Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

As a scarlet thread thy lips, and thy speech becoming: as a piece of pomegranate, thy temples from behind thy veil.

New American Standard Bible

“Your lips are like a scarlet thread,
And your mouth is lovely.
Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate
Behind your veil.

King James Version

Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

Holman Bible

Your lips are like a scarlet cord,
and your mouth is lovely.
Behind your veil,
your brow is like a slice of pomegranate.

International Standard Version

Your lips are like a scarlet thread, and your mouth is lovely. Behind your veil, your temple is like a slice of pomegranate.

American Standard Version

Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy mouth is comely. Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil.

Amplified


“Your lips are like a ribbon of scarlet,
And your mouth is lovely.
Your temples are like a slice of the pomegranate
Behind your veil.

Bible in Basic English

Your red lips are like a bright thread, and your mouth is fair of form; the sides of your head are like pomegranate fruit under your veil.

Darby Translation

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.

King James 2000

Your lips are like a thread of scarlet, and your mouth is lovely: your temples are like a piece of pomegranate behind your veil.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Your lips [are] like a thread of crimson, and your mouth [is] lovely. Your temple [is] like pomegranate from behind your veil.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thy lips are like a rose colored ribbon, thy words are lovely: thy cheeks are like a piece of a pomegranate, within thine hairs.

NET Bible

Your lips are like a scarlet thread; your mouth is lovely. Your forehead behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.

New Heart English Bible

Your lips are like scarlet thread. Your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.

The Emphasized Bible

Like a cord of crimson, are thy lips, and, thy mouth, is lovely, - Like a slice of pomegranate, are thy temples, behind thy veil:

Webster

Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of pomegranate within thy locks.

World English Bible

Your lips are like scarlet thread. Your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.

Youngs Literal Translation

As a thread of scarlet are thy lips, And thy speech is comely, As the work of the pomegranate is thy temple behind thy veil,

Interlinear

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

חוּט 
Chuwt 
Usage: 7

of scarlet
שׁני 
Shaniy 
Usage: 42

and thy speech
מדבּר 
Midbar 
Usage: 271

is comely
נאוה 
Na'veh 
Usage: 10

רקּה 
Raqqah 
Usage: 0

פּלח 
Pelach 
Usage: 6

רמּן רמּון 
Rimmown 
Usage: 32

בּעד 
B@`ad 
at, for, by, over, upon, about, up, through
Usage: 104

References

Verse Info

Context Readings

Groom's Praise Of His Bride

2 Thy teeth as a herd of the shorn which came up from the washing; all of them bearing twins, and none barren among them. 3 As a scarlet thread thy lips, and thy speech becoming: as a piece of pomegranate, thy temples from behind thy veil. 4 As the tower of David thy neck, built for the weapons; a thousand shields hung upon it, all shields of the powerful.

Cross References

Song of Songs 6:7

As a piece of pomegranate thy temples from behind thy veil.

Joshua 2:18

Behold, we come into the land, thou shalt bind the line of this scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by it: and thy father and thy mother and thy brethren, and all thy father's house thou shalt gather to thee to the house.

Song of Songs 5:16

His palate, sweetness: he is all loveliness. This my beloved, and this my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

Genesis 32:10

I was little from all the kindness and from all the truth which thou didst to thy servant; for with my rod I passed over this Jordan, and now I became into two camps.

Leviticus 14:4

And the priest commanded, and took for him being cleansed, two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and double scarlet, and hyssop.

Leviticus 14:6

The living bird he will take it, and the cedar wood and the double scarlet, and the hyssop, and he dipped them and the living bird in the blood of the bird slain over the living water.

Leviticus 14:49-52

And he took to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and double scarlet, and hyssop.

Numbers 4:8

And they spread upon them a garment of double scarlet, and they covered it with a cover of tahash skins, and they put up the bars.

Numbers 19:6

And the priest took cedar wood and hyssop and double scarlet, and cast into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

Ezra 9:6

And saying, My God, I was ashamed and disgraced to lift up my face, O my God, to thee: for our iniquities were multiplied over the head, and our guilt was magnified even to the heavens.

Psalm 37:30

The mouth of the just one shall speak wisdom, and his tongue shall speak judgment

Psalm 45:2

Thou wert very beautiful above the sons of man: grace was poured forth by thy lips: for this God praised thee forever.

Psalm 119:13

With my lips I recounted all the judgments of thy mouth.

Proverbs 10:13

In the lips of him understanding, wisdom shall be found: and a rod for the back of him wanting heart

Proverbs 10:20-21

The tongue of the just is choice silver: the heart of the unjust is as little.

Proverbs 16:21-24

He understanding shall call to the wise of heart: and sweetness of lips shall add knowledge

Proverbs 31:26

She opened her mouth in wisdom, and the law of mercy upon her tongue.

Song of Songs 4:11

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.

Song of Songs 5:13

His cheeks as beds of spices, towers of aromatic herbs: his lips lilies, dropping overflowing myrrh.

Song of Songs 7:9

And thy palate as good wine going to my beloved for uprightness, causing the lips of the sleeping to flow softly.

Ezekiel 16:63

So that thou shalt remember, and thou wert ashamed, and there shall no more be to thee an opening of the mouth from the face of thy shame in my expiating for thee for all which thou didst, says the Lord Jehovah.

Matthew 12:35

The good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, casts forth good things: and the evil man, out of the evil treasure, casts forth evil things.

Luke 4:22

And all bore him testimony and wondered at the words of grace going out of his mouth: and said, Is not this the son of Joseph

2 Corinthians 5:18-21

And all things of God, having reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and given us the service of reconciliation;

Ephesians 4:29

Let not any foul word go out of your mouth, but if any good to the building of necessity, that it might give grace to them hearing.

Colossians 3:16-17

Let the word of Christ dwell in, you richly; teaching and reminding one another in all wisdom, playing with harps, and songs, and spiritual odes, with grace singing in your hearts to the Lord.

Colossians 4:6

Your word always in grace, Seasoned with salt, to know how it is fitting for you to answer one another.

Hebrews 9:19

For every command spoken according to law by Moses, to all the people, having taken the blood of calves and he-goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and also the book, and he sprinkled all the people,

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