Song of Solomon 7:9 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁹And 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.

Song of Solomon 7:9 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Song of Solomon 5:16
His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
Acts 16:30-34
And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? …
Acts 2:11-13
Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. …
Song of Solomon 2:14
O 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.
Colossians 3:16-17
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. …

Commentary

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

(vv. 1-9)

The title which Jesus Christ here gives to the church is new: O prince’s daughter! agreeing with Ps. 45:13; where she is called the king’s daughter. She is so in respect of her new birth, born from above, begotten of God, and his workmanship, bearing the image of the King of kings, and guided by his Spirit. She is so by marriage; Christ, by betrothing her to himself, though he found her mean and d…

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

(vv. 9)

9. roof of thy mouth--thy voice (Pr 15:23). best wine--the new wine of the gospel kingdom (Mr 14:25), poured out at Pentecost (Ac 2:4, 13, 17). for my beloved--(So 4:10). Here first the daughters call Him theirs, and become one with the bride. The steps successively are (So 1:5) where they misjudge her (So 3:11); So 5:8, where the possibility of their finding Him, before she regained Him, is expre…