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Song of Solomon 4:10

How fair is thy love, pleasant and acceptable, My sister, My spouse! How much better is thy love than wine, sweet to the taste and pleasant in every way, and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

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See also Song of Solomon 4:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 10. _HOW MUCH BETTER IS THY LOVE_] דדיך _dodayich; Hebrew_. μαστοισου; _Septuagint_. _Ubera tua; Vulgate_. "Thy breasts." And so all the _versions_, except the _Chaldee_. _SMELL OF THINE OINTME...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The similes employed refer to the graces of adornment, speech, and gesture, as expressions of inward character and sentiment. Song of Solomon 4:9 WITH ONE OF THINE EYES - Rather, with one look of th...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 4 The King, the Bridegroom speaks of her, who is “perfect through His comeliness put upon thee” Ezekiel 16:14. He tells out all she is in His sight and loving estimation. He has called her fro...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE RESISTLESS CHARM OF THE BEAUTIFUL BRIDE. In the Oriental manner this enchantment is expressed in the sensuous terms of wine, honey, and delicious odours. SISTER is found in old Egyptian love-songs...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FAIR. sweet. LOVE. endearments. Hebrew. _dodim,_ as in Song of Solomon 1:2; Song of Solomon 1:4, and Song of Solomon 7:12. MY SISTER, MY SPOUSE. my sister betroth

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Song of Solomon 4:8 Chap. Song of Solomon 5:1. A true Lover's Pleading With Song of Solomon 4:8 a new song, representing another scene, begins. In it the peasant lover of the Shulammite comes to b

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _How fair is thy love_ HOW SWEET ARE THY CARESSES. In the next clause also, _love_should be _caresses_. _spices_ Better, _perfumes_....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT 4:8 to Song of Solomon 5:1 _SECOND MEETING (Jerusalem_); Prolepsis, Song of Solomon 4:8 to Song of Solomon 5:1 (Chronologically coming between...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! LOVE - Hebrew, loves; manifold tokens of thy love. MUCH BETTER...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DESCRIPTION OF HER CHARMS. HER INVITATION 1-7. This short poem belongs to the class which the Arabs call wasf, in which the bride's charms are described: they are sung while she is being dressed, or...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The smell of her garments is like the fresh and healthy odour of the cedars, or, as we in England should say, of the pinewoods: cp. Genesis 27:27; Psalms 45:8....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Their love seems very special: • She glanced at him. So he loves her. • He saw the chain round her neck. And he wanted her to be his bride. • He prefers her love rather than the best wine. • He pr...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    A WONDERFUL SONG ABOUT LOVE SONG OF SONGS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 4 THE MAN V1 My *dear, you are so beautiful! Oh, you are beautiful!...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מַה ־יָּפ֥וּ דֹדַ֖יִךְ אֲחֹתִ֣י כַלָּ֑ה מַה ־

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    TRUE LOVE TESTED SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1; Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of Solomon 3:1; Song of So

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    III. The Actual Betrothal (Song of Solomon 3:6; Song of Solomon 4:1) 1. The Singer Song of Solomon 3:6). The Coming of Solomon. 2. Solomon...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Spices. He returns her compliment, chap. i. 2._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! The love of Christ to his Church, and the love of the Church to Chr...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    And now, chapter 4, He declares all that she is in His sight, although she has been in the lion's den. From thence He calls her, all fair and without spot in His eyes; His heart expressing His delight...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    HOW FAIR IS THY LOVE, [MY] SISTER, MY SPOUSE!.... Of these titles, Song of Solomon 4:8; Song of Solomon 4:9; and of the love of the church to Christ, Song of Solomon 1:3;

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    How fair is thy love, my sister, [my] spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! Ver. 10. _How fair is thy love._] Heb., _Loves,_ in the plural,...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _My sister, my spouse_ So he calls her to show the greatness of his love, which could not sufficiently be expressed by any one relation. _With one of thine eyes_ With one glance. _One chain of thy nec...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-15 Observe the gracious call Christ gives to the church. It is, 1. A precept; so this is Christ's call to his church to come off from the world. These hills seem pleasant, but there are in them lio...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HOW FAIR, how amiable and acceptable to me, is thy love! I do not disdain thy love, as I might do, but take it kindly, and prize it highly. HOW MUCH BETTER IS THY LOVE THAN WINE! of which SEE POOLE ON...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Song of Solomon 4:10 fair H3302 (H8804) love H1730 sister H269 spouse H3618 better H2895 (H8804) wine H31

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    _ “You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride, You have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, With one chain of your neck. How fair is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your l...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    This is a chapter which is, perhaps, more adapted for private meditation than for rending in public. Nevertheless, as this is a communion season, and I trust that the most of us are partakers of the l...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The Bridegroom commends the beauty of the Bride and delights in her affection. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: Whatever others think of the Bride of Christ, she is...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Song of Solomon 4:8. _Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse._ This endearing appellative occurs here for the first time. This summerhouse of Solomon was built in the forest of Lebanon, and was intended...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _How fair is thy love, My sister, My spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! _ CHRIST’S ESTIMATE OF HIS PEOPLE I_._ Christ first praises His...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    NOTES Song of Solomon 4:9. _Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse: thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck_. ‘Thou hast ravished my heart’ (לִבַּבְתּ...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 4:1 BEHOLD, THOU ART FAIR, MY LOVE; BEHOLD, THOU ART FAIR; THINE EYES ARE AS DOVES BEHIND THY VEIL; THINE HAIR IS AS A FLOCK OF GOATS, THAT LIE ALONG THE SIDE OF MOUNT GILE...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And now the bridegroom speaks. 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. Thy teeth...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Corinthians 1:21; 2 Corinthians 1:22; Galatians 5:22; Philippians 4:18;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Fair — How amiable and acceptable to me. Ointments — Of the gifts and graces of God's Spirit, wherewith thou art anointed....

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