Song of Solomon 4:11
9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
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.
12 A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Song of Solomon 5:1
I am 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.
Read in contextHosea 14:6–7
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 5:13
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 7:9
And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
Read in contextGenesis 27:27
And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
Read in contextPsalms 45:8
All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
Read in contextPsalms 71:14–15
But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
Read in contextIsaiah 7:15
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
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