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Song of Songs 4 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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Solomon Admires His Bride’s Beauty

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Behold, you are beautiful, my love,
behold, you are beautiful!
Your eyes are doves
behind your veil.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
leaping down the slopes of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:2 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:3 - Your lips are like a scarlet thread,
and your mouth is lovely.
Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
behind your veil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:4 - Your neck is like the tower of David,
built in rows of stone;[fn]
on it hang a thousand shields,
all of them shields of warriors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:5 - Your two breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle,
that graze among the lilies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:6 - Until the day breathes
and the shadows flee,
I will go away to the mountain of myrrh
and the hill of frankincense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:7 - You are altogether beautiful, my love;
there is no flaw in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:8 - Come with me from Lebanon, my bride;
come with me from Lebanon.
Depart[fn] from the peak of Amana,
from the peak of Senir and Hermon,
from the dens of lions,
from the mountains of leopards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:9 - You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride;
you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes,
with one jewel of your necklace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:10 - How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride!
How much better is your love than wine,
and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11 - Your lips drip nectar, my bride;
honey and milk are under your tongue;
the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:12 - A garden locked is my sister, my bride,
a spring locked, a fountain sealed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:13 - Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates
with all choicest fruits,
henna with nard,

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:14 - nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon,
with all trees of frankincense,
myrrh and aloes,
with all choice spices—

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:15 - a garden fountain, a well of living water,
and flowing streams from Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:16 - Awake, O north wind,
and come, O south wind!
Blow upon my garden,
let its spices flow.

She
Let my beloved come to his garden,
and eat its choicest fruits.
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