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

Thy neck is as the tower of David built for defense: a thousand shields hang therein, and all the targets of the strong men.

Thy two [a]breasts are as two young roes that are twins, feeding among the lilies.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 4:5 Wherein are knowledge and zeal two precious jewels.

Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon;
    your mouth(A) is lovely.(B)
Your temples behind your veil
    are like the halves of a pomegranate.(C)
Your neck is like the tower(D) of David,
    built with courses of stone[a];
on it hang a thousand shields,(E)
    all of them shields of warriors.
Your breasts(F) are like two fawns,
    like twin fawns of a gazelle(G)
    that browse among the lilies.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 4:4 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.