Solomon Admires His Bride's Beauty

Song of Solomon 4

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1 Behold, m you are beautiful, my love,
behold, you are beautiful!
n Your eyes are doves
o behind your veil.
p Your hair is like a flock of goats
leaping down q the slopes of Gilead.
 2 Your r teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes
that have come up from the washing,
all of which bear twins,
and not one among them has lost its young.
 3 Your lips are like s a scarlet thread,
and your mouth is t lovely.
Your u cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
o behind your veil.
 4 Your v neck is like the tower of David,
built in w rows of stone; 1
on it x hang a thousand shields,
all of y them shields of warriors.
 5 Your z two breasts are like two a fawns,
twins of a gazelle,
that b graze among the lilies.
 6 c Until the day breathes
and the shadows flee,
I will go away to the mountain of d myrrh
and the hill of d frankincense.
 7 e You are altogether beautiful, my love;
there is no f flaw in you.
 8 g Come with me from h Lebanon, my i bride;
come with me from h Lebanon.
Depart 2 from the peak of Amana,
from the peak of j Senir and k Hermon,
from the dens of lions,
from the mountains of leopards.

9 You have captivated my heart, my l sister, my bride;
you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes,
with one m jewel of your necklace.
 10 How beautiful is your love, my l sister, my bride!
How much n better is your love than wine,
and o the fragrance of your oils than any spice!
 11 Your p lips drip nectar, my bride;
q honey and milk are under your tongue;
the fragrance of your garments is r like the fragrance of h Lebanon.
 12 A garden locked is my l sister, my bride,
a spring locked, s a fountain t sealed.
 13 Your shoots are u an orchard of pomegranates
with all v choicest fruits,
w henna with x nard,
 14 nard and saffron, y calamus and y cinnamon,
with all trees of z frankincense,
a myrrh and b aloes,
with all y choice spices -
15 a garden fountain, a well of c living water,
and flowing streams from h Lebanon.

  1. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 1:15
    Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.
  2. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 1:15
    Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.
    Song of Solomon 5:12
    His eyes are like doves beside streams of water, bathed in milk, sitting beside a full pool.
  3. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 6:7
    Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil.
  4. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 6:5
    Turn away your eyes from me, for they overwhelm me - Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead.
    Song of Solomon 7:5
    Your head crowns you like Carmel, and your flowing locks are like purple; a king is held captive in the tresses.
  5. Cross References
    Micah 7:14
    Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, who dwell alone in a forest in the midst of a garden land; let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old.
  6. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 6:6
    Your teeth are like a flock of ewes that have come up from the washing; all of them bear twins; not one among them has lost its young.
  7. Cross References
    Joshua 2:18
    Behold, when we come into the land, you shall tie this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and you shall gather into your house your father and mother, your brothers, and all your father's household.
  8. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 1:5
    I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
    Song of Solomon 2:14
    O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
  9. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 6:7
    Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil.
  10. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 4:1
    Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead.
  11. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 7:4
    Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon, which looks toward Damascus.
  12. Cross References
    Nehemiah 3:19
    Next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory at the buttress.
  13. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:10 - 11
    Persia and Lud and Put were in your army as your men of war. They hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor.
  14. Cross References
    2 Samuel 1:21
    You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain upon you, nor fields of offerings! For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.
  15. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 7:3
    Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
    Song of Solomon 8:10
    I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who finds peace.
    Proverbs 5:19
    A lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love.
  16. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 2:9
    My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, looking through the lattice.
  17. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 2:16
    My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.
    Song of Solomon 6:3
    I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies.
  18. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 2:17
    Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle or a young stag on cleft mountains.
  19. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 4:14
    Nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, with all choice spices -
    Song of Solomon 3:6
    What is that coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of a merchant?
  20. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 4:14
    Nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, with all choice spices -
    Song of Solomon 3:6
    What is that coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of a merchant?
  21. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 1:15
    Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.
  22. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 5:2
    I slept, but my heart was awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking. "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is wet with dew, my locks with the drops of the night.
    Ephesians 5:27
    So that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.
  23. Cross References
    Psalms 45:10 - 11
    Hear, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear: forget your people and your father's house.
  24. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 7:4
    Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon, which looks toward Damascus.
    1 Kings 4:33
    He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish.
  25. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 7:4
    Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon, which looks toward Damascus.
    1 Kings 4:33
    He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish.
  26. Cross References
    Isaiah 62:5
    For as a young man marries a young woman, so shall your sons marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.
  27. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 3:9
    (the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, while the Amorites call it Senir).
    1 Chronicles 5:23
    The members of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land. They were very numerous from Bashan to Baal-hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon.
  28. Cross References
    Psalms 89:12
    The north and the south, you have created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.
  29. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 5:1 - 2
    I came to my garden, my sister, my bride, I gathered my myrrh with my spice, I ate my honeycomb with my honey, I drank my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, drink, and be drunk with love!
  30. Cross References
    Judges 8:26
    And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments and the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian, and besides the collars that were around the necks of their camels.
  31. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 4:9
    You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.
  32. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 1:2
    Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine.
    Song of Solomon 1:4
    Draw me after you; let us run. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you.
  33. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 1:3
    Your anointing oils are fragrant; your name is oil poured out; therefore virgins love you.
  34. Cross References
    Proverbs 5:3
    For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.
  35. Cross References
    Proverbs 24:13
    My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
  36. Cross References
    Hosea 14:6
    His shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
    Genesis 27:27
    So he came near and kissed him. And Isaac smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him and said, "See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed!
  37. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 4:8
    Come with me from Lebanon, my bride; come with me from Lebanon. Depart from the peak of Amana, from the peak of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards.
  38. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 4:9
    You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.
  39. Cross References
    Genesis 29:3
    And when all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place over the mouth of the well.
    Daniel 6:17
    And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet and with the signet of his lords, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.
  40. Cross References
    Proverbs 5:15
    Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.
  41. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 2:5
    I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.
  42. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 7:13
    The mandrakes give forth fragrance, and beside our doors are all choice fruits, new as well as old, which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.
  43. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 1:14
    My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of Engedi.
  44. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 1:12
    While the king was on his couch, my nard gave forth its fragrance.
  45. Cross References
    Exodus 30:23
    Take the finest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of aromatic cane.
  46. Cross References
    Exodus 30:23
    Take the finest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of aromatic cane.
  47. Cross References
    Exodus 30:23
    Take the finest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of aromatic cane.
  48. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 4:6
    Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, I will go away to the mountain of myrrh and the hill of frankincense.
  49. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 3:6
    What is that coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of a merchant?
  50. Cross References
    John 19:39
    Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight.
  51. Cross References
    Jeremiah 2:13
    For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.
    John 4:10
    Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.
    John 7:38
    Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'
  52. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 4:8
    Come with me from Lebanon, my bride; come with me from Lebanon. Depart from the peak of Amana, from the peak of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards.
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