Song of Solomon 4, Modern English Version

The Man

1#SS 1:15; 6:5; 6:7 How fair you are, my love!

How very fair!

Your eyes are doves behind your veil.

Your hair is like a flock of goats,

streaming down the hills of Gilead.

2#SS 6:6 Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes

that have come up from the washing,

all of which bear twins,

and not one among them has lost its young.

3#SS 6:7; Jos 2:18 Your lips are like a scarlet thread,

and your mouth is lovely.

Your cheeks are halves of a pomegranate

behind your veil.

4#SS 7:4; Ne 3:19 Your neck is like the tower of David,

built in rows of stone;

on it hang a thousand shields,

all of them shields of mighty men.

5#SS 2:16; 6:3 Your two breasts are like two fawns,

twins of a gazelle,

that feed among the lilies.

6#SS 2:17; 4:14 Until the day breathes

and the shadows flee,

I will go away to the mountain of myrrh

and the hill of frankincense.

7#SS 1:15 You are altogether fair, my love;

there is no flaw in you.

8#Dt 3:9; 1Ch 5:23 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride;

come with me from Lebanon.

Depart from the peak of Amana,

from the peak of Senir and Hermon,

from the dens of lions,

from the mountains of leopards.

9#SS 5:1–2; 4:10 You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride;

you have ravished my heart

with one glance of your eyes,

with one jewel of your necklace.

10#SS 1:2–4 How fair is your love, my sister, my bride!

How much better than wine is your love,

and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!

11#Ge 27:27; SS 5:1 Your lips drip honey, my bride;

honey and milk are under your tongue;

and the fragrance of your garments is like the scent of Lebanon.

12#Pr 5:15–18 A garden locked is my sister, my bride,

a fountain sealed.

13#SS 1:14; Ecc 2:5 Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates

with all choicest fruits,

henna with nard,

14#Ex 30:23; SS 4:6; 3:6 nard and saffron,

calamus and cinnamon,

with all trees of frankincense,

myrrh and aloes,

with all the chief spices—

15#Jn 4:10; Jer 2:13 a garden fountain,

a well of living water,

and flowing streams from Lebanon.

The Woman

16#SS 5:1; 6:2 Awake, O north wind,

and come, O south wind!

Blow upon my garden,

that its spices may flow out.

Let my beloved come to his garden,

and eat its choicest fruits.

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