Song of Songs 4 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Solomon's Love Expressed

Sng 4:1“[fn][fn]How beautiful you are, my darling,
[fn]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.

Sng 4:2

Sng 4:2“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 [fn]lost her young.

Sng 4:3

Sng 4:3“Your lips are like a scarlet thread,
And your mouth is lovely.
Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate
Behind your veil.

Sng 4:4

Sng 4:4“Your neck is like the tower of David,
Built [fn]with rows of stones
On which are hung a thousand shields,
All the round shields of the mighty men.

Sng 4:5

Sng 4:5“Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle
Which feed among the lilies.

Sng 4:6

Sng 4:6“Until [fn]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.

Sng 4:7

Sng 4:7“You are altogether beautiful, my darling,
And there is no blemish in you.

Sng 4:8

Sng 4:8“Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,
May you come with me from Lebanon.
[fn]Journey down from the summit of Amana,
From the summit of Senir and Hermon,
From the dens of lions,
From the mountains of leopards.

Sng 4:9

Sng 4:9“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.

Sng 4:10

Sng 4:10“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 [fn]spices!

Sng 4:11

Sng 4:11“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.

Sng 4:12

Sng 4:12“A garden locked is my sister, my bride,
A [fn]rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.

Sng 4:13

Sng 4:13“Your shoots are an [fn]orchard of pomegranates
With choice fruits, henna with nard plants,

Sng 4:14

Sng 4:14Nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon,
With all the trees of frankincense,
Myrrh and aloes, along with all the finest [fn]spices.

Sng 4:15

Sng 4:15“You are a garden spring,
A well of [fn]fresh water,
And streams flowing from Lebanon.”

Sng 4:16

Sng 4:16“[fn]Awake, O north wind,
And come, wind of the south;
Make my garden breathe out fragrance,
Let its [fn]spices [fn]be wafted abroad.
May my beloved come into his garden
And eat its choice fruits!”

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NASB95 Footnotes

BRIDEGROOM

Literally: Behold

Or, miscarried

Or, for an arsenal

Literally: the day blows

(4:8)

Or, Look

(4:10)

Or, balsam odors

(4:12)

Literally: stone heap

(4:13)

Or, park or paradise

Or, balsam odors

Literally: living

BRIDE

Or, balsam odors

Literally: flow forth

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