Song of Solomon 1:17
The beams of our house are cedars, and our rafters are firs.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
In Context
16Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our couch is green.
Cross References
1 Kings 6:9So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.
Psalms 92:12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Song of Solomon 8:9If she be a wall, we will build upon her a turret of silver: and if she be a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
Ezekiel 42:3Over against the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and over against the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gallery in the third story.
Hebrews 11:10for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 1:13-17
Conference between Christ and His Church. 12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. 13 A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. 14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi. 15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes. 16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. 17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir. Here… Read the whole commentary →