- Bible
- Song of Solomon
- Chapter 5
- Verse 15
Song of Solomon 5:15
His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
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Barnes' Notes
His countenance - Or, his appearance (his whole port and mien, but especially head and countenance) “is as the Lebanon.”
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
His legs Heb. shôqis the part of the leg below the knee.
pillars of marble i.e. white and firm like marble or alabaster. Here, seeing the lover is an Oriental, and therefore brown in complexion,…
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