Parallel Verses New International Version Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon; your mouth is lovely. Your temples behind your veil are like the halves of a pomegranate. King James Bible 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. 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. 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 Solomon 4:3 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleThy lips are like a thread of scarlet - Both lips and cheeks were ruddy; sicut fragmen mali punici - Vulgate. Like the section of a pomegranate, that side cut off on which is the finest blush. This is a good and apt metaphor. But the inside may be referred to, as it is finely streaked with red and white melting into each other. She had beautiful hair, beautiful eyes, beautiful cheeks and lips, and a most pleasing and dulcet voice. Within thy locks - See on Sol 4:1((note), and Sol 4:7 (note). Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lips Songs 4:11 Your lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under your tongue... Songs 7:9 And the roof of your mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goes down sweetly... Psalm 37:30 The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of judgment. Psalm 119:13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of your mouth. Matthew 12:35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things... scarlet Proverbs 31:26 She opens her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. thy temples Songs 6:7 As a piece of a pomegranate are your temples within your locks. Library Song of SongsThe contents of this book justify the description of it in the title, i. 1, as the "loveliest song"--for that is the meaning of the Hebrew idiom "song of songs." It abounds in poetical gems of the purest ray. It breathes the bracing air of the hill country, and the passionate love of man for woman and woman for man. It is a revelation of the keen Hebrew delight in nature, in her vineyards and pastures, flowers and fruit trees, in her doves and deer and sheep and goats. It is a song tremulous from … John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament What is Meant by "Altogether Lovely" Cross References Joshua 2:18 unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother, your brothers and all your family into your house. Song of Solomon 1:5 Dark am I, yet lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon. Song of Solomon 5:16 His mouth is sweetness itself; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem. Song of Solomon 6:7 Your temples behind your veil are like the halves of a pomegranate. Jump to Previous Bright Cheeks Fair Form Fruit Halves Head Lips Mouth Open Piece Pomegranate Red Ribbon Scarlet Sides Slice Speech Split Temple Temples Thread Veil Within WorkJump to Next Bright Cheeks Fair Form Fruit Halves Head Lips Mouth Open Piece Pomegranate Red Ribbon Scarlet Sides Slice Speech Split Temple Temples Thread Veil Within WorkLinks Song of Solomon 4:3 NIVSong of Solomon 4:3 NLT Song of Solomon 4:3 ESV Song of Solomon 4:3 NASB Song of Solomon 4:3 KJV Song of Solomon 4:3 Bible Apps Song of Solomon 4:3 Biblia Paralela Song of Solomon 4:3 Chinese Bible Song of Solomon 4:3 French Bible Song of Solomon 4:3 German Bible Song of Solomon 4:3 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |
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