Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version His cheeks are like beds of spice yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with myrrh. New Living Translation His cheeks are like gardens of spices giving off fragrance. His lips are like lilies, perfumed with myrrh. English Standard Version His cheeks are like beds of spices, mounds of sweet-smelling herbs. His lips are lilies, dripping liquid myrrh. Berean Standard Bible His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh. King James Bible His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. New King James Version His cheeks are like a bed of spices, Banks of scented herbs. His lips are lilies, Dripping liquid myrrh. New American Standard Bible “His cheeks are like a bed of balsam, Banks of herbal spices; His lips are lilies Dripping with drops of myrrh. NASB 1995 “His cheeks are like a bed of balsam, Banks of sweet-scented herbs; His lips are lilies Dripping with liquid myrrh. NASB 1977 “His cheeks are like a bed of balsam, Banks of sweet-scented herbs; His lips are lilies, Dripping with liquid myrrh. Legacy Standard Bible His cheeks are like a bed of spices, Towers of sweet-scented herbs; His lips are lilies Dripping with liquid myrrh. Amplified Bible “His cheeks are like a bed of balsam, Banks of sweet, fragrant herbs. His lips are lilies Dripping sweet-scented myrrh. Christian Standard Bible His cheeks are like beds of spice, mounds of perfume. His lips are lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh. Holman Christian Standard Bible His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh. American Standard Version His cheeks are as a bed of spices, As banks of sweet herbs: His lips are as lilies, dropping liquid myrrh. Contemporary English Version His face is a garden of sweet-smelling spices; his lips are lilies dripping with perfume. English Revised Version His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as banks of sweet herbs: his lips are as lilies, dropping liquid myrrh. GOD'S WORD® Translation His cheeks are like a garden of spices, a garden that produces scented herbs. His lips are lilies that drip with myrrh. Good News Translation His cheeks are as lovely as a garden that is full of herbs and spices. His lips are like lilies, wet with liquid myrrh. International Standard Version His cheeks are like beds of spices, like towers of perfume. His lips are lilies, dripping with liquid myrrh. Majority Standard Bible His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh. NET Bible His cheeks are like garden beds full of balsam trees yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with drops of myrrh. New Heart English Bible His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh. Webster's Bible Translation His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet-smelling myrrh. World English Bible His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionHis cheeks [are] as a bed of the spice, towers of perfumes, "" His lips—lilies, dripping [and] flowing [with] myrrh, Young's Literal Translation His cheeks as a bed of the spice, towers of perfumes, His lips are lilies, dropping flowing myrrh, Smith's Literal Translation His cheeks as beds of spices, towers of aromatic herbs: his lips lilies, dropping overflowing myrrh. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleHis cheeks are as beds of aromatical spices set by the perfumers. His lips are as lilies dropping choice myrrb. Catholic Public Domain Version His cheeks are like a courtyard of aromatic plants, sown by perfumers. His lips are like lilies, dripping with the best myrrh. New American Bible His cheeks are like beds of spices yielding aromatic scents; his lips are lilies that drip flowing myrrh. New Revised Standard Version His cheeks are like beds of spices, yielding fragrance. His lips are lilies, distilling liquid myrrh. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHis cheeks are like beds of spices, like sweet flowers; his lips like lilies, dropping myrrh and spikenard. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated His cheeks are as beds of sweet spices; his lips like the lilies that drip myrrh and spikenard OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917His cheeks are as a bed of spices, As banks of sweet herbs; His lips are as lilies, Dropping with flowing myrrh. Brenton Septuagint Translation His cheeks are as bowls of spices pouring forth perfumes: his lips are lilies, dropping choice myrrh. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Bride and Her Beloved…12His eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk and mounted like jewels. 13His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh. 14His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is an ivory panel bedecked with sapphires.… Cross References Psalm 45:2 You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever. Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. Isaiah 53:2 He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him. Ephesians 5:2 and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God. Psalm 27:4 One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple. Matthew 17:2 There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. Revelation 1:14-15 The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire. / His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters. 2 Corinthians 2:15 For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. Hosea 14:6 His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon. John 7:46 “Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered. Colossians 4:6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. Psalm 119:103 How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth! Matthew 26:49 Going directly to Jesus, he said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed Him. 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. Treasury of Scripture His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. cheeks Song of Solomon 1:10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. Isaiah 50:6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. as a Psalm 4:6,7 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us… Psalm 27:4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple. Psalm 89:15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. sweet flowers Song of Solomon 3:6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant? his 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. Psalm 45:2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. Isaiah 50:4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. dropping Song of Solomon 5:5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. Jump to Previous Balsam Banks Bed Beds Cheeks Dripping Dropping Face Flowers Flowing Fragrance Herbs Lips Myrrh Perfume Perfumes Plants Raised Smelling Spice Spices Sweet Sweet-Scented Sweet-Smelling Towers YieldingJump to Next Balsam Banks Bed Beds Cheeks Dripping Dropping Face Flowers Flowing Fragrance Herbs Lips Myrrh Perfume Perfumes Plants Raised Smelling Spice Spices Sweet Sweet-Scented Sweet-Smelling Towers YieldingSong of Solomon 5 1. Christ awakes the church with his calling2. The church having a taste of Christ's love is sick of love 9. A description of Christ by his graces His cheeks The imagery of "cheeks" in ancient Hebrew poetry often symbolizes beauty, health, and vitality. In the context of the Song of Solomon, which is a poetic and allegorical book celebrating love, the cheeks of the beloved are depicted as a source of delight and attraction. The Hebrew word for cheeks, "לחיים" (leḥayim), can also imply fullness and richness, suggesting a sense of abundance and prosperity in the relationship. are like beds of spice towers of perfume His lips are like lilies dripping with flowing myrrh Lilies.--Comp. "He pressed the blossom of his lips to mine "(Tennyson, (Enone). Hebrew His cheeksלְחָיָו֙ (lə·ḥā·yāw) Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular Strong's 3895: The cheek, the jaw-bone are like beds כַּעֲרוּגַ֣ת (ka·‘ă·rū·ḡaṯ) Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 6170: Something piled up, raised by mental aspiration), a paterre of spice, הַבֹּ֔שֶׂם (hab·bō·śem) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1314: Fragrance, spicery, the balsam plant towers מִגְדְּל֖וֹת (miḡ·də·lō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4026: A tower, a rostrum, a, bed of flowers of perfume. מֶרְקָחִ֑ים (mer·qā·ḥîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4840: Spice, perfume His lips שִׂפְתוֹתָיו֙ (śip̄·ṯō·w·ṯāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin are like lilies, שֽׁוֹשַׁנִּ֔ים (šō·wō·šan·nîm) Noun - common plural Strong's 7799: A lily, as a, flower of architectural ornament, a, trumpet dripping נֹטְפ֖וֹת (nō·ṭə·p̄ō·wṯ) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural Strong's 5197: To ooze, distil gradually, to fall in drops, to speak by inspiration with flowing עֹבֵֽר׃ (‘ō·ḇêr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on myrrh. מ֥וֹר (mō·wr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4753: Myrrh Links Song of Solomon 5:13 NIVSong of Solomon 5:13 NLT Song of Solomon 5:13 ESV Song of Solomon 5:13 NASB Song of Solomon 5:13 KJV Song of Solomon 5:13 BibleApps.com Song of Solomon 5:13 Biblia Paralela Song of Solomon 5:13 Chinese Bible Song of Solomon 5:13 French Bible Song of Solomon 5:13 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Song of Solomon 5:13 His cheeks are like a bed (Song Songs SS So Can) |
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