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Song of Songs 6:3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Song of Songs 6:3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 (A)I belong to my lover, and my lover belongs to me;
he feeds among the lilies.
Song of Songs 7:10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Song of Songs 7:10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
10 And your mouth like the best wine—
Wthat flows down smoothly for my lover,
gliding[a] over my lips and teeth.
Footnotes
- 7:10 Gliding: the beloved interrupts her partner’s compliment by referring to the intoxication of their union. The translation rests on an emendation of the enigmatic “the lips of the sleepers.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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