His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Sweet flowers - A better reading, as noted in the margin, is plants with fragrant leaves and flowers trained on trellis-work.

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

His cheeks are as a bed of spices — Probably with allusion to the perfumed beard (marginal note: towers of perfumes), as in Psalm…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

His cheeks [are] as a bed of spices, [as] sweet flowers
Which may intend the presence of Christ with his people in h…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Even those who have little acquaintance with Christ, cannot but see amiable beauty in others who bear his image. There are hopes of those who begin…

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