Song of Solomon 4

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Solomon Admires His Bride's Beauty

He

4 Behold, ^(A)you are beautiful, my love,
    behold, you are beautiful!
^(B)Your eyes are doves
    ^(C)behind your veil.
^(D)Your hair is like a flock of goats
    leaping down ^(E)the slopes of Gilead.
²Your ^(F)teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes
    that have come up from the washing,
all of which bear twins,
    and not one among them has lost its young.
³Your lips are like ^(G)a scarlet thread,
    and your mouth is ^(H)lovely.
Your ^(I)cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
    ^(J)behind your veil.
⁴Your ^(K)neck is like the tower of David,
    built in ^(L)rows of stone;^[a]
on it ^(M)hang a thousand shields,
    all of ^(N)them shields of warriors.
⁵Your ^(O)two breasts are like two ^(P)fawns,
    twins of a gazelle,
    that ^(Q)graze among the lilies.
⁶^(R)Until the day breathes
    and the shadows flee,
I will go away to the mountain of ^(S)myrrh
    and the hill of ^(T)frankincense.
⁷^(U)You are altogether beautiful, my love;
    there is no ^(V)flaw in you.
⁸^(W)Come with me from ^(X)Lebanon, my ^(Y)bride;
    come with me from ^(Z)Lebanon.
Depart^[b] from the peak of Amana,
    from the peak of ^(AA)Senir and ^(AB)Hermon,
from the dens of lions,
    from the mountains of leopards.
⁹You have captivated my heart, my ^(AC)sister, my bride;
    you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes,
    with one ^(AD)jewel of your necklace.
¹⁰How beautiful is your love, my ^(AE)sister, my bride!
    How much ^(AF)better is your love than wine,
    and ^(AG)the fragrance of your oils than any spice!
¹¹Your ^(AH)lips drip nectar, my bride;
    ^(AI)honey and milk are under your tongue;
    the fragrance of your garments is ^(AJ)like the fragrance of ^(AK)Lebanon.
¹²A garden locked is my ^(AL)sister, my bride,
    a spring locked, ^(AM)a fountain ^(AN)sealed.
¹³Your shoots are ^(AO)an orchard of pomegranates
    with all ^(AP)choicest fruits,
    ^(AQ)henna with ^(AR)nard,
¹⁴nard and saffron, ^(AS)calamus and ^(AT)cinnamon,
    with all trees of ^(AU)frankincense,
^(AV)myrrh and ^(AW)aloes,
    with all ^(AX)choice spices—
¹⁵a garden fountain, a well of ^(AY)living water,
    and flowing streams from ^(AZ)Lebanon.
¹⁶Awake, O north wind,
    and come, O south wind!
Blow upon my ^(BA)garden,
    let its spices flow.

Together in the Garden of Love

She

^(BB)Let my beloved come to his ^(BC)garden,
and eat its ^(BD)choicest fruits.

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Song of Solomon 4:4 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
Song of Solomon 4:8 Or Look

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Song of Solomon 4 English Standard Version Anglicised

Solomon Admires His Bride's Beauty

He

Together in the Garden of Love

She

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