Song of Solomon 4

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Song of Solomon 4

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M How beautiful you are, my darling.
How very beautiful!
Behind your veil,
your eyes are doves.^(A)
Your hair is like a flock of goats
streaming down Mount Gilead.^(B)

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Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep
coming up from washing,
each one having a twin,
and not one missing.^(a)^(C)

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Your lips are like a scarlet cord,^(D)
and your mouth^(b) is lovely.
Behind your veil,
your brow^(c) is like a slice of pomegranate.^(E)

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Your neck is like the tower of David,^(F)
constructed in layers.
A thousand bucklers are hung on it—
all of them shields of warriors.^(d)

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Your breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle,^(G) that feed among the lilies.

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Before the day breaks^(e)
and the shadows flee,^(H)
I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh
and the hill of frankincense.^(I)

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You are absolutely beautiful,^(J) my darling,
with no imperfection in you.

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Come with me from Lebanon,^(f)^(K) my bride^(L)—
with me from Lebanon!
Descend from the peak of Amana,
from the summit of Senir and Hermon,^(M)
from the dens of the lions,
from the mountains of the leopards.

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You have captured my heart,^(N) my sister,^(g)^(O) my bride.
You have captured my heart with one glance of your eyes,
with one jewel of your necklace.

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How delightful your love is, my sister, my bride.
Your love is much better than wine,^(P)
and the fragrance of your perfume than any balsam.

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Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride.^(Q)
Honey and milk^(R) are under your tongue.
The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

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My sister, my bride, you are a locked garden—
a locked garden^(h) and a sealed spring.^(S)

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Your branches are a paradise⁽ⁱ⁾ of pomegranates
with choicest fruits,^(T)
henna with nard—

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nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon,^(U)
with all the trees of frankincense,^(V)
myrrh and aloes,^(W)
with all the best spices.

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You are a garden spring,
a well of flowing water^(X)
streaming from Lebanon.

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W Awaken,^(Y) north wind—
come, south wind.
Blow on my garden,
and spread the fragrance of its spices.
Let my love come to his garden
and eat its choicest fruits.^(Z)

Footnotes:

a. Song of Solomon 4:2: Lit and no one bereaved among them

b. Song of Solomon 4:3: Or speech

c. Song of Solomon 4:3: Or temple, or cheek, or lips

d. Song of Solomon 4:4: Perhaps describing the woman’s necklace

e. Song of Solomon 4:6: Lit breathes

f. Song of Solomon 4:8: In Hb, the word for Lebanon is similar to “frankincense” in Sg 4:6,14,15.

g. Song of Solomon 4:9: A term of endearment

h. Song of Solomon 4:12: Some Hb mss read locked fountain

i. Song of Solomon 4:13: Or park, or orchard

Cross references:

A. Song of Solomon 4:1: Song of Solomon 1:15; Song of Solomon 5:12

B. Song of Solomon 4:1: Song of Solomon 6:5

C. Song of Solomon 4:2: Song of Solomon 6:6

D. Song of Solomon 4:3: Joshua 2:18

E. Song of Solomon 4:3: Song of Solomon 6:7

F. Song of Solomon 4:4: Song of Solomon 7:4

G. Song of Solomon 4:5: Song of Solomon 7:3

H. Song of Solomon 4:6: Song of Solomon 2:17

I. Song of Solomon 4:6: Song of Solomon 3:6; Song of Solomon 4:14

J. Song of Solomon 4:7: Ephesians 5:27

K. Song of Solomon 4:8: 1 Kings 4:33

L. Song of Solomon 4:8: Isaiah 62:5

M. Song of Solomon 4:8: Deuteronomy 3:9; 1 Chronicles 5:23

N. Song of Solomon 4:9: Song of Solomon 6:5; Song of Solomon 7:5

O. Song of Solomon 4:9: Song of Solomon 5:1-2

P. Song of Solomon 4:10: Song of Solomon 1:2; Song of Solomon 1:4

Q. Song of Solomon 4:11: Proverbs 5:3

R. Song of Solomon 4:11: Exodus 3:8; Exodus 3:17; Numbers 14:8; Numbers 16:13-14

S. Song of Solomon 4:12: Job 9:7

T. Song of Solomon 4:13: Song of Solomon 7:13

U. Song of Solomon 4:14: Exodus 30:23

V. Song of Solomon 4:14: Song of Solomon 4:6

W. Song of Solomon 4:14: John 19:39

X. Song of Solomon 4:15: Genesis 26:19; Leviticus 14:5; Jeremiah 2:13

Y. Song of Solomon 4:16: Song of Solomon 2:7; Song of Solomon 3:5; Song of Solomon 8:4

Z. Song of Solomon 4:16: Song of Solomon 7:13