Song of Solomon 7:9
7 Your stature is like a palm tree; your breasts are clusters of fruit.
8 I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples,
and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.
10 I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.
11 Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside; let us spend the night among the wildflowers.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Your mouth is like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.
- ASV
- And thy mouth like the best wine, That goeth down smoothly for my beloved, Gliding through the lips of those that are asleep.
- DARBY
- And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine, That goeth down smoothly for my beloved, And stealeth over the lips of them that are asleep.
- BLB
- and your mouth like wine of the best. It is flowing to my beloved smoothly, gliding over lips and teeth.
- ÅB
- og din gane som edel vin! -- [^1] Den som glir lett ned for min elskede, som får sovendes lepper til å tale.
- OTB
- Og din munn som den fineste vin!” Den glir jevnt for min elskede, Flyter forsiktig gjennom leppene til dem som hviler.
- B1930
- og din gane som edel vin! - Den som glir lett ned for min elskede, som får sovendes leber til å tale.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Song of Solomon 5:16
His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
Read in contextIsaiah 62:8–9
The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.
Read in contextZechariah 9:15–17
The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar.
Read in contextActs 16:30–34
Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
Read in contextHebrews 13:15
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
Read in contextActs 4:31–32
After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
Read in contextActs 2:11–13
both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”
Read in contextSong of Solomon 5:2
I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
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