3“Your lips are like a scarlet thread,
         And your mouth is lovely.
         Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate
         Behind your veil.

4“Your neck is like the tower of David,
         Built with rows of stones
         On which are hung a thousand shields,
         All the round shields of the mighty men.

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

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

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

8“Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,
         May you come with me from Lebanon.
         Journey down from the summit of Amana,
         From the summit of Senir and Hermon,
         From the dens of lions,
         From the mountains of leopards.

9“You have made my heart beat faster, my sister, my bride;
         You have made my heart beat faster with a single glance of your eyes,
         With a single strand of your necklace.

10“How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride!
         How much better is your love than wine,
         And the fragrance of your oils
         Than all kinds of spices!

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

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

13“Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates
         With choice fruits, henna with nard plants,

14Nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon,
         With all the trees of frankincense,
         Myrrh and aloes, along with all the finest spices.

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

16“Awake, O north wind,
         And come, wind of the south;
         Make my garden breathe out fragrance,
         Let its spices be wafted abroad.
         May my beloved come into his garden
         And eat its choice fruits!”

NASB ©1995

American Standard Version
Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy mouth is comely. Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thy lips are as a scarlet lace: and thy speech sweet. Thy cheeks are as a piece of a pomegranate, besides that which lieth hid within.

Darby Bible Translation
Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy speech is comely; As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples Behind thy veil.

English Revised Version
Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy mouth is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind thy veil.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of pomegranate within thy locks.

World English Bible
Your lips are like scarlet thread. Your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.

Young's Literal Translation
As a thread of scarlet are thy lips, And thy speech is comely, As the work of the pomegranate is thy temple behind thy veil,Song of Songs
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John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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"Yes, He is altogether lovely." Song of Songs 5:16. At the ninth verse of this chapter, you have a question put forth by the daughters of Jerusalem, "What is your beloved more than another beloved?" The spouse answers, "He is the chief among ten thousand." She then recounts many of the things she finds so excellent in her beloved and then concludes with these words that I have read: "Yes, he is altogether lovely." The words set forth the transcendent loveliness of the Lord Jesus Christ, and naturally …
John Flavel—Christ Altogether Lovely

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The description of Christ the beloved. SS 5:9-16. The wond'ring world inquires to know Why I should love my Jesus so: What are his charms," say they, "above The objects of a mortal love?" Yes! my Beloved, to my sight Shows a sweet mixture, red and white: All human beauties, all divine, In my Beloved meet and shine. White is his soul, from blemish free; Red with the blood he shed for me; The fairest of ten thousand fairs; A sun amongst ten thousand stars. [His head the finest gold excels; There …
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What is Meant by "Altogether Lovely"
Let us consider this excellent expression, and particularly reflect on what is contained in it, and you shall find this expression "altogether lovely." First, It excludes all unloveliness and disagreeableness from Jesus Christ. As a theologian long ago said, "There is nothing in him which is not loveable." The excellencies of Jesus Christ are perfectly exclusive of all their opposites; there is nothing of a contrary property or quality found in him to contaminate or devaluate his excellency. And …
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