Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

“Your lips, my bride, drip honey;
Honey and milk are under your tongue,
And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׂפת שׂפה 
Saphah 
Usage: 176

O my spouse
כּלּה 
Kallah 
Usage: 34

נטף 
Nataph 
Usage: 18

as the honeycomb
נפת 
Nopheth 
Usage: 5

דּבשׁ 
D@bash 
Usage: 54

and milk
חלב 
Chalab 
Usage: 44

לשׁנה לשׁן לשׁון 
Lashown 
Usage: 116

and the smell
ריח 
Reyach 
Usage: 58

שׂלמה 
Salmah 
Usage: 16

is like the smell
ריח 
Reyach 
Usage: 58

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

The Mountains And Fragrance Of Lebanon

10 How fair is your love, My sister, My spouse! How much better is your love than wine, and the smell of your ointments than all spices! 11 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. 12 A locked garden is My sister, My spouse; a rock heap locked up, a fountain sealed.

Cross References

Genesis 27:27

And he came near and kissed him. And he smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Jehovah has blessed.

Song of Songs 5:1

I have 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, O Beloved.

Psalm 19:10

more to be desired than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

Psalm 45:8

All Your garments smell of myrrh, and aloes and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, by which they have made You glad.

Psalm 71:14-15

But I will hope without ceasing, and I will add more in all Your praise.

Psalm 71:23-24

My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You, and my soul, which You have redeemed.

Proverbs 5:3

For the lips of a strange woman drip honey, and her palate is smoother than oil;

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Proverbs 24:13-14

My son, eat honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb is sweet to your palate;

Song of Songs 4:3

Your lips are like a cord of scarlet, and your speech is becoming; your temples are like a piece of pomegranate behind your veil.

Song of Songs 4:10

How fair is your love, My sister, My spouse! How much better is your love than wine, and the smell of your ointments than all spices!

Song of Songs 5:13

His cheeks are like a bed of spices, a raised bed of aromatic herbs. His lips are as lilies dropping flowing myrrh.

Song of Songs 7:9

and the roof of your mouth like the best wine for my Beloved, that goes down smoothly for my Beloved, flowing softly over the lips of sleeping ones.

Isaiah 7:15

Butter and honey he shall eat until he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good.

Hosea 14:2

Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah. Say to Him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously, that we may repay with the calves of our lips.

Hosea 14:6-7

His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

Hebrews 13:15

By Him, then, let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, confessing His name.

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