SNG 4:3 Parallel View

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ULT Like a thread of scarlet are your lips
 ⇔ and your mouth is lovely.
 ⇔ Like a slice of pomegranate are your cheeks
 ⇔ from behind your veil.

UST Your lips are the color of bright red thread,
⇔ and your mouth is beautiful.
 ⇔ Beneath your veil,
⇔ your cheeks are round and rosy like the halves of a pomegranate.

BSB Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon,
⇔ and your mouth is lovely.
 ⇔ Your brow behind your veil
⇔ is like a slice of pomegranate.

OEB your lips like a scarlet thread
⇔ and your mouth so lovely;
 ⇔ your cheeks like halves of pomegranate,
⇔ seen through your veil;

WEB Your lips are like scarlet thread.
⇔ Your mouth is lovely.
⇔ Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.

NET Your lips are like a scarlet thread;
 ⇔ your mouth is lovely.
 ⇔ Your forehead behind your veil
 ⇔ is like a slice of pomegranate.

LSV As a thread of scarlet [are] your lips,
And your speech [is] lovely,
As the work of the pomegranate [is] your temple behind your veil,

FBV Your lips are as red as scarlet thread. Your mouth is gorgeous. Your cheeks[fn] are the blushing color of pomegranates behind your veil.

4:3 Or “temples.” One of the Dead Sea Scrolls (4Q Canta) can be read as “chin.”

T4T Your lips are like [SIM] a scarlet ribbon,
⇔ and your mouth is lovely.
 ⇔ Beneath your veil,
⇔ your round, rosy/red cheeks are like [SIM] the halves of a pomegranate.

LEB • are like a thread of crimson, and your mouth is lovely. • Your temple is like pomegranate • from behind your veil.

BBE Your 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.

MOF No MOF SNG book available

JPS Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy mouth is comely; thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil.

ASV Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet,
 ⇔ And thy mouth is comely.
 ⇔ Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate
 ⇔ Behind thy veil.

DRA Thy lips are as a scarlet lace: and thy speech sweet. Thy cheeks are as a piece of a pomegranate, besides that which lieth hid within.

YLT As a thread of scarlet [are] thy lips, And thy speech [is] comely, As the work of the pomegranate [is] thy temple behind thy veil,

DBY Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy speech is comely; As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples Behind thy veil.

RV Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy mouth is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind thy veil.

WBS Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of pomegranate within thy locks.

KJB Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
(Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy/your speech is comely: thy/your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy/your locks. )

BB Thy lippes are lyke a rose coloured ribande, thy wordes are louely, thy cheekes are like a peece of a pomegranate within thyne heeres.
(Thy lippes are like a rose coloured ribande, thy/your words are louely, thy/your cheekes are like a peece of a pomegranate within thine/your hears.)

GNV Thy lippes are like a threede of scarlet, and thy talke is comely: thy temples are within thy lockes as a piece of a pomegranate.
(Thy lippes are like a threade of scarlet, and thy/your talk is comely: thy/your temples are within thy/your lockes as a piece of a pomegranate. )

CB Thy lippes are like a rose coloured rybende, thy wordes are louely: thy chekes are like a pece of a pomgranate, besydes that which lyed hyd within.
(Thy lippes are like a rose coloured rybende, thy/your words are louely: thy/your chekes are like a pece of a pomgranate, besides that which lyed hid within.)

WYC Thi lippis ben as a reed lace, and thi speche is swete; as the relif of an appil of Punyk, so ben thi chekis, with outen that, that is hid with ynne.
(Thi lippis been as a red lace, and thy/your speche is swete; as the relif of an appil of Punyk, so been thy/your chekis, without that, that is hid with ynne.)

LUT Deine Lippen sind wie eine rosinfarbene Schnur, und deine Rede lieblich. Deine Wangen sind wie der Ritz am Granatapfel zwischen deinen Zöpfen.
(Deine lips are like one rosinfarbene Schnur, and your Rede lieblich. Deine Wangen are like the Ritz in/at/on_the Granatapfel zwischen deinen Zöpfen.)

CLV Sicut vitta coccinea labia tua, et eloquium tuum dulce. Sicut fragmen mali punici, ita genæ tuæ, absque eo quod intrinsecus latet.[fn]
(Sicut vitta coccinea labia tua, and eloquium your dulce. Sicut fragmen mali punici, ita genæ tuæ, without eo that intrinsecus latet.)

4.3 Sicut vitta. Prædicatores vitta dicuntur, quia fluxas cogitationes in cordibus hominum suis prædicationibus restringunt, ne diffluant et cordis oculos premant. Coccinea. Quia Dominici sanguinis, quo redempta est Ecclesia, pretium prædicare non cessat: vel quia prædicatio sancta charitatis ardore flammescit. Labia tua. Dentes qui terunt: labia quæ trita aperiunt. Eloquium tuum dulce. Dum, quæ dicunt faciunt suas prædicationes hominibus quasi sapidas escas apponunt. Sicut fragmen mali punici, ita genæ. In colore exterius puniceo, voluntas martyrii: in albis granis quæ cortice fracto videntur, candor virtutum: qui augetur, dum caro colliditur: candor etiam, cum impleta passione miraculis nitent. In genis verecundia, in malo punico passio Christi. Habet ergo ruborem Ecclesia in genis, cum sacramentum Dominicæ passionis fatetur verbis, et ostendit candorem cum pulsata pressuris, castitatem puri cordis probat, et factis, quid gratiæ salutaris crux habeat, pandit. Absque eo. Licet sint magna, quæ exterius apparent: majora tamen in occulto retinent, quæ divini oculi soli vident. Latet. Confessionem vivificæ crucis possunt omnes in Ecclesia audire, pressuras Ecclesiæ videre, vel etiam miracula quæ ipsi Ecclesiæ sunt divinitus collata, possunt infideles cum fidelibus intueri: ipsa autem sola anima novit quanto teneatur amore vitæ invisibilis, quanto amore erga Deum et proximum flammescat.

