Song of Solomon 4:10

My sister, my spouse, how faire is thy loue? howe much better is thy loue then wine? and the sauour of thine oyntments then all spices?

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

In Context

9My sister, my spouse, thou hast wounded mine heart: thou hast wounded mine heart with one of thine eyes, and with a chaine of thy necke.

11Thy lippes, my spouse, droppe as honie combes: honie and milke are vnder thy tongue, and the sauoure of thy garments is as the sauoure of Lebanon.

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 1:2Because of the sauour of thy good ointments thy name is as an ointment powred out: therefore the virgins loue thee.

Song of Solomon 1:12My welbeloued is as a bundle of myrrhe vnto me: he shall lie betweene my breasts.

Song of Solomon 5:5I rose vp to open to my welbeloued, and mine hands did drop downe myrrhe, and my fingers pure myrrhe vpon the handels of the barre.

2 Corinthians 1:21And it is God which stablisheth vs with you in Christ, and hath anoynted vs.

Philippians 4:18Now I haue receiued all, and haue plentie: I was euen filled, after that I had receiued of Epaphroditus that which came from you, an odour that smellleth sweete, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasant to God.

Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 4:9-15

The Love of Christ to the Church. 8 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. 9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. 10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! 11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as… Read the whole commentary →

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