Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Thy lips, my spouse, drop as the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
New American Standard Bible
Honey and milk are under your tongue,
And the fragrance of your garments is like the
King James Version
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Holman Bible
Honey and milk
The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
International Standard Version
Your lips drip honey, my bride; milk and honey are under your tongue. The scent of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
American Standard Version
Thy lips, O my bride, drop as the honeycomb: Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Amplified
“Your lips, my [promised] bride, drip honey [as the honeycomb];
Honey and milk are under your tongue,
And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
Bible in Basic English
Your lips are dropping honey; honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your clothing is like the smell of Lebanon.
Julia Smith Translation
Thy lips will drop honey droppings, O bride: honey and milk under thy tongue, and the odor of thy garments as the odor of Lebanon.
King James 2000
Your lips, O my spouse, drop like the honeycomb: honey and milk are under your tongue; and the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Your lips drip nectar, [my] bride; honey and milk [are] under your lips; the scent of your garments [is] like the scent of Lebanon.
Modern King James verseion
Your lips, My spouse, drop like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb; yea, milk and honey is under thy tongue, and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of frankincense.
NET Bible
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.
New Heart English Bible
Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
The Emphasized Bible
With sweetness, thy lips do drip, O bride, - Honey and milk, are under thy tongue, and, the fragrance of thy garments, is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
Webster
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honey-comb; honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
World English Bible
Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thy lips drop honey, O spouse, Honey and milk are under thy tongue, And the fragrance of thy garments Is as the fragrance of Lebanon.
Themes
Cedars » Described as » Fragrant
Garments » Of the rich » Perfumed
Honey » Illustrative of » Holy speech of saints
Lebanon » Illustrative » (fragrance of,) of the graces of the church
Interlinear
Saphah
Lashown
References
Word Count of 19 Translations in Song of Solomon 4:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Mountains And Fragrance Of Lebanon
10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine ointments than all spices! 11 Thy lips, my spouse, drop as the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. 12 A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 27:27
And he came near, and kissed him. And he smelt the smell of his clothes, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Jehovah hath blessed.
Song of Songs 5:1
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, beloved ones!
Psalm 19:10
They are more precious than gold, yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey and the dropping of the honeycomb.
Psalm 45:8
Myrrh and aloes, cassia, are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.
Psalm 71:14-15
But as for me, I will hope continually, and will praise thee yet more and more.
Psalm 71:23-24
My lips shall exult when I sing psalms unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
Proverbs 5:3
For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health for the bones.
Proverbs 24:13-14
Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and a honeycomb is sweet to thy taste:
Song of Songs 4:3
Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy speech is comely; As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples Behind thy veil.
Song of Songs 4:10
How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine ointments than all spices!
Song of Songs 5:13
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, raised beds of sweet plants; His lips lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
Song of Songs 7:9
And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine, ... That goeth down smoothly for my beloved, And stealeth over the lips of them that are asleep.
Isaiah 7:15
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.
Hosea 14:2
Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah; say unto him, Forgive all iniquity, and receive us graciously; so will we render the calves of our lips.
Hosea 14:6-7
His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
Hebrews 13:15
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, the fruit of the lips confessing his name.