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13 His cheeks are like beds of spices [C his beard is perfumed];
    ·they smell like mounds of perfume [L growing aromatics].
His lips are like lilies
    flowing with myrrh [4:14].
14 His ·hands [or arms] are like gold ·hinges [or bars],
    ·filled with jewels [L set with Tarshish stones; C a location in Spain; perhaps a black jet stone or golden topaz].
His ·body [or member] is like ·shiny ivory [or an ivory tusk]
    ·covered with sapphires [ornamented with lapis].
15 His legs are like large marble ·posts [pillars],
    standing on ·bases [pedestals] of fine gold.
·He is like a cedar of [L His appearance is like] Lebanon,
    ·like the finest of the trees [L choice like the cedars].

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