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Song of Solomon 5:16

5:15 His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. mouth: Heb. palate

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His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.

His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

His mouth is most sweet: yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

What does Song of Solomon 5:16 mean?

Song of Solomon 5:16 is a verse in the book of Song of Solomon, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חֵךְ (chêk), מַמְתַּק (mamtaq), מַחְמָד (machmâd). It connects to 11 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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His
mouthחֵךְchêk/khake/H2441properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing)
is
most
sweet:מַמְתַּקmamtaq/mam-tak'/H4477something sweet (literally or figuratively)
yea,
he
is
altogether
lovely.מַחְמָדmachmâd/makh-mawd'/H4261delightful; hence, a delight, i.e. object of affection or desire
This
is
my
beloved,דּוֹדdôwd/dode/H1730(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
and
this
is
my
friend,רֵעַrêaʻ/ray'-ah/H7453an associate (more or less close)
O
daughtersבַּתbath/bath/H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
of
Jerusalem.יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםYᵉrûwshâlaim/yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im/H3389Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
mouth:
Heb.
palate

Commentary on Song of Solomon 5:16

HENRY_FULL · Song of Solomon 5:16
ded and deprecated by every one of us; and, if in sincerity we pray against it, we may receive that promise as an answer to the prayer ( Rom. vi. 14 ), Sin shall not have dominion over you. 134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts. Here, 1. David prays that he might live a quiet and peaceable life, and might not be harassed and discomposed by those that studied to be vexatious: " Deliver me from the oppression of man —man, whom God can control, and whose power is limited. Let them know themselves to be but men ( Ps. ix. 20 ), and let me be delivered out of the hands of my enemies, that I may serve God without fear; so will I keep thy precepts. " Not but that he would keep God's precepts, though he should be continued under oppression; "but so shall I keep thy precepts more cheerfully and with more enlargement of heart, my bonds being loosed." Then we may expect temporal blessings when we desire them with this in our eye, that we may serve God the better.

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Numbers 6:25

The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

Numbers 6:26

The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

Job 33:26

He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.

Job 34:32

That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

Job 35:11

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

Job 36:22

Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

Song of Solomon 4:6

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. break: Heb. breathe

Song of Solomon 5:12

His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. fitly: Heb. sitting in fulness, that is, fitly placed, and set as a precious stone in the foil of a ring

Luke 24:45

Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

Revelation 22:4

And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.

Revelation 22:5

And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Song of Solomon 5:16.

Song of Solomon 2:3

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. I sat: Heb. I delighted and sat down, etc taste: Heb. palate

Song of Solomon 7:9

And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. sweetly: Heb. straightly of those: or, of the ancient

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What does Song of Solomon 5:16 say?

Song of Solomon 5:16 (King James Version) reads: "His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. mouth: Heb. palate"

Is Song of Solomon 5:16 in the Old or New Testament?

Song of Solomon 5:16 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Song of Solomon.

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