Song of Solomon 4:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

Song of Solomon 4:5 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Song of Solomon 2:16
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
Song of Solomon 6:3
I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
Song of Solomon 7:3
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
1 Peter 2:2
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Proverbs 5:19
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-7)

Here is, I. A large and particular account of the beauties of the church, and of gracious souls on whom the image of God is renewed, consisting in the beauty of holiness. In general, he that is a competent judge of beauty, whose judgment, we are sure, is according to truth, and what all must subscribe to, he has said, Behold, thou art fair. She had commended him, and called all about her to take n…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. breasts--The bust is left open in Eastern dress. The breastplate of the high priest was made of “two” pieces, folded one on the other, in which were the Urim and Thummim (lights and perfection). “Faith and love” are the double breastplate (1Th 5:8), answering to “hearing the word” and “keeping it,” in a similar connection with breasts (Lu 12:27, 28). roes--He reciprocates her praise (So 2:9). E…