidence in chariots, because they me many: and in horsemen, because they me very strong: and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought after the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 1:8-12
The Love of the Church to Christ. 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? 8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. 9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. 10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. 11… Read the whole commentary →