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His eyes are like doves beside the water brooks, Washed with milk, mounted like jewels.
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The Beauty of Loving Eyes
Commentators explain that the imagery of “doves beside the water-brooks, washed with milk” paints a picture of purity, gentleness, and life. The milk-white color of the doves suggests the clear, bright whites of the eyes, while their placement by water evokes a sense of calm repose and vivid, loving glances.
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Song Of Solomon
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Or, his eyes are like doves. The comparison is to doves seen by streams of water, washing in milk (that is, milk-white), and sitting in fullness (t…
19th Century
Anglican
Fitly set.—Literally, sitting in fullness, which the Margin explains, according to one received method of interpretation, as beauti…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
His eyes [are] as [the eyes] of doves the church's eyes are said to be, (Song of Solomon 1:15) (4:1) ; w…
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