KJV King James Version
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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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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.
WEB World English Bible
His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
ASV American Standard Version
His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: His aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
His limbs pillars of marble, Founded on sockets of fine gold, His appearance as Lebanon, choice as the cedars.
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 5
12 His eyes [are] as [the eyes] of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, [and] fitly set.
13 His cheeks [are] as a bed of spices, [as] sweet flowers: his lips [like] lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
14 His hands [are as] gold rings set with the beryl: his belly [is as] bright ivory overlaid [with] sapphires.
15 His legs [are as] pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance [is] as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
16 His mouth [is] most sweet: yea, he [is] altogether lovely. This [is] my beloved, and this [is] my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
שׁוֹקָיו֙H7785 · shoqlegעַמּ֣וּדֵיH5982 · am.mudpillarשֵׁ֔שׁH8336 · sheshalabasterמְיֻסָּדִ֖יםH3245 · ya.sadto foundעַל־H5921 · aluponאַדְנֵי־H134 · e.densocketפָ֑זH6337 · pazpure goldמַרְאֵ֙הוּ֙H4758 · mar.ehappearanceכַּלְּבָנ֔וֹןH3844 · le.va.nonLebanonבָּח֖וּרH977 · ba.charto chooseכָּאֲרָזִֽים׃H730 · e.rezcedar
Cross-references
1 Kings 4:33And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that [is] in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.Revelation 1:15-16And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.Matthew 28:3His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:Acts 2:28Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.1 Timothy 3:16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.Zechariah 9:17For how great [is] his goodness, and how great [is] his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.Hosea 14:7They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive [as] the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof [shall be] as the wine of Lebanon.Judges 13:6Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance [was] like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he [was], neither told he me his name:Song of Solomon 2:14O my dove, [that art] in the clefts of the rock, in the secret [places] of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet [is] thy voice, and thy countenance [is] comely.Matthew 17:2And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.Psalm 92:12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.Song of Solomon 7:4Thy neck [is] as a tower of ivory; thine eyes [like] the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose [is] as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.Song of Solomon 4:11Thy lips, O [my] spouse, drop [as] the honeycomb: honey and milk [are] under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments [is] like the smell of Lebanon.Exodus 26:19And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
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