13 His cheeks(A) are like beds of spice,
mounds of[a] perfume.
His lips are lilies,
dripping with flowing myrrh.(B)

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  1. 5:13 LXX, Vg read spice, yielding

13 His cheeks(A) are like beds of spice(B)
    yielding perfume.
His lips are like lilies(C)
    dripping with myrrh.(D)

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Your navel is a rounded bowl;
it never lacks mixed wine.
Your belly is a mound of wheat
surrounded by lilies.

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Your navel is a rounded goblet
    that never lacks blended wine.
Your waist is a mound of wheat
    encircled by lilies.

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I will be like the dew to Israel;(A)
he will blossom like the lily(B)
and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.(C)

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I will be like the dew(A) to Israel;
    he will blossom like a lily.(B)
Like a cedar of Lebanon(C)
    he will send down his roots;(D)

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