Song of Solomon 1:17
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
In Context
16Behold, you are fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
Cross References
1 Kings 6:9So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards 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 palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
Ezekiel 42:3Opposite to the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and opposite to the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.
Hebrews 11:10For he looked for a city which has 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 →