Song of Solomon 5:13
His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
12His eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk and mounted like jewels.
14His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is polished ivory bedecked with sapphires.
Cross References
Psalms 4:6Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
Psalms 45:2You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.
Psalms 89:15Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
Song of Solomon 1:16How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.
Song of Solomon 3:6Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?
Song of Solomon 5:5I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.
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 →