# Song 4 ## Solomon Admires His Bride *The Bridegroom* - 1 How beautiful you are, my darling — - how very beautiful! - Your eyes are like doves - behind your veil. - Your hair is like a flock of goats - streaming down Mount Gilead. - 2 Your 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. - 3 Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, - and your mouth is lovely. - Your brow behind your veil - is like a slice of pomegranate. - 4 Your neck is like the tower of David, - built with rows of stones {[[#^niv-22-04-a| niv-a ]]}; - on it hang a thousand shields, - all of them shields of warriors. - 5 Your breasts are like two fawns, - twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies. - 6 Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, - I will make my way - to the mountain of myrrh - and to the hill of frankincense. - 7 You are altogether beautiful, my darling; - in you there is no flaw. - 8 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, - come with me from Lebanon! - Descend {[[#^bsb-22-04-a| bsb-a ]]} from the peak of Amana, - from the summits of Senir and Hermon, - from the dens of the lions, - from the mountains of the leopards. - 9 You have captured my heart, - my sister, my bride; - you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, - with one jewel of your neck. - 10 How delightful is your love, - my sister, my bride! - Your love is much better [[H3196|than wine]], - and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices. - 11 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. - 12 My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, - a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed. - 13 Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates - with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard, - 14 with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, - with every kind of frankincense tree, - with myrrh and aloes, - with all the finest spices. - 15 You are {[[#^niv-22-04-b| niv-b ]]} a garden spring, - a well of fresh water {[[#^bsb-22-04-b| bsb-b ]]} - flowing down from Lebanon. *The Bride* - 16 Awake, O north wind, - and come, O south wind. - Breathe on my garden - and spread the fragrance of its spices. - Let my beloved come into his garden - and taste its choicest fruits. --- ### Footnotes: - BSB - 8 a Or Look down  ^bsb-22-04-a - 15 b Or flowing water  or living water   ^bsb-22-04-b - NIV - a 4 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.  ^niv-22-04-a - b 15 Or *I am* (spoken by She)  ^niv-22-04-b --- - Previous chapter: [[Song_03]] - Next chapter: [[Song_05]] - TOC: [[TOC_Song]] --- ###### The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible (https://bereanbible.com), BSB is produced in cooperation with Bible Hub (https://biblehub.com), Discovery Bible (https://discoverybible.com), OpenBible.com (https://openbible.com), and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. This text of God's Word has been dedicated to the public domain (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0). ###### Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. ---