Song of Solomon 4 NKJV ISV Parallel

◄ Song of Solomon 4 ►

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1Behold, you are fair, my love! Behold, you are fair! You have dove’s eyes behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats, Going down from Mount Gilead.

1Look at you! You are beautiful, my darling. Look at you! You are so beautiful. Your eyes behind your veil are doves, your hair is like a flock of goats coming down from Mt. Gilead.

2Your teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep Which have come up from the washing, Every one of which bears twins, And none is barren among them.

2Your teeth are like a flock of sheep about to be sheared, who are coming up from being washed. All of them are twins, not one has lost her young.

3Your lips are like a strand of scarlet, And your mouth is lovely. Your temples behind your veil Are like a piece of pomegranate.

3Your lips are like a scarlet thread, and your mouth is lovely. Behind your veil, your temple is like a slice of pomegranate.

4Your neck is like the tower of David, Built for an armory, On which hang a thousand bucklers, All shields of mighty men.

4Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones. A thousand shields are hung upon it, all the shields of the warriors.

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

5Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.

6Until the day breaks And the shadows flee away, I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh And to the hill of frankincense.

6Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, I'll go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.

7You are all fair, my love, And there is no spot in you.

7My darling, you are altogether beautiful and there is no blemish in you.

8Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, With me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions’ dens, From the mountains of the leopards.

8Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon. May you journey from the top of Amana, from the tops of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountain lairs of leopards.

9You have ravished my heart, My sister, my spouse; You have ravished my heart With one look of your eyes, With one link of your necklace.

9You have made my heart beat faster, my sister, my bride. You have made my heart beat faster with one glance of your eyes, with one strand of your necklace.

10How fair is your love, My sister, my spouse! How much better than wine is your love, And the scent of your perfumes Than all spices!

10How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride. How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all kinds of spices.

11Your lips, O my spouse, Drip as the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under your tongue; And the fragrance of your garments Is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

11Your lips drip honey, my bride; milk and honey are under your tongue. The scent of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

12A garden enclosed Is my sister, my spouse, A spring shut up, A fountain sealed.

12My sister, my bride, is a locked garden a locked rock garden, a sealed up spring.

13Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates With pleasant fruits, Fragrant henna with spikenard,

13Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with choice fruit, henna with nard,

14Spikenard and saffron, Calamus and cinnamon, With all trees of frankincense, Myrrh and aloes, With all the chief spices—

14nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all the trees of frankincense, along with myrrh and aloes, and all the finest spices.

15A fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And streams from Lebanon.

15You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water, streams flowing from Lebanon.

16Awake, O north wind, And come, O south! Blow upon my garden, That its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come to his garden And eat its pleasant fruits.

16Awake, north wind, and come, south wind. Make my garden breathe out, let its fragrance flow. Let my beloved come into his garden, and let him eat its choicest fruits.

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