“ Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. ”
This and the next Song of Solomon 1:15-2 sections are regarded by ancient commentators (Jewish and Christian) as expressing “the love of espousals” Jeremiah 2:2 between the Holy One and His Chu...
A Mutually Responsive Song of Love and Admiration . (1) The comparison of the richly-ornamented horses of Pharaoh's chariots. Parallels from ancient literature may be found in the commentaries. The...
Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels , thy neck with chains of gold . Thy cheeks are comely - D'Arvieux has remarked that "the Arabian ladies wear a great many pearls about their necks and cap...
Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. Rows of jewels - ( Ezekiel 16:11 .) Olearius says, Persian ladies wear two or three rows of pearls round the head, beg...
The Ardent Affection of the Lovers 2-7. Songs of the bride: her enquiry and his answers.
Rows. — Heb., tôrim, from tûr = went round; hence = either circlets or strings of jewels, or the round beads themselves of which necklaces, &c, were made. Chains. — Literally, perforate...
TRUE LOVE TESTED Song of Solomon 1:1-17 ; Song of Solomon 2:1-17 ; Song of Solomon 3:1-11 ; Song of Solomon 4:1-16 ; Song of Solomon 5:1 THE poem opens with a scene in Solomon's palace. A co...
No Book has been provocative of more controversy than this. The question at issue is as to its place and value in Holy Scripture. While there are different varieties of each, the interpretations may...
Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. The Bridegroom is still going on with commending the beauty and loveliness of his bride as she appeared in his eyes. For, not...
Thy cheeks are comely with rows [of jewels] ,.... Or "beautiful as turtledoves", as the Septuagint; or it may be rendered "with turtles", since the word "jewels" is not in the text; not with images...
Thy cheeks are comely with rows [of jewels], thy neck with chains [of gold]. Ver. 10. Thy cheeks are comely, ] i.e., Thy whole face, by a synecdoche, though the cheeks are instanced, as being t...
I have compared thee For strength and courage, to overcome all thine enemies; to a company of horses For horses are famous for that property, and the strength of the battle was then thought to co...
The Love of the Church to Christ. 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flo...
Rows of jewels; which being fastened to the heads of brides, used to hang down upon and to adorn their cheeks, according to the manner in those times. He mentions the cheeks as the chief seat of be...
“I have compared you, O my love, To a horse in Pharaoh's chariots. Your cheeks are comely with plaits of hair, Your neck with strings of jewels. We will make you plaits of gold With studs of silver...
Notes Song of Solomon 1:9 : I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots . ‘To a company of horses’ (לְסֻסָתִי lesusathi ) סוּסָה ( susah ), fem., from סוּס ( s...
Song of Song of Solomon 1 I. Though written very possibly by Solomon with reference to the daughter of Pharaoh, this Song seems evidently to have had a deep symbolical meaning from the very begi...
We will this evening read in the one Book of the Bible which is wholly given up to fellowship; I allude to the Book of Canticles. This Book stands like the tree of life in the midst of the garden, an...
Song of Solomon 1:1 . The Song of songs, which is Solomon's. Here our version varies from the Hebrew. The particle prefixed to the noun Solomon is rendered in the genitive, instead of the dative c...
I have compared thee, O My love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots. Christ’s commendation of His Church I. The sweet epithet Ghrist giveth unto his Church. “O My love.” 1. The gre...
EXPOSITION Song of Solomon 1:1 The song of songs, which is Solomon's. This is certainly the title of the book which follows, although in our present Hebrew Bible it is the first verse of...
The Song of Solomon Chapter 1. The Church's Longing for Christ.
1 Peter 3:4 ; 2 Peter 1:3 ; 2 Peter 1:4 ; Ezekiel 16:11-13 ; Genesis 24:22 ; Genesis 24:47 ; Genesis 41:42 ; Isaiah 3:18-21 ; Numbers 31:50 ; Proverbs 1:9 ; Song of Solomon 4:9
Jewels — Which being fastened to the heads of brides, used to hang down upon their cheeks, in those times. He mentions the cheeks, as the chief seat of beauty. Chains — Whereby, as well as by the r...