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Song of Songs 1:17
17fragrant cedar branches are the beams of our house, and pleasant smelling firs are the rafters.
Song of Songs 1:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
- New International Version (NIV)The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are firs.
- English Standard Version (ESV)the beams of our house are cedar; our rafters are pine.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The beams of our houses are cedar, And our rafters of fir.
Context of Song of Songs 1:17
15How beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful! Your eyes are like doves. 16You are so handsome, my love, pleasing beyond words! The soft grass is our bed; fragrant cedar branches are the beams of our house, and pleasant smelling firs are the rafters.
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קֹר֤וֹת בָּתֵּ֙ינוּ֙ אֲרָזִ֔ים רַהִיטֵ֖נוּ בְּרוֹתִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Commentaries on Song of Songs 1:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17The beams of our house are cedar - Perhaps it was under a cedar tree whose vast limbs were interwoven with the ברות beroth, a tree of the cypress kind, where they now sat. And this natural bower recommended itself to the poet's attention by its strength, loftiness, and its affording them a shady cover and cool retreat. How natural to break out into the praise of a bower, by whose branches and foliage we are shielded from the intense heat of the sun! Even…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-17Verses 9-17 The Bridegroom gives high praises of his spouse. In the sight of Christ believers are the excellent of the earth, fitted to be instruments for promoting his glory. The spiritual gifts and graces which Christ bestows on every true believer, are described by the ornaments then in use, Song 1:10,11. The graces of the saints are many, but there is dependence upon each other. He who is the Author, will be the Finisher of the good work. The grace…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-17The soft grass is our bed. The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs: The lovers imagine their luxurious surroundings of grass and overhanging trees as their house. She does not need the royal, palatial surroundings of a king because these God-created natural surroundings are more than enough for her and her true lover. In several poems, the countryside is a place of happy intimacy. The man and the woman make their bed outdoors and…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. our house--see on So 1:16; but primarily, the kiosk (Is 11:10), "His rest." Cedar is pleasing to the eye and smell, hard, and never eaten by worms. fir--rather, "cypress," which is hard, durable, and fragrant, of a reddish hue [Gesenius, Weiss, and Maurer]. Contrasted with the shifting "tents" (So 1:5), His house is "our house" (Psa 92:13; Ep 2:19; He 3:6). Perfect oneness of Him and the bride (Joh 14:20; 17:21). There is the shelter of a princely…Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 17The beams of our houses are cedars This is the praise of the Tabernacle.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Song of Songs 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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