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Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy mouth is comely. Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Your speech is lovely—perhaps meaning “your mouth,” that is, the organ of speech.

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Speech.—Rather, mouth, as the parallelism shows.

Thy temples...—Rather, like a piece of pomeg…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet,

And well they may be, for what is there for the believer to talk about but the scarlet of the…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Your lips [are] like a thread of scarlet
To a "thread" for thinness, to "scarlet" for colour; thin red lips being be…

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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