Verse List for SNG 4:11

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B I ◄ ← Sng 4:11 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=The groom (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Your lips drip with nectar, my bride. ⇔ Honey and milk are under your tongue, ⇔ and your clothes smell nice like Lebanon’s forests.

OET-LV Honey they _drip lips _of_your Oh _bride honey and_milk are_under tongue _of_your and_the _odour _of your(pl)_garments _of_your is_like_the _odour _of Ləⱱānōn.

ULT Your lips drip, with nectar, my bride; ⇔ honey and milk, are under your tongue ⇔ and the smell of your garments, is like the smell of Lebanon.

UST When you kiss me, my bride, it is as delightful as eating honey. ⇔  Your kisses are as sweet as milk mixed with honey. ⇔  The aroma of your clothes ⇔  is like the aroma of cedar trees in Lebanon.

BSB & MSB Your lips, my bride, ⇔  drip sweetness like the honeycomb; ⇔ honey and milk are under your tongue, ⇔  and the fragrance of your garments ⇔  is like the aroma of Lebanon.

OEB No OEB SNG book available

WEBBE & WMBB Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. ⇔  Honey and milk are under your tongue. ⇔  The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

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 Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride, ⇔ honey and milk are under your tongue. ⇔ The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

LSV Your lips drop honey, O spouse,
Honey and milk [are] under your tongue,
And the fragrance of your garments
[Is] as the fragrance of Lebanon.

FBV Nectar drips from your lips; milk and honey are under your tongue. The smell of your clothes is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

T4T Being kissed by you is as enjoyable as eating [MTY] honey; ⇔  your kisses are as sweet as milk mixed with honey. ⇔  The aroma of your clothes ⇔  is like [SIM] the aroma of cedar trees in Lebanon.

LEB • Your lips drip nectar, my bride;
• honey and milk are under your lips;
• the scent of your garments is like the scent of Lebanon.

BBE Your lips are dropping honey; honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your clothing is like the smell of Lebanon.

Moff Your lips drop honey, my bride, ⇔  your whispers are honey and milk; ⇔ the scent of your robes is as scent of Lebanon,

JPS Thy lips, O my bride, drop honey — honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

ASV Thy lips, O my bride, drop as the honeycomb: ⇔ Honey and milk are under thy tongue; ⇔ And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

DRA Thy lips, my spouse, are as a dropping honeycomb, honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments, as the smell of frankincense.

YLT Thy lips drop honey, O spouse, Honey and milk [are] under thy tongue, And the fragrance of thy garments [Is] as the fragrance of Lebanon.

Drby Thy lips, [my] spouse, drop [as] the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

RV Thy lips, O my bride, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
(Thy/Your lips, Oh my bride, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy/your tongue; and the smell of thy/your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.)

SLT Thy lips will drop honey droppings, O bride: honey and milk under thy tongue, and the odor of thy garments as the odor of Lebanon.

Wbstr Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honey-comb; honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

KJB-1769 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
(Thy/Your lips, Oh my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy/your tongue; and the smell of thy/your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.)

KJB-1611 Thy lips, O my spouse! drop as the hony combe: hony and milke are vnder thy tongue, and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Thy lippes, O my spouse, drop as the hony combe, yea mylke and hony is vnder thy tongue, and the smell of thy garmentes is like the smell of Libanus.
(Thy/Your lips, Oh my spouse, drop as the honeycomb, yea milk and honey is under thy/your tongue, and the smell of thy/your garments is like the smell of Libanus.)

Gnva Thy lippes, my spouse, droppe as honie combes: honie and milke are vnder thy tongue, and the sauoure of thy garments is as the sauoure of Lebanon.
(Thy/Your lips, my spouse, drop as honeycombs: honey and milk are under thy/your tongue, and the savour of thy/your garments is as the savour of Lebanon.)

Cvdl Thy lippes (o my spouse) droppe as the hony combe, yee mylck and hony is vnder thy tonge, and the smell of thy garmentes is like the smell of frankynsense.
(Thy/Your lips (o my spouse) drop as the honeycomb, ye/you_all milk and honey is under thy/your tongue, and the smell of thy/your garments is like the smell of frankincense.)

Wycl Spousesse, thi lippis ben an hony coomb droppynge; hony and mylk ben vndur thi tunge, and the odour of thi clothis is as the odour of encence.
(Spousesse, thy/your lips been an honeycomb dropping; honey and milk been under thy/your tongue, and the odour of thy/your clothes is as the odour of incense.)

Luth Deine Lippen, meine Braut, sind wie triefender Honigseim, Honig und Milch ist unter deiner Zunge, und deiner Kleider Geruch ist wie der Geruch Libanons.
(Your lips, my bride, are as/like dripping/oozingder honeycomb, honey and milk is under your(s) tongue, and your(s) clothes odour is as/like the/of_the odour Lebanons.)

ClVg Favus distillans labia tua, sponsa; mel et lac sub lingua tua: et odor vestimentorum tuorum sicut odor thuris.[fn]
(Honeycomb dripping lips your, bride; honey and milk under tongue/language your: and smell clothes yours like smell incenses.)

UHB נֹ֛פֶת תִּטֹּ֥פְנָה שִׂפְתוֹתַ֖יִ⁠ךְ כַּלָּ֑ה דְּבַ֤שׁ וְ⁠חָלָב֙ תַּ֣חַת לְשׁוֹנֵ֔⁠ךְ וְ⁠רֵ֥יחַ שַׂלְמֹתַ֖יִ⁠ךְ כְּ⁠רֵ֥יחַ לְבָנֽוֹן׃ס ‡

BrLXX Κηρίον ἀποστάζουσι χείλη σου νύμφη· μέλι καὶ γάλα ὑπὸ τὴν γλῶσσάν σου· καὶ ὀσμὴ ἱματίων σου, ὡς ὀσμὴ Λιβάνου.

BrTr Thy lips drop honeycomb, my spouse: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is as the smell of Libanus.