Song of Songs 4:9-11
EasyEnglish Bible
A wedding night
9 I love you so much that I never want to leave you,
my sister and my bride.[a]
When you looked at me only once
and I saw one jewel in your necklace,
I knew that I could never leave you.
10 Your love for me is wonderful,
my sister and my bride.
I enjoy your love even more than I enjoy wine.
Your perfume has a smell
that is more lovely than any spice!
11 Your lips taste very sweet to me, my bride.
They taste like honey that falls from the honeycomb.
Milk and honey are under your tongue.
The smell of your clothes
is like the cedar trees of Lebanon.
Footnotes
- 4:9 The man calls her ‘sister’ because now he is part of her family.
Song of Songs 4:9-11
New International Version
9 You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride;(A)
you have stolen my heart
with one glance of your eyes,
with one jewel of your necklace.(B)
10 How delightful(C) is your love(D), my sister, my bride!
How much more pleasing is your love than wine,(E)
and the fragrance of your perfume(F)
more than any spice!
11 Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride;
milk and honey are under your tongue.(G)
The fragrance of your garments
is like the fragrance of Lebanon.(H)
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