Song of Solomon 4:3

Love for others

¹ Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

² 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.

Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

⁴ Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

⁵ Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
KJV: Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
WEB: Your lips are like scarlet thread. Your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.
ASV: Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy mouth is comely. Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil.
DARBY: Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy speech is comely; As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples Behind thy veil.
BLB: Like a thread of scarlet [are] your lips, and your mouth is lovely. Like the halves of the pomegranate [is] your temple, behind your veil.

ÅB: Dine lepper er som en skarlagensnor, og din munn er yndig; som et stykke granateple er din tinning bak ditt slør.
OTB: Dine lepper er som en skarlagensrød tråd, Og din munn er herlig. Dine tinninger er som et stykke av et granateple Bak ditt slør.
B1930: Dine leber er som en skarlagensnor, og din munn er yndig; som et stykke granateple er din tinning bak ditt slør.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Song of Solomon 6:7
As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.
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Song of Solomon 5:16
His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
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Joshua 2:18
Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee.
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Psalms 119:13
With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
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Proverbs 10:20–21
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
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Hebrews 9:19
For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
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Song of Solomon 4:11
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.
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Colossians 3:16–17
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
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