Song of Solomon 4:6
Till the day break, and the shadows retire, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
5Thy two breasts like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
7Thou art all fair, O my love, and there is not a spot in thee.
Cross References
Exodus 30:8And when he shall place them in the evening, he shall burn an everlasting incense before the Lord throughout your generations.
Exodus 37:29He compounded also the oil for the ointment of sanctification, and incense of the purest spices, according to the work of a perfumer.
Psalms 66:15I will offer up to thee holocausts full of marrow, with burnt offerings of rams: I will offer to thee bullocks with goats.
Song of Solomon 4:14Spikenard and saffron, sweet cane and cinnamon, with all the trees of Libanus, myrrh and aloes with all the chief perfumes.
Malachi 1:11For from the rising of the sun even to the going down, my name is great among the Gentiles, and in every place there is sacrifice, and there is offered to my name a clean oblation: for my name is great among the Gentiles, saith the Lord of hosts.
Luke 1:9According to the custom of the priestly office, it was his lot to offer incense, going into the temple of the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 4:2-8
The Beauty of the Church. 1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. 2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them. 3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks. 4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for… Read the whole commentary →