Song of Solomon 1:2
Because of the sauour of thy good ointments thy name is as an ointment powred out: therefore the virgins loue thee.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
In Context
1Let him kisse me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy loue is better then wine.
Cross References
Genesis 29:11And Iaakob kissed Rahel, and lift vp his voyce and wept.
Psalms 2:12Kisse the sonne, least he be angry, and ye perish in the way, when his wrath shall suddenly burne. blessed are all that trust in him.
Psalms 63:3For thy louing kindnesse is better then life: therefore my lippes shall prayse thee.
Song of Solomon 2:4Hee brought mee into the wine cellar, and loue was his banner ouer me.
Song of Solomon 5:16His mouth is as sweete thinges, and hee is wholy delectable: this is my welbeloued, and this is my louer, O daughters of Ierusalem.
Song of Solomon 7:9And the roufe of thy mouth like good wine, which goeth straight to my welbeloued, and causeth the lippes of the ancient to speake.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 1:2
Song of Solomon All scripture, we are sure, is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for the support and advancement of the interests of his kingdom among men, and it is never the less so for there being found in it some things dark and hard to be understood, which those that are unlearned and unstable wrest to their own destruction. In our belief both of the divine extraction and of the spiritual exposition of this book we are confirmed by the ancient, constant, and concurring testimony both of the… Read the whole commentary →