Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
How
beautiful
you
are
, my darling—
how
very
beautiful!
Your
eyes
are
like
doves behind
your
veil.
Your
hair is like
a flock of goats streaming
down
Mount Gilead.
Behold
, thou
art
fair,
my love;
behold,
thou
art
fair;
thou
hast
doves '
eyes
within
thy
locks:
thy
hair is as
a flock of goats ,
that
appear
from
mount Gilead.
Your
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
.
Thy
teeth are like a flock of sheep that
are
even
shorn,
which
came
up from the washing; whereof
every
one
bear
twins
, and none
is barren
among
them
.
Your
lips are like a scarlet ribbon
, and your
mouth
is
lovely.
Your
brow
behind
your
veil
is like a slice
of pomegranate.
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
.
Your
neck is like the tower of David, built
with
rows
of
stones;
on
it
hang a thousand shields
, all of
them
shields of warriors
.
Thy
neck is like the tower of David builded
for
an
armoury
, whereon
there
hang a thousand bucklers
, all shields of mighty
men
.
Your
breasts are like two fawns,
twins of
a
gazelle
grazing
among the lilies.
Thy
two
breasts are like two young
roes
that
are
twins ,
which
feed
among the lilies.
Before
the day breaks
and the shadows flee, I will make
my
way
to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
Until
the day break,
and the shadows flee away
, I will get
me
to the mountain of myrrh ,
and to the hill of frankincense.
You
are
altogether
beautiful
, my darling
; in
you
there is no flaw
.
Thou
art
all
fair
, my love
; there is no spot
in
thee
.
Come with me from Lebanon, my bride
, come
with me from Lebanon !
Descend
from the peak
of Amana, from the summits
of Senir
and Hermon, from the dens
of
the
lions, from the mountains of the leopards.
Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse
, with me from Lebanon :
look
from the top
of Amana, from the top
of Shenir
and Hermon, from the lions '
dens
, from the mountains of the leopards.
You
have
captured
my heart, my sister, my bride
; you
have
stolen
my heart with one glance
of your
eyes, with one jewel
of your
neck.
Thou
hast
ravished
my heart, my sister, my spouse
; thou
hast
ravished
my heart with one of thine
eyes, with one chain
of thy
neck.
How delightful
is your
love, my sister, my bride
! Your
love
is
much better than wine ,
and the fragrance
of your
perfume
than all spices .
How fair
is thy
love, my sister, my spouse
! how
much better is
thy
love
than wine !
and the smell
of thine
ointments
than all spices !
Your
lips, my bride
, drip
sweetness
like
the honeycomb ;
honey and milk are under your
tongue ,
and the fragrance
of your
garments is like the aroma
of Lebanon.
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.
My sister, my bride,
you
are
a
garden
locked
up,
a spring enclosed
, a fountain sealed.
A
garden
inclosed
is
my sister, my spouse;
a spring shut
up
, a fountain sealed.
Your
branches
are an orchard of pomegranates with the
choicest
of
fruits, with henna
and
nard
,
Thy
plants
are an orchard of pomegranates ,
with pleasant
fruits ;
camphire
, with spikenard
,
with
nard
and saffron ,
with
calamus and cinnamon, with every
kind
of frankincense tree,
with
myrrh and aloes, with all the finest
spices .
Spikenard
and saffron ;
calamus and cinnamon, with all
trees
of frankincense ;
myrrh and aloes, with all the chief
spices :
You
are
a garden
spring
, a well of fresh
water
flowing
down
from Lebanon.
A fountain
of
gardens
, a well of living
waters,
and
streams
from Lebanon.
Awake, O north wind ,
and come, O
south wind.
Breathe
on
my garden and
spread
the fragrance
of
its
spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste
its
choicest
fruits.
Awake, O north wind ;
and come, thou
south ;
blow
upon
my garden ,
that
the spices thereof
may
flow
out
. Let my beloved come into his garden ,
and eat
his
pleasant
fruits.
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