Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

A tower of ivory - The allusion is to a particular tower, likely one built by Solomon (1 Kings 10:21).

Fishpools in He…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Fishpools in Heshbon.—Literally, pools. The Authorised Version follows the Vulgate piscinœ, for which there is n…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Your neck [is] as a tower of ivory
Two things recommend the neck, erectness and whiteness; both are here expressed, …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The analogies here are different from what they were before, and in the original refer to glorious and splendid clothing. All His saints have such …

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