Song of Songs 5:15

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

His legs are like pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as its cedars.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 4:33 : 33 He produced manuals on botany, describing every kind of plant, from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on walls. He also produced manuals on biology, describing animals, birds, insects, and fish.
  • Ps 92:12 : 12 The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon.
  • Song 2:14 : 14 The Dove in the Clefts of En GediThe Lover to His Beloved: O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountain crags, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
  • Song 4:11 : 11 Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride, honey and milk are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
  • Song 7:4 : 4 Your neck is like a tower made of ivory. Your eyes are the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon overlooking Damascus.
  • Hos 14:7 : 7 People will reside again in his shade; they will plant and harvest grain in abundance. They will blossom like a vine, and his fame will be like the wine from Lebanon.
  • Zech 9:17 : 17 How precious and fair! Grain will make the young men flourish and new wine the young women.
  • Matt 17:2 : 2 And he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light.
  • Matt 28:3 : 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.
  • Acts 2:28 : 28 You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of joy with your presence.’
  • 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And we all agree, our religion contains amazing revelation: He was revealed in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
  • Rev 1:15-16 : 15 His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. 16 He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword extended out of his mouth. His face shone like the sun shining at full strength.
  • Exod 26:19 : 19 and you are to make forty silver bases to go under the twenty frames– two bases under the first frame for its two projections, and likewise two bases under the next frame for its two projections;
  • Judg 13:6 : 6 The woman went and said to her husband,“A man sent from God came to me! He looked like God’s angel– he was very awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.

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