Song of Solomon 4
NASB
Song 4:1
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"(BRIDEGROOM) How beautiful you are, my darling, How beautiful you are! Your eyes are {like} doves behind your veil; Your hair is like a flock of goats That have descended from Mount Gilead.
Song 4:2
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"Your teeth are like a flock of {newly} shorn ewes Which have come up from {their} washing, All of which bear twins, And not one among them has lost her young.
Song 4:3
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"Your lips are like a scarlet thread, And your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate Behind your veil.
Song 4:4
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"Your neck is like the tower of David, Built with rows of stones On which are hung a thousand shields, All the round shields of the mighty men.
Song 4:5
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"Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle Which feed among the lilies.
Song 4:6
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"Until the cool of the day When the shadows flee away, I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh And to the hill of frankincense.
Song 4:7
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"You are altogether beautiful, my darling, And there is no blemish in you.
Song 4:8
Song 4:9
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"You have made my heart beat faster, my sister, {my} bride; You have made my heart beat faster with a single {glance} of your eyes, With a single strand of your necklace.
Song 4:10
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"How beautiful is your love, my sister, {my} bride! How much better is your love than wine, And the fragrance of your oils Than all {kinds} of spices!
Song 4:11
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"Your lips, {my} bride, drip honey; Honey and milk are under your tongue, And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
Song 4:12
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"A garden locked is my sister, {my} bride, A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.
Song 4:13
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"Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates With choice fruits, henna with nard plants,
Song 4:14
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Nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, With all the trees of frankincense, Myrrh and aloes, along with all the finest spices.
Song 4:16
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"(BRIDE) Awake, O north {wind,} And come, {wind of} the south; Make my garden breathe out {fragrance,} Let its spices be wafted abroad. May my beloved come into his garden And eat its choice fruits!"
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