Song of Solomon 4:1
Behold, thou art beautiful, my beloved, behold, thou art beautiful: thy dovelike eyes [look forth] from behind thy vail; thy hair is like a flock of goats, that come quietly down from Mount Gil'ad.
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Numbers 32:1Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle; and they saw the land of Ya'zer, and the land of Gil'ad, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle.
Psalms 45:11(45:12) Then will the king long for thy beauty; for he is thy Lord; and bow thyself to him.
Song of Solomon 2:10My friend commenced, and said unto me, Rise thee up, my beloved, my fair one, and come along.
Song of Solomon 4:9Thou hast ravished my heart, O my sister, [my] bride; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thy eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
Song of Solomon 6:5Turn away thy eyes from me, for they have excited me: thy hair is like a flock of goats that come quietly down from mount Gil'ad.
Song of Solomon 7:5(7:6) Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thy head like purple: a king is held bound in the tresses.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 4:1
In this chapter, I. Jesus Christ, having espoused his church to himself ( ch. iii. 11 ), highly commends her beauty in the several expressions of it, concluding her fair, all fair, ver. 1-5 and again, ver. 7 . II. He retires himself, and invites her with him, from the mountains of terror to those of delight, ver. 6 , 8 . III. He professes his love to her and his delight in her affection to him, ver. 9-14 . IV. She ascribes all she had that was valuable in her to him, and depends upon the continued influence of his… Read the whole commentary →