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Song of Solomon 4:11

Your lips are dropping honey; honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your clothing is like the smell of Lebanon.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

In Context

10How fair is your love, my sister! How much better is your love than wine, and the smell of your oils than any perfume!

12A garden walled-in is my sister, my bride; a garden shut up, a spring of water stopped.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:27And he came near and gave him a kiss; and smelling the smell of his clothing, he gave him a blessing, and said, See, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field on which the blessing of the Lord has come:

Psalms 45:8\45:7\You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.

Psalms 71:23Joy will be on my lips when I make melody to you; and in my soul, to which you have given salvation.

Proverbs 5:2So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

Proverbs 16:24Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

Song of Solomon 4:3Your red lips are like a bright thread, and your mouth is fair of form; the sides of your head are like pomegranate fruit under your veil.

Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 4:9-15

The Love of Christ to the Church. 8 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. 9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. 10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! 11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)Polish Biblia Gdanska (1881)Statenvertaling (Nederlands)

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