# Song of Solomon 4 ## Song of Solomon 4:1 - [KJV] Behold, thou *art* fair, my love; behold, thou *art* fair; thou *hast* doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair *is* as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. - [ASV] Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are *as* doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of mount Gilead. - [YLT] Lo, thou *art* fair, my friend, lo, thou *art* fair, Thine eyes *are* doves behind thy veil, Thy hair as a row of the goats That have shone from mount Gilead, ### Notes on Song of Solomon 4:1 - ## Song of Solomon 4:2 - [KJV] Thy teeth *are* like a flock *of sheep that are even* shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none *is* barren among them. - [ASV] Thy teeth are like a flock *of ewes* that are *newly* shorn, Which are come up from the washing, Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them. - [YLT] Thy teeth as a row of the shorn ones That have come up from the washing, For all of them are forming twins, And a bereaved one is not among them. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 4:2 - ## Song of Solomon 4:3 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] 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, ### Notes on Song of Solomon 4:3 - ## Song of Solomon 4:4 - [KJV] Thy neck *is* like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. - [ASV] Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armory, Whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, All the shields of the mighty men. - [YLT] As the tower of David *is* thy neck, built for an armoury, The chief of the shields are hung on it, All shields of the mighty. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 4:4 - ## Song of Solomon 4:5 - [KJV] Thy two breasts *are* like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. - [ASV] Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe, Which feed among the lilies. - [YLT] Thy two breasts *are* as two fawns, Twins of a roe, that are feeding among lilies. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 4:5 - ## Song of Solomon 4:6 - [KJV] Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. - [ASV] Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, And to the hill of frankincense. - [YLT] Till the day doth break forth, And the shadows have fled away, I will get me unto the mountain of myrrh, And unto the hill of frankincense. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 4:6 - ## Song of Solomon 4:7 - [KJV] Thou *art* all fair, my love; *there is* no spot in thee. - [ASV] Thou art all fair, my love; And there is no spot in thee. - [YLT] Thou *art* all fair, my friend, And a blemish there is not in thee. Come from Lebanon, O spouse, ### Notes on Song of Solomon 4:7 - ## Song of Solomon 4:8 - [KJV] Come with me from Lebanon, *my* spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. - [ASV] Come with me from Lebanon, *my* bride, With me from Lebanon: Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions' dens, From the mountains of the leopards. - [YLT] Come from Lebanon, come thou in. Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Shenir and Hermon, From the habitations of lions, From the mountains of leopards. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 4:8 - ## Song of Solomon 4:9 - [KJV] Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, *my* spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. - [ASV] Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, *my* bride; Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck. - [YLT] Thou hast emboldened me, my sister-spouse, Emboldened me with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 4:9 - ## Song of Solomon 4:10 - [KJV] How fair is thy love, my sister, *my* spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! - [ASV] How fair is thy love, my sister, *my* bride! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine oils than all manner of spices! - [YLT] How wonderful have been thy loves, my sister-spouse, How much better have been thy loves than wine, And the fragrance of thy perfumes than all spices. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 4:10 - ## Song of Solomon 4:11 - [KJV] Thy lips, O *my* spouse, drop *as* the honeycomb: honey and milk *are* under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments *is* like the smell of Lebanon. - [ASV] Thy lips, O *my* bride, drop *as* the honeycomb: Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. - [YLT] Thy lips drop honey, O spouse, Honey and milk *are* under thy tongue, And the fragrance of thy garments *Is* as the fragrance of Lebanon. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 4:11 - ## Song of Solomon 4:12 - [KJV] A garden inclosed *is* my sister, *my* spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. - [ASV] A garden shut up is my sister, *my* bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed. - [YLT] A garden shut up *is* my sister-spouse, A spring shut up -- a fountain sealed. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 4:12 - ## Song of Solomon 4:13 - [KJV] Thy plants *are* an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, - [ASV] Thy shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits; Henna with spikenard plants, - [YLT] Thy shoots a paradise of pomegranates, With precious fruits, ### Notes on Song of Solomon 4:13 - ## Song of Solomon 4:14 - [KJV] Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: - [ASV] Spikenard and saffron, Calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices. - [YLT] Cypresses with nard -- nard and saffron, Cane and cinnamon, With all trees of frankincense, Myrrh and aloes, with all chief spices. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 4:14 - ## Song of Solomon 4:15 - [KJV] A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. - [ASV] *Thou art* a fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And flowing streams from Lebanon. - [YLT] A fount of gardens, a well of living waters, And flowings from Lebanon! ### Notes on Song of Solomon 4:15 - ## Song of Solomon 4:16 - [KJV] Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, *that* the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. - [ASV] Awake, O north wind; And come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, And eat his precious fruits. - [YLT] Awake, O north wind, and come, O south, Cause my garden to breathe forth, its spices let flow, Let my beloved come to his garden, And eat its pleasant fruits! ### Notes on Song of Solomon 4:16 -