Song of Solomon 5:14

His hands are [as] rings of gold set with beryl: His body is [as] ivory work overlaid [with] sapphires.

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

In Context

13His cheeks are as a bed of spices, [As] banks of sweet herbs: His lips are [as] lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

15His legs are [as] pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: His aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:6Thy right hand, O Jehovah, is glorious in power, Thy right hand, O Jehovah, dasheth in pieces the enemy.

Exodus 28:20and the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be inclosed in gold in their settings.

Psalms 44:4Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverance for Jacob.

Song of Solomon 7:2Thy body is [like] a round goblet, [Wherein] no mingled wine is wanting: Thy waist is [like] a heap of wheat Set about with lilies.

Isaiah 52:13Behold, my servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.

Ezekiel 1:16The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto a beryl: and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.

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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