Song of Solomon 1:17
The beams of our houses [are] cedars, Our rafters [are] firs, I [am] a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
In Context
16Lo, thou [art] fair, my love, yea, pleasant, Yea, our couch [is] green,
Cross References
1 Kings 6:9And he buildeth the house, and completeth it, and covereth the house [with] beams and rows of cedars.
Psalms 92:12The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.
Song of Solomon 8:9If she is a wall, we build by her a palace of silver. And if she is a door, We fashion by her board-work of cedar.
Ezekiel 42:3Over-against the twenty [cubits] that are to the inner court, and over-against the pavement that [is] to the outer court, [is] gallery over-against gallery, in the three [storeys].
Hebrews 11:10for he was looking for the city having the foundations, whose artificer and constructor [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 →