Song of Songs 4:11-13
New Catholic Bible
11 Your lips drip with honey,[a] my promised bride,
milk and honey are under your tongue,
and the fragrance of your garments
is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
12 You are an enclosed garden,
my sister, my promised bride;
you are a garden that is locked,
a fountain that is sealed.[b]
13 You are like an orchard that brings forth pomegranates,
an orchard with the choicest fruits:[c]
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 4:11 Your lips drip with honey: the bridegroom speaks of love (see Prov 5:3; 16:24). Milk and honey: possibly a reference to the fruitfulness of the Promised Land (see Ex 3:8).
- Song of Songs 4:12 Enclosed . . . locked . . . sealed: words that indicate the bride is the bridegroom’s and faithful to him (see Prov 5:15-19).
- Song of Songs 4:13 The bridegroom sings of the bride’s features that delight him, likening them to sweet-smelling plants.
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,
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