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Song of Solomon 4:3

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

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Thy lips [are] like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech [is] comely: thy temples [are] like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

Song of Solomon 4:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Song of Solomon 4:3

Theological / Devotional

Speech. Rather the “mouth” as an instrument of speech.

Temples. Heb. raqqah, from a root meaning “to be thin,” “to be weak,” hence the thin parts of the skull on each side of the eyes. Some suggest that the cheeks are intended.

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