Verse List for SNG 5:13

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B I ◄ ← Sng 5:13 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=minor/spelling Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=The bride (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) His cheeks are like a bed of spices—like towers where aromatic herbs are hung. ⇔ ≈ His lips are lilies—dripping with flowing myrrh.

OET-LV Cheeks _of_his are_like _(the)_bed _of (the)_spice towers _of aromatic _herbs lips _of_his are_lilies dripping myrrh flowing.

ULT His cheeks, are like a bed of spices, ⇔ towers of herbal spices. ⇔ His lips, are lilies, dripping, with flowing myrrh. [fn]

UST His cheeks are like a garden where spices grow ⇔  and like towers where spices are kept. ⇔ His lips are like lilies ⇔  that have myrrh dripping from them.

BSB & MSB His cheeks are like beds of spice, ⇔  towers of perfume. ⇔ His lips are like lilies, ⇔  dripping with flowing myrrh.

OEB No OEB SNG book available

WEBBE & WMBB His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. ⇔  His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

MSG ^(10-16)My dear lover glows with health— red-blooded, radiant! He’s one in a million. There’s no one quite like him! My golden one, pure and untarnished, with raven black curls tumbling across his shoulders. His eyes are like doves, soft and bright, but deep-set, brimming with meaning, like wells of water. His face is rugged, his beard smells like sage, His voice, his words, warm and reassuring. Fine muscles ripple beneath his skin, quiet and beautiful. His torso is the work of a sculptor, hard and smooth as ivory. He stands tall, like a cedar, strong and deep-rooted, A rugged mountain of a man, aromatic with wood and stone. His words are kisses, his kisses words. Everything about him delights me, thrills me through and through! That’s my lover, that’s my man, dear Jerusalem sisters.

NET His cheeks are like garden beds full of balsam trees yielding perfume. ⇔ His lips are like lilies dripping with drops of myrrh.

LSV His cheeks [are] as a bed of the spice, towers of perfumes,
His lips—lilies, dripping [and] flowing [with] myrrh,

FBV His cheeks are like a flowerbed of spices that produces[fn] fragrance. His lips are like lilies, dripping with liquid myrrh.

T4T His cheeks are like [SIM] a garden full of spice trees ⇔  that produce sweet-smelling perfume. ⇔ His lips are like [SIM] lilies ⇔  that have myrrh/perfume dripping from them.

LEB • His cheeks are like beds of spice, a tower of fragrances;
• his lips are lilies dripping liquid myrrh.

BBE His face is as beds of spices, giving out perfumes of every sort; his lips like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

Moff his cheeks are beds of balsam-flower, ⇔  banks of sweet perfume ⇔ his lips are lilies red ⇔  breathing liquid myrrh,

JPS His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as banks of sweet herbs; his lips are as lilies, dropping with flowing myrrh.

ASV His cheeks are as a bed of spices, ⇔ As banks of sweet herbs: ⇔ His lips are as lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

DRA His cheeks are as beds of aromatical spices set by the perfumers. His lips are as lilies dropping choice myrrh.

YLT His cheeks as a bed of the spice, towers of perfumes, His lips [are] lilies, dropping flowing myrrh,

Drby His cheeks are as a bed of spices, raised beds of sweet plants; His lips lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

RV His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as banks of sweet herbs: his lips are as lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

SLT His cheeks as beds of spices, towers of aromatic herbs: his lips lilies, dropping overflowing myrrh.

Wbstr His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet-smelling myrrh.

KJB-1769 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.[fn]

KJB-1611 [fn]His cheekes are as a bed of spices, as sweete flowers: his lippes like lillies, dropping sweete smelling myrrhe.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes))

Bshps His cheekes are lyke a garden bed, wherin the Apothecaries plant all maner of sweete thynges. His lippes are lyke lilies that droppe sweete smellyng Myrre:
(His cheeks are like a garden bed, wherein the Apothecaries plant all manner of sweet things. His lips are like lilies that drop sweet smelling Myrrh:)

Gnva His cheekes are as a bedde of spices, and as sweete flowres, and his lippes like lilies dropping downe pure myrrhe.
(His cheeks are as a bed of spices, and as sweet flowres, and his lips like lilies dropping down pure myrrh.)

Cvdl His chekes are like a garden bedd, where in the Apotecaryes plate all maner of swete thinges: His lippes droppe as the floures of the most pryncipall Myrre,
(His cheeks are like a garden bed, where in the Apotecaryes plate all manner of sweet things: His lips drop as the flowers of the most principal Myrrh,)

Wycl Hise chekis ben as gardyns of swete smellynge spices, set of oynement makeris; hise lippis ben lilies, droppynge doun the best myrre.
(His cheeks been as gardens of sweet smelling spices, set of ointment makers; his lips been lilies, dropping down the best myrrh.)

Luth Seine Backen sind wie die wachsenden Würzgärtlein der Apotheker. Seine Lippen sind wie Rosen, die mit fließenden Myrrhen triefen.
(His bake are as/like the growingen spice_garden the/of_the Apotheker. His lips are as/like roses, the with flowing myrrh dripping/oozing.)

ClVg Genæ illius sicut areolæ aromatum, consitæ a pigmentariis. Labia ejus lilia, distillantia myrrham primam.[fn]
(Genæ of_that like areolæ spices, consitæ from pigmentariis. lips his/her lilies, distillantia myrrh the_first.)

UHB לְחָיָ⁠ו֙ כַּ⁠עֲרוּגַ֣ת הַ⁠בֹּ֔שֶׂם מִגְדְּל֖וֹת מֶרְקָחִ֑ים שִׂפְתוֹתָי⁠ו֙ שֽׁוֹשַׁנִּ֔ים נֹטְפ֖וֹת מ֥וֹר עֹבֵֽר׃ ‡

BrLXX Σιαγόνες αὐτοῦ ὡς φιάλαι τοῦ ἀρώματος φύουσαι μυρεψικά· χείλη αὐτοῦ κρίνα στάζοντα σμύρναν πλήρη.

BrTr His cheeks are as bowls of spices pouring forth perfumes: his lips are lilies, dropping choice myrrh.