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Song of Songs 4:11-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Song of Songs 4:11-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
11 Your lips drip honey,[a] my bride,
honey and milk are under your tongue;
And the fragrance of your garments
is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
The Lover’s Garden
12 M(A) A garden enclosed, my sister, my bride,
a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed![b]
13 Your branches are a grove of pomegranates,
with fruits of choicest yield:
Henna with spikenard,
Footnotes
- 4:11 Honey: sweet words (cf. Prv 5:3) or perhaps kisses (1:2–3). Honey and milk: familiar descriptions for the fertile promised land (Ex 3:8, 17; Lv 20:24; Nm 13:27; Dt 6:3).
- 4:12 Garden enclosed…fountain sealed: reserved for the lover alone. Cf. Prv 5:15–19 for similar images used to describe fruitful, committed relationship.
Song of Songs 4:11-13
New International Version
Song of Songs 4:11-13
New International Version
11 Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride;
milk and honey are under your tongue.(A)
The fragrance of your garments
is like the fragrance of Lebanon.(B)
12 You are a garden(C) locked up, my sister, my bride;(D)
you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.(E)
13 Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates(F)
with choice fruits,
with henna(G) and nard,
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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