Song of Solomon 5:14

His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is polished ivory bedecked with sapphires.

Majority Standard Bible

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 like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.

15His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:6Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.

Exodus 28:20and in the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. Mount these stones in gold filigree settings.

Psalms 44:4You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.

Song of Solomon 7:2Your navel is a rounded goblet; it never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies.

Isaiah 52:13Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.

Ezekiel 1:16The workmanship of the wheels looked like the gleam of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. Their workmanship looked like 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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