New American Standard Bible 1995

Song of Songs 4:1-7

1“1 2How beautiful 3you are, my darling, 4How beautiful you are! Your 5eyes are like doves 6behind your veil; Your 7hair is like a flock of goats That have descended from Mount 8Gilead.2Your 9teeth 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 10lost her young.3Your lips are like a 11scarlet thread, And your 12mouth is lovely. Your 13temples are like a slice of a pomegranate Behind your veil.4Your 14neck is like the tower of David, Built 15with rows of stones On which are 16hung a thousand shields, All the round 17shields of the mighty men.5Your 18two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle Which 19feed among the lilies.6 20Until 21the cool of the day When the shadows flee away, I will go my way to the mountain of 22myrrh And to the hill of 23frankincense.

7“24You are altogether beautiful, my darling, And there is no blemish in you.

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Notes

1. Song of Songs 4:1 BRIDEGROOM ↩
2. Song of Songs 4:1 Lit Behold ↩
3. Song of Songs 4:1 Song 1:15 ↩
4. Song of Songs 4:1 Lit Behold ↩
5. Song of Songs 4:1 Song 1:15; 5:12 ↩
6. Song of Songs 4:1 Song 6:7 ↩
7. Song of Songs 4:1 Song 6:5 ↩
8. Song of Songs 4:1 Mic 7:14 ↩
9. Song of Songs 4:2 Song 6:6 ↩
10. Song of Songs 4:2 Or miscarried ↩
11. Song of Songs 4:3 Josh 2:18 ↩
12. Song of Songs 4:3 Song 5:16 ↩
13. Song of Songs 4:3 Song 6:7 ↩
14. Song of Songs 4:4 Song 7:4 ↩
15. Song of Songs 4:4 Or for an arsenal ↩
16. Song of Songs 4:4 Ezek 27:10, 11 ↩
17. Song of Songs 4:4 2 Sam 1:21 ↩
18. Song of Songs 4:5 Song 7:3 ↩
19. Song of Songs 4:5 Song 2:16; 6:2, 3 ↩
20. Song of Songs 4:6 Song 2:17 ↩
21. Song of Songs 4:6 Lit the day blows ↩
22. Song of Songs 4:6 Song 4:14 ↩
23. Song of Songs 4:6 Song 4:14 ↩
24. Song of Songs 4:7 Song 1:15; Eph 5:27 ↩

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