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Song of Songs 7:4

Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.
Song of Songs 7:4 · Berean Standard Bible
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  • WEB Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bathrabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.
  • KJV Thy 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.
  • NKJV Your neck is like an ivory tower, Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon By the gate of Bath Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon Which looks toward Damascus.
  • NASB “Your neck is like a tower of ivory, Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, Which looks toward Damascus.
  • NLT Your neck is as beautiful as an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the sparkling pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is as fine as the tower of Lebanon overlooking Damascus.

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Quick answer

Her neck, eyes, and nose are praised with stately images ivory, the clear pools of Heshbon, and a watchtower conveying dignity and grace. Her beauty is noble and commanding.

Overview

The landmarks named lend the bride an air of stateliness and serene depth; her eyes are clear pools, her bearing tower-like. The imagery prizes dignity alongside loveliness. Such honoring description reflects the esteem proper to married love and, more broadly, the worth God assigns to those he has made and redeemed.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 22

  • Song 4:4Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.
  • Song 4:8–9Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.
  • Ps 144:12Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
  • 1 Kgs 9:19as well as all the store cities that Solomon had for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.
  • 1 Kgs 10:22For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
  • 1 Kgs 10:18Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
  • 2 Sam 8:6Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
  • 2 Chr 8:6as well as Baalath, all the store cities that belonged to Solomon, and all the cities for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.
  • Song 4:1How beautiful you are, my darling—how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.
  • Song 6:5Turn your eyes away from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead.
  • Num 21:25–26Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its villages.
  • Song 5:14–15His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is an ivory panel bedecked with sapphires.
  • Isa 54:4Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
  • Eph 1:17–18that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
  • Eph 3:18–19will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth
  • Phil 1:9–10And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
  • Heb 5:14But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
  • Gen 15:2But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
  • Ps 45:8All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.
  • Song 1:10Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
  • 1 Kgs 7:2He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.
  • 1 Kgs 22:39As for the rest of the acts of Ahab, along with all his accomplishments and the ivory palace and all the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

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