Song of Solomon 4:2
1 How beautiful you are, my darling— how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.
Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.
3 Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
4 Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.
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- BSB
- Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.
- KJV
- Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.
- WEB
- Your teeth are like a newly shorn flock, which have come up from the washing, where every one of them has twins. None is bereaved among them.
- ASV
- Thy teeth are like a flock [of ewes] that are [newly] shorn, Which are come up from the washing, Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them.
- DARBY
- Thy teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep, Which go up from the washing; Which have all borne twins, And none is barren among them.
- BLB
- Your teeth [are] like a flock shorn, having come up from the washing, all of which have twins, and there is not a bereaved one among them.
- ÅB
- Dine tenner er som en flokk av klippte sauer som stiger opp av badet; alle har de tvillinger, og intet blant dem er uten lam.
- OTB
- Dine tenner er som en flokk med nyklipte sauer Som har kommet opp fra vasken, Alle bærer tvillinger, Og ikke én blant dem har mistet sine lam.
- B1930
- Dine tenner er som en hjord av klippede får som stiger op av badet; alle har de tvillinger, og intet blandt dem er uten lam.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Song of Solomon 6:6
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:13
And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
Read in contextColossians 1:4–6
because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints—
Read in context2 Peter 1:5–8
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
Read in contextDeuteronomy 7:13–14
He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.
Read in contextJohn 15:7
If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Read in contextJeremiah 15:16
Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
Read in contextExodus 23:26
No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.
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