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Song of Songs 4 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

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How beautiful you are, my darling.

How very beautiful!

Behind your veil,

your eyes are doves.

Your hair is like a flock of goats

streaming down Mount Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:2

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Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep

coming up from washing,

each one bearing twins,

and none has lost its young.[fn]

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Your lips are like a scarlet cord,

and your mouth[fn] is lovely.

Behind your veil,

your brow[fn] is like a slice of pomegranate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:4

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Your neck is like the tower of David,

constructed in layers.

A thousand shields are hung on it —

all of them shields of warriors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:5

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Your breasts are like two fawns,

twins of a gazelle, that feed among the lilies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:6

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Until the day breaks[fn]

and the shadows flee,

I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh

and the hill of frankincense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:7

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You are absolutely beautiful, my darling;

there is no imperfection in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:8

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Come with me from Lebanon,[fn] my bride;

come with me from Lebanon!

Descend from the peak of Amana,

from the summit of Senir and Hermon,

from the dens of the lions,

from the mountains of the leopards.

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You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride.

You have captured my heart with one glance of your eyes,

with one jewel of your necklace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:10

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How delightful your caresses are, my sister, my bride.

Your caresses are much better than wine,

and the fragrance of your perfume than any balsam.

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Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride.

Honey and milk are under your tongue.

The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

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My sister, my bride, you are a locked garden —

a locked garden[fn] and a sealed spring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:13

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Your branches are a paradise[fn] of pomegranates

with choicest fruits;

henna with nard,

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:14

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nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon,

with all the trees of frankincense,

myrrh and aloes,

with all the best spices.

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You are a garden spring,

a well of flowing water

streaming from Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:16

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Awaken, north wind;

come, south wind.

Blow on my garden,

and spread the fragrance of its spices.

Let my love come to his garden

and eat its choicest fruits.

See the CSB Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
CSB Footnotes
Lit and no one bereaved among them
Or speech
Or temple, or cheek, or lips
Lit breathes
In Hb, the word for Lebanon is similar to “frankincense” in Sg 4:6,14,15.
Some Hb mss read locked fountain
Or park, or orchard
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Song of Songs Chapter 4 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras