SNG 4:10 Parallel View

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ULT How your love is beautiful, my sister, my bride!
 ⇔ How your love is better than wine
 ⇔ and the smell of your oils is better than all spices!

UST You who are as dear to me as a sister, my bride,
⇔ your love for me is delightful!
⇔ It is more delightful than wine!
 ⇔ The fragrance of your perfume
⇔ is more pleasing than any spice!

BSB How delightful is your love,
⇔ my sister, my bride!
 ⇔ Your love is much better than wine,
⇔ and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.

OEB How sweet thy caress, sister bride!
⇔ How much better than wine thy caresses!
 ⇔ lips, O my bride, drip with honey,
⇔ 

CSB How delightful your caresses are, my sister, my bride. Your caresses are much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than any balsam.

NLT Your love delights me, my treasure, my bride. Your love is better than wine, your perfume more fragrant than spices.

NIV How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much more pleasing is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume more than any spice!

CEV Your love is sweeter than wine; the smell of your perfume is more fragrant than spices.

ESV How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!

NASB “How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, And the fragrance of your oils Than all kinds of spices!

LSB How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, And the fragrance of your oils Than all kinds of spices!

WEB How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride!
⇔ How much better is your love than wine,
⇔ the fragrance of your perfumes than all kinds of spices!

MSG ^(8-15)Come with me from Lebanon, my bride.
  Leave Lebanon behind, and come.
Leave your high mountain hideaway.
  Abandon your wilderness seclusion,
Where you keep company with lions
  and panthers guard your safety.
You’ve captured my heart, dear friend.
  You looked at me, and I fell in love.
  One look my way and I was hopelessly in love!
How beautiful your love, dear, dear friend—
  far more pleasing than a fine, rare wine,
  your fragrance more exotic than select spices.
The kisses of your lips are honey, my love,
  every syllable you speak a delicacy to savor.
Your clothes smell like the wild outdoors,
  the fresh scent of high mountains.
Dear lover and friend, you’re a secret garden,
  a private and pure fountain.
Body and soul, you are paradise,
  a whole orchard of succulent fruits—
Ripe apricots and peaches,
  oranges and pears;
Nut trees and cinnamon,
  and all scented woods;
Mint and lavender,
  and all herbs aromatic;
A garden fountain, sparkling and splashing,
  fed by spring waters from the Lebanon mountains.

NET How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride!
 ⇔ How much better is your love than wine;
 ⇔ the fragrance of your perfume is better than any spice!

LSV How beautiful have been your loves, my sister-spouse,
How much better have been your loves than wine,
And the fragrance of your perfumes than all spices.

FBV How wonderful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is sweeter than wine. The way you smell from your perfumed oils is better than any spice.

T4T My bride, your love for me is delightful!
⇔ It more delightful than wine!
 ⇔ And the fragrance of your perfume
⇔ is more pleasing than any spice!

LEB • How better is your love than wine, • and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!

NRSV How sweet is your love, my sister, my bride! how much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!

NKJV How fair is your love, My sister, my spouse! How much better than wine is your love, And the scent of your perfumes Than all spices!

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

MOF No MOF SNG book available

JPS How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all manner of spices!

ASV How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride!
 ⇔ How much better is thy love than wine!
 ⇔ And the fragrance of thine oils than all manner of spices!

DRA How beautiful are thy breasts, my sister, my spouse! thy breasts are more beautiful than wine, and the sweet smell of thy ointments above all aromatical spices.

YLT How wonderful have been thy loves, my sister-spouse, How much better have been thy loves than wine, And the fragrance of thy perfumes than all spices.

DBY How fair is thy love, my sister, [my] spouse! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine ointments than all spices!

RV How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all manner of spices!

WBS How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thy ointments than all spices!

KJB 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!
(How fair is thy/your love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy/your love than wine! and the smell of thine/your ointments than all spices! )

BB O howe fayre are thy breastes, my sister, my spouse? Thy breastes are more pleasaunt then wine, and the smell of thyne oyntmentes passeth all spices.
(O how fayre are thy/your breastes, my sister, my spouse? Thy breastes are more pleasaunt then wine, and the smell of thine/your ointmentes passeth all spices.)

GNV My sister, my spouse, how faire is thy loue? howe much better is thy loue then wine? and the sauour of thine oyntments then all spices?
(My sister, my spouse, how faire is thy/your loue? how much better is thy/your love then wine? and the sauour of thine/your ointments then all spices? )

CB O how fayre and louely are thy brestes, my sister, my spouse? Thy brestes are more pleasaunt then wyne, and the smell of thy oyntmentes passeth all spices.
(O how fayre and louely are thy/your brestes, my sister, my spouse? Thy brestes are more pleasaunt then wyne, and the smell of thy/your ointmentes passeth all spices.)

WYC My sistir spousesse, thi tetis ben ful faire; thi tetis ben feirere than wyn, and the odour of thi clothis is aboue alle swete smellynge oynementis.
(My sister spousesse, thy/your tetis been full faire; thy/your tetis been feirere than wyn, and the odour of thy/your clothes is above all sweet smellynge ointmentis.)

