Verse 11

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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Dine lepper drypper honning, min brud; honning og melk er under tungen din, og duften av klærne dine er som duften av Libanon.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Leppene dine, min brud, drypper som honning; honning og melk er under tungen din, og duften av klærne dine er som duften av Libanon.

• Norsk King James

  Lepper dine, min brud, drypper som honning; honning og melk er under tungen din; og duften av klærne dine er som duften av Libanon.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Leppene dine, min brud, drypper av honningkake; det er honning og melk under tungen din, og klærne dine dufter som Libanons duft.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Dine lepper drypper som honning, min brud; honning og melk er under din tunge, og duften av dine klær er som duften av Libanon.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Dine lepper, min brud, drypper som honningkake: honning og melk er under din tunge; og duften av dine klær er som duften av Libanon.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Dine lepper, min elskede, renner som fra en bikake; under din tunge finnes honning og melk, og lukten av dine klær minner om Libanons dufter.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Dine lepper, min brud, drypper som honningkake: honning og melk er under din tunge; og duften av dine klær er som duften av Libanon.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Dine lepper, min brud, drypper av honningkake. Honning og melk er under tungen din, og duften av dine klær er som duften av Libanon.

• 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.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Dine lepper drypper som honning, min brud; honning og melk er under din tunge, og duften av dine klær er som Libanons duft.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dine Læber, o Brud! dryppe af Honningkage; der er Honning og Melk under din Tunge, og dine Klæders Lugt er ligesom Lugt af Libanon.

• 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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Dine lepper, o min brud, drypper som honningkake: honning og melk er under tungen din, og lukten av dine klær er som lukten av Libanon.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Dine lepper, min brud, drypper som bikaken. Honning og melk er under din tunge. Lukten av dine klær er som duften av Libanon.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Dine lepper drypper honning, o brud, honning og melk er under din tunge, og duften av dine klær er som duften av Libanon.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Leppene dine, o bruden min, drypper som en honningkake: Under tungen din er honning og melk; og duften av klærne dine er som duften av Libanon.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Dine lepper drypper honning; honning og melk er under din tunge; og duften av klærne dine er som duften av Libanon.

• 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.

• 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!