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Song of Solomon 4:11

Lebanon
Love for othersMarriage

9 You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.

10 How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.

Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.

12 My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.

13 Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,

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BSB
Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
Your lips drip with nectar, my bride; honey and milk [are] under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments [is] like the fragrance of Lebanon.
ÅB
Av honning drypper dine lepper, min brud! Honning og melk er under din tunge, og duften av dine klær er som duften av Libanon.
OTB
Dine lepper drypper av honning, min brud; Honning og melk er under din tunge, Og duften av dine klær er som duften av Libanon.
B1930
Av honning drypper dine leber, min brud! Honning og melk er under din tunge, og duften av dine klær er som duften av Libanon.

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