Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
His cheeks are like beds of spices, like towers of perfume. His lips are lilies, dripping with liquid myrrh.
New American Standard Bible
Banks of sweet-scented herbs;
His lips are
King James Version
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
Holman Bible
towers of
His lips are lilies,
dripping with flowing myrrh.
American Standard Version
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, As banks of sweet herbs: His lips are as lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
Amplified
“His cheeks are like a bed of balsam,
Banks of sweet, fragrant herbs.
His lips are lilies
Dripping sweet-scented myrrh.
Bible in Basic English
His face is as beds of spices, giving out perfumes of every sort; his lips like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
Darby Translation
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, raised beds of sweet plants; His lips lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
Julia Smith Translation
His cheeks as beds of spices, towers of aromatic herbs: his lips lilies, dropping overflowing myrrh.
King James 2000
His cheeks are like a bed of spices, like sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dripping sweet smelling myrrh.
Lexham Expanded Bible
His cheeks [are] like beds of spice, a tower of fragrances; his lips [are] lilies dripping liquid myrrh.
Modern King James verseion
His cheeks are like a bed of spices, a raised bed of aromatic herbs. His lips are as lilies dropping flowing myrrh.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
His cheeks are like a garden bed, wherein the Apothecaries plant all manner of sweet things; His lips are like roses that drop sweet smelling Myrrh.
NET Bible
His cheeks are like garden beds full of balsam trees yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with drops of myrrh.
New Heart English Bible
His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
The Emphasized Bible
His cheeks, like a raised bed of balsam, growing plants of perfume, - His lips, lilies, dripping with myrrh distilling:
Webster
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet-smelling myrrh.
World English Bible
His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
Youngs Literal Translation
His cheeks as a bed of the spice, towers of perfumes, His lips are lilies, dropping flowing myrrh,
Themes
Flowers » Illustrative of » The graces of Christ
Flowers » Described as » Sweet
Lily » Figurative » Of the lips of the beloved
Interlinear
Saphah
References
Word Count of 19 Translations in Song of Solomon 5:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Maiden's Praise Of Her Beloved
12 His eyes are like doves by streams of water, bathed in milk, mounted like jewels. 13 His cheeks are like beds of spices, like towers of perfume. His lips are lilies, dripping with liquid myrrh. 14 His hands are rods of gold, set with beryl. His stomach is carved ivory, inlaid with sapphires.
Phrases
Cross References
Song of Songs 1:10
Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
Song of Songs 2:1
I'm a flower from Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
Song of Songs 6:2
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to graze his flock in the gardens and gather lilies.
Psalm 4:6-7
Many are asking, "Who will help us to see better days?" LORD, may the light of your favor shine upon us.
Psalm 27:4
I have asked one thing from the LORD; it is what I really seek: that I may remain in the LORD's Temple all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD; and to inquire in his Temple.
Psalm 45:2
You are the most handsome of Adam's descendants; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.
Psalm 89:15
How happy are the people who can worship joyfully! LORD, they walk in the light of your presence.
Song of Songs 3:6
What is this coming up from the desert like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and incense from all the fragrant powders of the merchant?
Song of Songs 4:11
Your lips drip honey, my bride; milk and honey are under your tongue. The scent of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
Song of Songs 5:5
I got up to open the door, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handle of the lock.
Isaiah 50:4
"The Lord GOD has given me a learned tongue, so that I may know how to sustain the weary with words. And morning after morning he wakens, and he wakens my ear to listen like those who are being taught.
Isaiah 50:6
I gave my back to those who beat me and my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard. I did not turn away my face from insults and spitting.
Luke 4:22
All the people began to speak well of him and to wonder at the gracious words that flowed from his mouth. They said, "This is Joseph's son, isn't it?"
Revelation 21:23
The city doesn't need any sun or moon to give it light, because the glory of God gave it light, and the lamb was its lamp.