Song of Solomon 4:11
Your lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
In Context
12A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Cross References
Genesis 27:27And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed:
Psalms 45:8All your garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made you glad.
Psalms 71:23My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto you; and my soul, which you have redeemed.
Proverbs 5:2That you may regard discretion, and that your lips may keep knowledge.
Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Song of Solomon 4:3Your lips are like a thread of scarlet, and your speech is comely: your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within your locks.
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 →