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Thy teeth are like a flock [of ewes] that are [newly] shorn, Which are come up from the washing, Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Regarding this phrase, it can also be rendered as “all of them are equal pairs, and none is bereft among them,” meaning that none has lost h…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Your teeth ... — that is, white as newly washed sheep. The word translated shorn is only used as a synonym for <…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Thy teeth

Those parts of our spiritual being with which we feed upon Christ, and masticate and assimilate the Word: Thy teeth

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Your teeth [are] like a flock [of sheep]
That is, like the teeth of a flock of sheep; as her eyes were like the eyes…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

If each of these comparisons has a meaning applicable to the graces of the church, or of the faithful Christian, these meanings are not clearly kno…

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