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Song of Solomon 4:1

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

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In The King James Version

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

In Context

2Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; all of which bear twins, and none is barren among them.

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Cross References

Numbers 32:1Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold, the place was a place for cattle;

Psalms 45:11So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy lord; and worship thou him.

Song of Solomon 2:10My beloved spoke, and said to me, Rise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

Song of Solomon 4:9Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thy eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

Song of Solomon 6:5Turn away thy eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

Song of Solomon 7:5Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thy head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 4:1

In this chapter, I. Jesus Christ, having espoused his church to himself ( ch. iii. 11 ), highly commends her beauty in the several expressions of it, concluding her fair, all fair, ver. 1-5 and again, ver. 7 . II. He retires himself, and invites her with him, from the mountains of terror to those of delight, ver. 6 , 8 . III. He professes his love to her and his delight in her affection to him, ver. 9-14 . IV. She ascribes all she had that was valuable in her to him, and depends upon the continued influence of his… Read the whole commentary →

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