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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.
11 Your love is much better than wine,(P)
and the fragrance of your perfume than any balsam.
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.
Honey and milk(R) are under your tongue.
The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
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