Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon; your mouth is lovely. Your temples behind your veil are like the halves of a pomegranate. New Living Translation Your lips are like scarlet ribbon; your mouth is inviting. Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates behind your veil. English Standard Version Your lips are like a scarlet thread, and your mouth is lovely. Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil. Berean Standard Bible Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate. King James Bible Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks. New King James Version Your lips are like a strand of scarlet, And your mouth is lovely. Your temples behind your veil Are like a piece of pomegranate. New American Standard Bible “Your lips are like a scarlet thread, And your mouth is beautiful. Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate Behind your veil. NASB 1995 “Your lips are like a scarlet thread, And your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate Behind your veil. NASB 1977 “Your lips are like a scarlet thread, And your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate Behind your veil. Legacy Standard Bible Your lips are like a scarlet thread, And your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate Behind your veil. Amplified Bible “Your lips are like a ribbon of scarlet, And your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a slice of the pomegranate Behind your veil. Christian Standard Bible Your lips are like a scarlet cord, and your mouth is lovely. Behind your veil, your brow is like a slice of pomegranate. Holman Christian Standard Bible Your lips are like a scarlet cord, and your mouth is lovely. Behind your veil, your brow is like a slice of pomegranate. American Standard Version Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy mouth is comely. Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil. Contemporary English Version Your lips are crimson cords, your mouth is shapely; behind your veil are hidden beautiful rosy cheeks. English Revised Version Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy mouth is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind thy veil. GOD'S WORD® Translation Your lips are like scarlet thread. Your mouth is lovely. Your temples behind your veil are like slices of pomegranate. Good News Translation Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon; how lovely they are when you speak. Your cheeks glow behind your veil. International Standard Version Your lips are like a scarlet thread, and your mouth is lovely. Behind your veil, your temple is like a slice of pomegranate. Majority Standard Bible Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate. NET Bible Your lips are like a scarlet thread; your mouth is lovely. Your forehead behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate. New Heart English Bible Your lips are like scarlet thread. Your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil. Webster's Bible Translation Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of pomegranate within thy locks. World English Bible Your lips are like scarlet thread. Your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAs a thread of scarlet [are] your lips, "" And your speech [is] lovely, "" As the work of the pomegranate [is] your temple behind your veil, Young's Literal Translation As a thread of scarlet are thy lips, And thy speech is comely, As the work of the pomegranate is thy temple behind thy veil, Smith's Literal Translation As a scarlet thread thy lips, and thy speech becoming: as a piece of pomegranate, thy temples from behind thy veil. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThy lips are as a scarlet lace: and thy speech sweet. Thy cheeks are as a piece of a pomegranate, besides that which lieth hid within. Catholic Public Domain Version Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your eloquence is sweetness. Like a piece of pomegranate, so are your cheeks, except for what is hidden within. New American Bible Like a scarlet strand, your lips, and your mouth—lovely! Like pomegranate halves, your cheeks behind your veil. New Revised Standard Version Your lips are like a crimson thread, and your mouth is lovely. Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYour lips are like a thread of scarlet, and your speech is comely like the first flowers of the pomegranate. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Your lips like a cord of scarlet and your speech beautiful as the blossoms of a pomegranate OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy mouth is comely; Thy temples are like a pomegranate split open Behind thy veil. Brenton Septuagint Translation Thy lips are as a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: like the rind of a pomegranate is thy cheek without thy veil. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Solomon Admires His Bride…2Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost. 3Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate. 4Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.… Cross References Proverbs 15:4 A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit. Isaiah 35:2 It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God. Proverbs 25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Isaiah 33:9 The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves. Psalm 45:2 You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever. Isaiah 5:2 He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour! Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. Isaiah 61:10 I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. Psalm 45:11 and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord. Isaiah 62:3 You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God. Proverbs 31:26 She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. Isaiah 28:1 Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine. Matthew 12:34 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. Luke 4:22 All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His lips. “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” they asked. Ephesians 4:29 Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen. Treasury of Scripture Your lips are like a thread of scarlet, and your speech is comely: your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within your locks. lips Song of Solomon 4:11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. Song of Solomon 5:13,16 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh… Song of Solomon 7:9 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. scarlet Leviticus 14:4,6,49-52 Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: … Numbers 4:8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. Numbers 19:6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. thy temples Song of Solomon 6:7 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks. Genesis 32:10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. Ezra 9:6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens. Jump to Previous Bright Cheeks Fair Form Fruit Halves Head Lips Mouth Open Piece Pomegranate Red Ribbon Scarlet Sides Slice Speech Split Temple Temples Thread Veil Within WorkJump to Next Bright Cheeks Fair Form Fruit Halves Head Lips Mouth Open Piece Pomegranate Red Ribbon Scarlet Sides Slice Speech Split Temple Temples Thread Veil Within WorkSong of Solomon 4 1. Christ sets forth the graces of the church8. He shows forth his love to her 16. The church prays to be made fit for his presence Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon The imagery of "scarlet" in the Bible often symbolizes beauty, wealth, and sometimes sin. Here, it is used to describe the beauty and allure of the beloved's lips. The Hebrew word for "scarlet" (שָׁנִי, shani) is associated with luxury and richness, as seen in the use of scarlet in the tabernacle and priestly garments (Exodus 26:1, 28:5). The "ribbon" suggests delicacy and grace, indicating that the beloved's speech is both beautiful and precious. This metaphor highlights the power of words and the beauty of communication in a loving relationship. and your mouth is lovely Your temples behind your veil are like the halves of a pomegranate Thy temples . . .--Rather, like a piece of pomegranate thy cheeks behind thy veil. (See Note to Song of Solomon 4:1.) "The pomegranate brings to my mind the blushes of my beloved, when her cheeks are covered with a modest resentment" (Persian Ode, quoted by Ginsburg from Sir Wm. Jones). For the pomegranate see Exodus 28:34. It naturally supplied to the Eastern poet the image for which the Western poet goes to the apple. "Her cheeks like apples which the sun hath rudded" (Spenser). Verse 3. - Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy mouth is comely; thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind thy veil. Scarlet; that is, shining, glistening red colour. Thy mouth (מִדְבָּרֵך). Thy mouth as speaking. So the LXX., Jerome, and Venetian, "thy speech," eloquium, conversation. But this is questioned, as it should then be דְּבוּרֵך. The word midhbar undoubtedly means "the mouth," from davar, "to speak," with the מ preformative, as the name of the instrument. It is the preterite for פִיך, but perhaps as referring specially to speech. Thy temples; Latin tempora, from the adjective רַק, "weak," meaning the thin, piece of skull on each side of the eyes, like the German schlafe, from schlaff, "slack." The inside of the pomegranate is of a red colour mixed and tempered with the ruby colour. Ginsburg, however, thinks that the cheeks are intended, and that the comparison is with the outside of the pomegranate, in which the vermilion colour is mingled with brown, and resembles the round cheek; but then why say, "piece of a pomegranate"? פֶלַת, from the root "to cut fruit" (see 1 Kings 4:39), certainly must refer to the cut fruit and the appearance of the inside. The meaning may be a segment, that is, so as to represent the roundness of the cheek. Possibly the reference may be to blushes on the bride's cheek, or to ornaments which appeared through the veil. We can scarcely expect to make out every particular in an Eastern description.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Your lipsשִׂפְתֹתַ֔יִךְ (śip̄·ṯō·ṯa·yiḵ) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin are like a scarlet הַשָּׁנִי֙ (haš·šā·nî) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8144: Crimson, the insect, its color, stuff dyed with it ribbon, כְּח֤וּט (kə·ḥūṭ) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2339: A string, a measuring tape and your mouth וּמִדְבָּרֵ֖יךְ (ū·miḏ·bā·rêḵ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech is lovely. נָאוֶ֑ה (nā·weh) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 5000: Suitable, beautiful Your brow רַקָּתֵ֔ךְ (raq·qā·ṯêḵ) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 7541: Thinness, the side of the head is like a slice כְּפֶ֤לַח (kə·p̄e·laḥ) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6400: Cleavage, a millstone of pomegranate הָֽרִמּוֹן֙ (hā·rim·mō·wn) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7416: A pomegranate, the tree, the fruit behind מִבַּ֖עַד (mib·ba·‘aḏ) Preposition-m Strong's 1157: In up to, over against, at, beside, among, behind, for your veil. לְצַמָּתֵֽךְ׃ (lə·ṣam·mā·ṯêḵ) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 6777: (woman's) veil Links Song of Solomon 4:3 NIVSong of Solomon 4:3 NLT Song of Solomon 4:3 ESV Song of Solomon 4:3 NASB Song of Solomon 4:3 KJV Song of Solomon 4:3 BibleApps.com Song of Solomon 4:3 Biblia Paralela Song of Solomon 4:3 Chinese Bible Song of Solomon 4:3 French Bible Song of Solomon 4:3 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Song of Solomon 4:3 Your lips are like scarlet thread (Song Songs SS So Can) |
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