His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
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His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
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His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
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His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold; his aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
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Passages linked to Song of Solomon 5:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 4:33 He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; he also spoke of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish.
- Revelation 1:15-16 His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters. He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
- Exodus 26:19 You shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
- Judges 13:6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, “A man of God came to me, and his face was like the face of the angel of God, very awesome. I didn’t ask him where he was from, neither did he tell me his name;
- Psalms 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- Song of Solomon 2:14 My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountainside, let me see your face. let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely.
- Song of Solomon 4:11 Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
- Song of Solomon 7:4 Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bathrabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.
- Hosea 14:7 Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.
- Zechariah 9:17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.
- Matthew 17:2 He was changed before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.
- Matthew 28:3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow.
- Acts 2:28 You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.’
- 1 Timothy 3:16 Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Son 5:15 His legs [are as] pillars of marble,…
Son 5:15 His legs [are as] pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance [is] as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
Ver. 15. His legs are as pillars of marble.] A sign of Christ’s firmness in his kingdom, works, word, and government, saith a learned expositor, and of his strength to trample upon his enemies, as also of his united power to accomplish the course of his threefold office. Pillars both bear up the building and beautify it; neither can anything be more sure and solid than these, if set upon a firm foundation. The pillars here mentioned are said to be "set upon fine gold" - that is, upon a foundation both fine and firm, for gold hardly rusteth or cankereth; whence it was likely that Tithonus and his son Memnon, when they built the city of Susa, in Persia, they joined the stones together with gold, as Cassiodorus writeth: Christ’s power is founded upon his divine nature; and this is the rock upon which the Church is built, and whereby it is set in safety from all miseries and molestations, satanic or secular. The gates of hell shall not prevail against her. Christ and the father are one; therefore none shall take her out of his hands. God hath "laid help upon one that is mighty," {Psa 89:19} even upon Emmanuel, the mighty strong God, as he is called, {Isa 9:6} "declared to be the Son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead," {Rom 1:4} that your "faith and hope might be in God." {1Pe 1:21} Trust perfectly therefore to, or hope to the end, {a} "for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus": {1Pe 1:13} since he is "able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him." {Heb 7:25}
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His countenance is as Lebanon.] His aspect, his look, or general view - i.e., whatsoever of himself Christ is pleased to manifest and lay open unto us is pleasant and delightful, goodly and glorious, excellent and eximious, choice as the cedars, that are chosen before other trees; and why? {See Trapp on "Son 1:17"}
{a} Eις το παντελες. Prorsus, perpetuo, perfecte.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain His legs; the instruments of local motion, and the…
His legs; the instruments of local motion, and the supporters of the body.
As pillars of marble; white, and straight, and well shaped, and strong; which may note the firmness and stability of Christ’s kingdom in spite of all opposition.
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Set upon sockets of fine gold; which add both beauty and strength to them. These may note his feet compared to gold, either for their great price and worth, or for their singular brightness, for which they are compared to fine brass, Rev 1:15; or, as others, for his golden shoes, wherewith they were covered or adorned, as the spouse is commended from her shoes, Son 7:1.
His countenance, Heb. his aspect or appearance; his form or person, as this Hebrew word is elsewhere used.
As Lebanon, in respect of its cedars, as the next words explain it, to wit, tall, and upright, and stately, and withal pleasant to the eye.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Marble - White, and strait, and well shaped and…
Marble - White, and strait, and well shaped and strong. Gold - His feet are compared to gold, for their singular brightness, for which they are compared to fine-brass, Rev. i, 15. Countenance - Hebrew. his aspect or appearance, his form or person. Lebanon - In respect of its cedars, tall, and upright, and stately.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 15. His legs are as pillars of marble]…
Verse 15. His legs are as pillars of marble] Exquisitely turned and well-shaped; the sockets of gold may refer to his slippers. On these a profusion of gold and ornaments are still lavished in Asiatic countries.
His countenance is as Lebanon] As Lebanon exalts its head beyond all the other mountains near Jerusalem, so my beloved is tall and majestic, and surpasses in stature and majesty all other men. He is also as straight and as firm as the cedars.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain His countenance - Or, his appearance (his whole port…
His countenance - Or, his appearance (his whole port and mien, but especially head and countenance) “is as the Lebanon.”
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 15. His legs — Hebrew, The calves of his…
15. His legs — Hebrew, The calves of his legs.
Sockets — Better, pedestals.
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His countenance — Literally, His appearance; that is, his whole mien and bearing. The general impression of his stature is like that of “that goodly mountain, even Lebanon,” which, rising to ten thousand feet, always, in sun-shine or in storm, was the Jewish ideal of lofty majesty.
And as Lebanon wears its cedars, unconscious of the crown they give it, so the Beloved bears himself, nobly unaware of the perfect, comeliness of his features.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. His legs] Heb. shôq is the part of…
15. His legs] Heb. shôq is the part of the leg below the knee.
pillars of marble] i.e. white and firm like marble or alabaster. Here, seeing the lover is an Oriental, and therefore brown in complexion, alabaster would be the better comparison.
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sockets] Perhaps rather, bases of fine gold.
his countenance] his aspect is like Lebanon, giving the same impression of majesty.
excellent] Heb. bâchûr = ‘chosen,’ LXX, ἐκλεκτός. The Targum translates it “a young man,” but in that case we should have had ‘a cedar,’ not ‘cedars.’ Goodly as the cedars would fairly give the sense.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (15) Marble.—Heb. shesh. Here and in Est_1:6.
(15) Marble.—Heb. shesh. Here and in Est_1:6.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
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The woman continues to describe the man.
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His legs are pillars of marble, set on bases of pure gold
Marble and gold are strong and beautiful. (See: Metaphor)
marble
a very strong stone that has many different colors and that people polish to make very smooth
his appearance is like Lebanon
"he looks like Lebanon." Lebanon was a very beautiful area with many mountains and cedar trees. (See: Simile)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 5:15 Lebanon was to the north of Israel and…
5:15 Lebanon was to the north of Israel and contained legendary cedar trees that were large, stately, and pleasantly fragrant.
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