Song of Songs 4:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

Your lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under your tongue; and the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Your lips, my bride, drip honey like a honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the scent of Lebanon.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thy lips,{H8193} O [my] bride,{H3618} drop{H5197} [as] the honeycomb:{H5317} Honey{H1706} and milk{H2461} are under thy tongue;{H3956} And the smell{H7381} of thy garments{H8008} is like the smell{H7381} of Lebanon.{H3844}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thy lips{H8193}, O my spouse{H3618}, drop{H5197}{(H8799)} as the honeycomb{H5317}: honey{H1706} and milk{H2461} are under thy tongue{H3956}; and the smell{H7381} of thy garments{H8008} is like the smell{H7381} of Lebanon{H3844}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Thy lippes (o my spouse) droppe as the hony combe, yee mylck and hony is vnder thy tonge, and the smell of thy garmentes is like the smell of frankynsense.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Thy lippes, my spouse, droppe as honie combes: honie and milke are vnder thy tongue, and the sauoure of thy garments is as the sauoure of Lebanon.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Thy lippes, O my spouse, drop as the hony combe, yea mylke and hony is vnder thy tongue, and the smell of thy garmentes is like the smell of Libanus.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Your lips are dropping honey; honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your clothing is like the smell of Lebanon.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride, honey and milk are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 27:27 : 27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the scent of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed:
  • Song 5:1 : 1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yes, drink abundantly, O beloved.
  • Song 5:13 : 13 His cheeks are like a bed of spices, like sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet-smelling myrrh.
  • Song 7:9 : 9 And the roof of your mouth like the best wine for my beloved, flowing gently, causing the lips of those who are asleep to speak.
  • Isa 7:15 : 15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil and choose the good.
  • Hos 14:2 : 2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say to him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so we will offer the sacrifice of our lips.
  • Hos 14:6-7 : 6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his fragrance as Lebanon. 7 Those who dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the grain, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
  • Heb 13:15 : 15 Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.
  • Ps 19:10 : 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
  • Ps 45:8 : 8 All your garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, by which they have made you glad.
  • Ps 71:14-15 : 14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise you more and more. 15 My mouth shall show forth your righteousness and your salvation all the day; for I do not know the limits thereof.
  • Ps 71:23-24 : 23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to you, and my soul, which you have redeemed. 24 My tongue also shall talk of your righteousness all the day long; for they are confounded, for they are brought to shame, who seek my hurt.
  • Prov 5:3 : 3 For the lips of a strange woman drip as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
  • Prov 16:24 : 24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones.
  • Prov 24:13-14 : 13 My son, eat honey because it is good, and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste. 14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul: when you have found it, then there shall be a reward, and your expectation shall not be cut off.
  • Song 4:3 : 3 Your lips are like a thread of scarlet, and your speech is lovely: your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within your locks.
  • Song 4:10 : 10 How fair is your love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is your love than wine! and the fragrance of your ointments than all spices!

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Song 4:1-10
    10 verses
    87%

    1 Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have dove's eyes within your locks: your hair is like a flock of goats, appearing from Mount Gilead.

    2 Your teeth are like a flock of sheep that are evenly shorn, which came up from the washing; every one of them bears twins, and none is barren among them.

    3 Your lips are like a thread of scarlet, and your speech is lovely: your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within your locks.

    4 Your neck is like the tower of David, built for an armory, where hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

    5 Your two breasts are like two young deer that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

    6 Until the day breaks, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

    7 You are all fair, my love; there is no spot in you.

    8 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.

    9 You have ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; you have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.

    10 How fair is your love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is your love than wine! and the fragrance of your ointments than all spices!

  • Song 4:12-13
    2 verses
    81%

    12 A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

    13 Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,

  • Song 5:13
    81%

    13 His cheeks are like a bed of spices, like sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet-smelling myrrh.

  • Song 7:6-10
    5 verses
    81%

    6 How fair and how pleasant you are, O love, for delights!

    7 This stature of yours is like a palm tree, and your breasts like clusters of fruit.

    8 I said, I will climb the palm tree, I will take hold of its branches. Now let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the fragrance of your breath like apples;

    9 And the roof of your mouth like the best wine for my beloved, flowing gently, causing the lips of those who are asleep to speak.

    10 I am my beloved's, and his desire is for me.

  • Song 5:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yes, drink abundantly, O beloved.

    2 I sleep, but my heart wakes: it is the voice of my beloved that knocks, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

  • Song 4:15-16
    2 verses
    79%

    15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

    16 Awake, O north wind; and come, O south; blow upon my garden, that the spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

  • Song 1:2-4
    3 verses
    79%

    2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your love is better than wine.

    3 Because of the fragrance of your good ointments, your name is like ointment poured out; therefore, the maidens love you.

    4 Draw me, we will run after you; the king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in you, we will remember your love more than wine; the upright love you.

  • Song 5:16
    77%

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

  • Song 1:12-16
    5 verses
    76%

    12 While the king sits at his table, my spikenard sends forth its fragrance.

    13 A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me; he shall lie all night between my breasts.

    14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blooms in the vineyards of Engedi.

    15 Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have doves' eyes.

    16 Behold, you are fair, my beloved, yes, pleasant. Also, our bed is green.

  • Prov 5:3
    76%

    3 For the lips of a strange woman drip as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

  • Song 7:2-4
    3 verses
    73%

    2 Your navel is like a round goblet that lacks no wine; your belly is like a heap of wheat encircled with lilies.

    3 Your two breasts are like two young gazelles that are twins.

    4 Your neck is like a tower of ivory; your eyes like the pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.

  • Song 2:10
    73%

    10 My beloved spoke and said to me, 'Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.'

  • Song 6:2-5
    4 verses
    73%

    2 My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

    3 I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies.

    4 You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.

    5 Turn your eyes away from me, for they overwhelm me. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Gilead.

  • Song 8:14
    73%

    14 Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young deer on the mountains of spices.

  • Prov 5:19
    73%

    19 Let her be as the loving deer and graceful doe; let her breasts satisfy you at all times; and be ravished always with her love.

  • Song 2:3
    72%

    3 As the apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

  • Song 1:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9 I have compared you, my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

    10 Your cheeks are lovely with rows of jewels, your neck with chains of gold.

  • Song 2:16
    72%

    16 My beloved is mine, and I am his; he feeds among the lilies.

  • Song 2:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13 The fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grapes give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

    14 O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for sweet is your voice, and your countenance is lovely.

  • Song 3:6
    71%

    6 Who is this coming out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the powders of the merchant?

  • Song 7:12
    71%

    12 Let us rise early to the vineyards, let us see if the vine has flourished, if the tender grapes appear, and the pomegranates blossom. There I will give you my love.