4.3 Sicut vitta. Prædicatores vitta dicuntur, because fluxas cogitationes in cordibus hominum to_his_own prædicationibus restringunt, ne diffluant and cordis oculos premant. Coccinea. Quia Dominici blood, quo redempta it_is Ecclesia, pretium prædicare not/no cessat: or because prædicatio sancta charitatis ardore flammescit. Labia your. Dentes who terunt: labia which trita aperiunt. Eloquium your dulce. Dum, which dicunt faciunt their_own prædicationes hominibus as_if sapidas escas apponunt. Sicut fragmen mali punici, ita genæ. In colore exterius puniceo, voluntas martyrii: in albis granis which cortice fracto videntur, candor virtutum: who augetur, dum caro colliditur: candor etiam, when/with impleta passione miraculis nitent. In genis verecundia, in malo punico passio Christi. Habet ergo ruborem Ecclesia in genis, when/with sacramentum Dominicæ passionis fatetur verbis, and ostendit candorem when/with pulsata pressuris, castitatem puri cordis probat, and factis, quid gratiæ salutaris crux habeat, pandit. Absque eo. Licet sint magna, which exterius apparent: mayora tamen in occulto retinent, which divini oculi soli vident. Latet. Confessionem vivificæ crucis possunt everyone in Ecclesia audire, pressuras Ecclesiæ videre, or also miracula which ipsi Ecclesiæ are divinitus collata, possunt infideles when/with fidelibus intueri: ipsa however sola anima novit quanto teneatur amore of_life invisibilis, quanto amore erga God and proximum flammescat.

BRN Thy lips are as a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: like the rind of a pomegranate is thy cheek without thy veil.

BrLXX Ὡς σπάρτίον τὸ κόκκικον χείλη σου, καὶ ἡ λαλιά σου ὡραῖα, ὡς λέπυρον ῥοᾶς μῆλόν σου ἐκτὸς τῆς σιωπήσεώς σου.
(Hōs spartion to kokkikon ⱪeilaʸ sou, kai haʸ lalia sou hōraia, hōs lepuron ɽoas maʸlon sou ektos taʸs siōpaʸseōs sou. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כְּ⁠ח֤וּט הַ⁠שָּׁנִי֙ שִׂפְתֹתַ֔יִ⁠ךְ

like,thread the,scarlet lips,your

Scarlet is a term that describes a bright red color. The woman’s lips were a beautiful red color. The woman’s lips are being compared to the color of scarlet thread and not to the thinness of the thread. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the basis of this comparison. Also, if it would help your readers you could use a term for a material that is thicker than thread such as ribbon. Alternate translation: “Your lips are a beautiful red like scarlet thread” or “Your lips are a beautiful red like scarlet ribbon”

כְּ⁠פֶ֤לַח הָֽ⁠רִמּוֹן֙ רַקָּתֵ֔⁠ךְ

like,halves the,pomegranate cheeks,your

The term translated as cheeks could: (1) refer to the woman’s two cheeks on the side of her mouth as rendered by the ULT. (2) be translated as “temples” and refer to the woman’s two temples on the side of her forehead. Alternate translation: “Like a slice of pomegranate are your temples” (3) be translated as “forehead.” Alternate translation: “Like a slice of pomegranate is your forehead”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כְּ⁠פֶ֤לַח הָֽ⁠רִמּוֹן֙ רַקָּתֵ֔⁠ךְ

like,halves the,pomegranate cheeks,your

This comparison could be comparing: (1) the shape of the woman’s cheeks to the shape of a pomegranate which has been sliced in half and to the outside color of a pomegranate (which is the color red). Alternate translation: “Your cheeks are red and rounded like a slice of pomegranate” or “Your cheeks resemble the color and shape of a slice of pomegranate” (or if you decided that the term cheek refers to the woman’s temples “Your temples are red like a slice of pomegranate”) (2) the way the woman’s cheeks looked through the inside of the veil to the color and pattern of the inside of a pomegranate which has been sliced in half. Alternate translation: “Your cheeks resemble the color and pattern of the inside of a slice of pomegranate” (or if you decided that the term cheeks refers to the woman’s temples “Your temples are the color of the inside of a slice of pomegranate”)

מִ⁠בַּ֖עַד לְ⁠צַמָּתֵֽ⁠ךְ

from,behind to,veil,your

See how you translated the phrase from behind your veil in 4:1.

Parallel SNG 4:3