Song of Solomon 1:3
And the smell of your ointments is better than all spices: your name is ointment poured forth; therefore do the young maidens love you.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for your breasts are better than wine.
Cross References
Exodus 33:12And Moses said to the Lord, Behold! you say to me, Lead on this people; but you have not showed me whom you will send with me, but you have said to me, I know you above all, and you have favor with me.
Exodus 34:5And the Lord descended in a cloud, and stood near him there, and called + 34:5 Or, the name of the Lord, Hebraism. Another reading is ἐν ὀνόματι by the name of the Lord.
Psalms 133:2Lift up your hands by night + 133:2 Or, to the holy places. in the sanctuaries, and bless the Lord. 1
Ecclesiastes 7:1What advantage has a man? for who knows what is good for a man in his life, during the number of the life of the days of his vanity? and he has spent them as a shadow; for who shall tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Song of Solomon 4:10How beautiful are your breasts, my sister, my spouse! how much more beautiful are your breasts than wine, and the smell of your garments than all spices!
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 1:3-7
The Love of the Church to Christ. 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. 3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. 4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. 5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of… Read the whole commentary →