Song of Solomon 4:6
Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
5Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
7You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.
Cross References
Exodus 30:8When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn the incense perpetually before the LORD for the generations to come.
Exodus 37:29He also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.
Psalms 66:15I will offer You fatlings as burnt offerings, with the fragrant smoke of rams; I will offer bulls and goats. Selah
Song of Solomon 4:14with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices.
Malachi 1:11For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Luke 1:9he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
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 →