Song of Solomon 4:3 “Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your br…”

Song of Solomon 4:3

Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Your lips are like scarlet thread. Your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.

American Standard Version

Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy mouth is comely. Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thy lippes are like a threede of scarlet, and thy talke is comely: thy temples are within thy lockes as a piece of a pomegranate.

Darby Translation

Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy speech is comely; As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples Behind thy veil.

Young's Literal Translation

As a thread of scarlet [are] thy lips, And thy speech [is] comely, As the work of the pomegranate [is] thy temple behind thy veil,

Bible in Basic English

Your red lips are like a bright thread, and your mouth is fair of form; the sides of your head are like pomegranate fruit under your veil.

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Cross references

“lips”

Song of Solomon 5:16 Song of Solomon 4:11 Song of Solomon 5:13 Song of Solomon 7:9 Psalm 37:30 Psalm 45:2

Song of Solomon 5:16 · BSB

His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

Song of Solomon 4:11 · BSB

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.

Song of Solomon 5:13 · BSB

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

Song of Solomon 7:9 · BSB

and your mouth like the finest wine. The Bride May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.

Psalm 37:30 · BSB

The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

Psalm 45:2 · BSB

You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.

“scarlet”

Joshua 2:18 Leviticus 14:4 Leviticus 14:6 Leviticus 14:49–52 Numbers 4:8 Numbers 19:6

Joshua 2:18 · BSB

unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.

Leviticus 14:4 · BSB

the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.

Leviticus 14:6 · BSB

And he is to take the live bird together with the cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.

Leviticus 14:49–52 · BSB

He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house;

Numbers 4:8 · BSB

And they shall spread a scarlet cloth over them, cover them with fine leather, and insert the poles.

Numbers 19:6 · BSB

The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.

“thy temples”

Song of Solomon 6:7 Genesis 32:10 Ezra 9:6 Ezekiel 16:63

Song of Solomon 6:7 · BSB

Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.

Genesis 32:10 · BSB

I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.

Ezra 9:6 · BSB

and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.

Ezekiel 16:63 · BSB

so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.

4Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.

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