LUT Wie schön sind deine Brüste, meine Schwester, liebe Braut! Deine Brüste sind lieblicher denn Wein, und der Geruch deiner Salben übertrifft alle Würze.
(How schön are your Brüste, my Schwester, liebe Braut! Deine Brüste are lieblicher because Wein, and the Geruch deiner Salben übertrifft all Würze.)

CLV Quam pulchræ sunt mammæ tuæ, soror mea sponsa ! pulchriora sunt ubera tua vino, et odor unguentorum tuorum super omnia aromata.[fn]
(Quam pulchræ are mammæ tuæ, soror mea sponsa ! pulchriora are ubera tua vino, and odor unguentorum tuorum super omnia aromata.)

4.10 Quam pulchræ, etc. Supra sponsa in dilecto ubera laudabat, hic dilectus ubera commendat: in quo notatur unitas Christi et Ecclesiæ, quia sunt duo, ut ait Apostolus, in carne una: ideo simili laude alter alterum laudat. Doctrina est Christi, quia data est Ecclesiæ, quia ministrat. Et merito amo te, quia doctrina tua, quæ continetur in superioribus uberibus, est pulchra ad consolationem infirmorum et sustentationem parvulorum. Mammæ, dilectio Dei et proximi: per quas mens sancta sensus suos nutrit, dum Deo charitate conglutinatur, et proximis, quod potest, impendit. Quas mammas quantum sponsus diligat, in repetitione laudis manifestat dicens: Pulchriora sunt ubera, etc. Odor. Id est suavissima fama fidei dispersæ per totum orbem, latior est quam lex patrum, quæ in sola Judæa coangustaretur. Super omnia aromata. Id est, super omnia bona opera, quæ faciunt improbi, quæ etsi aliquando hominibus placent, tamen Deo nunquam, quia ex charitate non procedunt. Vel, super institutiones Veteris Testamenti, quæ fuerunt figura horum.

4.10 Quam pulchræ, etc. Supra sponsa in dilecto ubera laudabat, this dilectus ubera commendat: in quo notatur unitas Christi and Ecclesiæ, because are duo, as he_said Apostolus, in carne una: ideo simili laude alter alterum laudat. Doctrina it_is Christi, because data it_is Ecclesiæ, because ministrat. And merito amo you(sg), because doctrina tua, which continetur in superioribus uberibus, it_is pulchra to consolationem infirmorum and sustentationem parvulorum. Mammæ, dilectio Dei and proximi: per quas mens sancta sensus suos nutrit, dum Deo charitate conglutinatur, and proximis, that potest, impendit. Quas mammas quantum sponsus diligat, in repetitione laudis manifestat dicens: Pulchriora are ubera, etc. Odor. Id it_is suavissima fama of_faith dispersæ per totum orbem, latior it_is how lex patrum, which in sola Yudæa coangustaretur. Super omnia aromata. Id it_is, super omnia good opera, which faciunt improbi, which etsi aliquando hominibus placent, tamen Deo nunquam, because ex charitate not/no procedunt. Vel, super institutiones Veteris Testamenti, which fuerunt figura horum.

BRN How beautiful are thy breasts, my sister, my spouse! how much more beautiful are thy breasts than wine, and the smell of thy garments than all spices!

BrLXX Τί ἐκαλλιώθησαν μαστοί σου ἀδελφή μου, νύμφη; τί ἐκαλλιώθησαν μαστοί σου ἀπὸ οἴνου, καὶ ὀσμὴ ἱματίων σου ὑπὲρ πάντα ἀρώματα;
(Ti ekalliōthaʸsan mastoi sou adelfaʸ mou, numfaʸ? ti ekalliōthaʸsan mastoi sou apo oinou, kai osmaʸ himatiōn sou huper panta arōmata? )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamation

מַה־ & מַה־

what? & what?

Here, the word How is used as an exclamation to emphasize two statements about how wonderful the woman’s love is. Use an exclamation that is natural in your language for communicating this.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֲחֹתִ֣⁠י

sister,my

See how you translated the phrase my sister in 4:9.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

מַה־יָּפ֥וּ דֹדַ֖יִ⁠ךְ אֲחֹתִ֣⁠י כַלָּ֑ה מַה־טֹּ֤בוּ דֹדַ֨יִ⁠ךְ֙ מִ⁠יַּ֔יִן

what? beautiful love,your sister,my bride what? better love,your than,wine

If it would be more natural in your language, you could change the order of these phrases. Alternate translation: “My sister, my bride; how your love is beautiful! How your love is better than wine”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מַה־יָּפ֥וּ דֹדַ֖יִ⁠ךְ & מַה־טֹּ֤בוּ דֹדַ֨יִ⁠ךְ֙ מִ⁠יַּ֔יִן

what? beautiful love,your & what? better love,your than,wine

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of love, you could express the same idea with a verb form as modeled by the UST or in some other way that is natural in your language.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

שְׁמָנַ֖יִ⁠ךְ

oils,your

Here, oils refers to perfumes. In the author’s culture pleasant smelling spices were mixed into olive oil in order to make a pleasant smelling perfume which was then put on the skin. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly. Alternate translation: “your scented oils” or “the perfumed oils on your skin”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

שְׁמָנַ֖יִ⁠ךְ

oils,your

The author is leaving out some of the words that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. If your readers might misunderstand this, you could supply the words “is better” from the context as modeled by the ULT.

Parallel SNG 4:10