Song of Solomon 4:11
Of sweet honey drop thy lips, O bride: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the scent of thy garments is like the scent of Lebanon.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
12A locked-up garden is my sister, [my] bride; a locked-up spring, a sealed fountain.
Cross References
Genesis 27:27And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is the smell of the field which the Lord hath blessed.
Psalms 45:8(45:9) Of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia are [fragrant] all thy garments: out of palaces of ivory have they made thee joyful with the sound of music.
Psalms 71:23My lips shall shout joyfully when I sing unto thee; and my soul [too], which thou hast redeemed.
Proverbs 5:2That thou mayest observe discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
Proverbs 16:24[Like] the droppings of honey are pleasant sayings, sweet to the soul, and healing to the bones.
Song of Solomon 4:3Like a thread of scarlet are thy lips, and thy mouth is comely: like the half of a pomegranate is the upper part of thy cheek behind thy vail.
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 →