Song of Solomon 1:17
The beams of our houses are cedars and our wainscoting of cypress-trees.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
In Context
16Lo, thou art beautiful, my friend, also pleasant: also our couch is [made in the] green [wood].
Cross References
1 Kings 6:9So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with hollow tiles, and with boards of cedar.
Psalms 92:12(92:13) The righteous shall spring up like the palm-tree: like a cedar in Lebanon shall he grow high.
Song of Solomon 8:9If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.—
Ezekiel 42:3Opposite the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and opposite the pavement which was for the outer court, was corner-pillar before corner-pillar in the three stories.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 1:13-17
Conference between Christ and His Church. 12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. 13 A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. 14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi. 15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes. 16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. 17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir. Here… Read the whole commentary →