Songs 5:14
Good News Translation
His hands are well-formed, and he wears rings set with gems. His body is like smooth ivory, with sapphires set in it.

New Revised Standard Version
His arms are rounded gold, set with jewels. His body is ivory work, encrusted with sapphires.

Contemporary English Version
His arms are branches of gold covered with jewels; his body is ivory decorated with sapphires.

New American Bible
His arms are rods of gold adorned with gems; His loins, a work of ivory covered with sapphires.

Douay-Rheims Bible
His hands are turned and as of gold, full of hyacinths. His belly as of ivory, set with sapphires.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

His hands are turned and as of gold, full of hyacinths. His belly as of ivory, set with sapphires.

hands

Exodus 15:6 Thy right hand, O Lord, is magnified in strength: thy right hand, O Lord, hath slain the enemy.

Psalm 44:4-7 For they got not the possession of the land by their own sword: neither did their own arm save them. But thy right hand and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance: because thou wast pleased with them. . . .

Psalm 99:4 And the king's honour loveth judgment. Thou hast prepared directions: thou hast done judgment and justice in Jacob.

Isaiah 9:7 His empire shall be multiplied, and there shall be no end of peace: he shall sit upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom; to establish it and strengthen it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth and for ever: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Isaiah 52:13 Behold my servant shall understand, he shall be exalted, and extolled, and shall be exceeding high.

his belly

Songs 7:2 Thy navel is like a round bowl never wanting cups. Thy belly is like a heap of wheat, set about with lilies.

Exodus 24:10 And they saw the God of Israel: and under his feet as it were a work of sapphire stone, and as the heaven, when clear.

Isaiah 54:11 O poor little one, tossed with tempest, without all comfort, behold I will lay thy stones in order, and will lay thy foundations with sapphires,

Ezekiel 1:26-28 And above the firmament that was over their heads, was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of the sapphire stone, and upon the likeness of the throne, was the likeness of the appearance of a man above upon it. . . .

Context
The Bride and Her Beloved
13His cheeks are as beds of aromatical spices set by the perfumers. His lips are as lilies dropping choice myrrh. 14His hands are turned and as of gold, full of hyacinths. His belly as of ivory, set with sapphires.15His legs as pillars of marble, that are set upon bases of gold. His form as of Libanus, excellent as the cedars.…
Cross References
Exodus 24:10
And they saw the God of Israel: and under his feet as it were a work of sapphire stone, and as the heaven, when clear.

Exodus 28:18
In the second a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a jasper:

Exodus 28:20
In the fourth a chrysolite, an onyx, and a beryl. They shall be set in gold by their rows.

Exodus 39:13
In the fourth, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a beryl, set and enclosed in gold by their rows.

Job 28:16
It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.

Isaiah 54:11
O poor little one, tossed with tempest, without all comfort, behold I will lay thy stones in order, and will lay thy foundations with sapphires,

Ezekiel 1:16
And the appearance of the wheels, and the work of them was like the appearance of the sea: and the four had all one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the midst of a wheel.

Daniel 10:6
And his body was like the chrysolite, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as a burning lamp: and his arms, and all downward even to the feet, like in appearance to glittering brass: and the voice of his word like the voice of a multitude.

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