Verse 13

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

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hans kinn er som krydderhager, tårn av velduftende urter. Hans lepper er liljer som drypper av flytende myrra.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hans kinn er som en krydderhage, som blomsterbed av vellukt; hans lepper er som liljer som drypper av velluktende myrra.

• Norsk King James

  Hans kinn er som et bed av krydder, som søte blomster: hans lepper som liljer, og drypper duftende myrra.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hans kinn er som blomsterenger, som krydderbed. Hans lepper er som liljer som drypper med flytende myrra.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hans kinn er som blomsterbed med krydder, tårn av velluktende urter. Hans lepper er liljer, dryppende av flytende myrra.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hans kinn er som en krydderhage, som søte blomster: hans lepper som liljer, dryppende av velluktende myrra.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hans kinn er som et teppe av krydder, som søte blomster; og hans lepper ligner liljer som drypper med den velduftende myrra.

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

  Hans kinn er som en krydderhage, som søte blomster: hans lepper som liljer, dryppende av velluktende myrra.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hans kinn er som krydderbed, voller av duftstoffer; hans lepper er liljer, dryppende flytende myrra.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  His cheeks are like a bed of spices, towers of scented herbs. His lips are lilies dripping with flowing myrrh.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Song of Songs.5.13", "source": "לְחָיָו֙ כַּעֲרוּגַ֣ת הַבֹּ֔שֶׂם מִגְדְּל֖וֹת מֶרְקָחִ֑ים שִׂפְתוֹתָיו֙ שֽׁוֹשַׁנִּ֔ים נֹטְפ֖וֹת מ֥וֹר עֹבֵֽר׃", "text": "His *ləḥāyāw* are like *kaʿărûḡaṯ habbōśem*, *miḡdəlôṯ merqāḥîm*; his *śip̄ṯôṯāyw* are *šôšannîm*, *nōṭp̄ôṯ mōr ʿōḇēr*", "grammar": { "*ləḥāyāw*": "noun, feminine dual with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his cheeks", "*kaʿărûḡaṯ*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - like a bed of", "*habbōśem*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the spice/balsam", "*miḡdəlôṯ*": "participle feminine plural construct - towers of/growing", "*merqāḥîm*": "noun, masculine plural - perfumes/spices", "*śip̄ṯôṯāyw*": "noun, feminine dual with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his lips", "*šôšannîm*": "noun, masculine plural - lilies", "*nōṭp̄ôṯ*": "participle, feminine plural - dripping", "*mōr*": "noun, masculine singular - myrrh", "*ʿōḇēr*": "participle, masculine singular - passing/liquid" }, "variants": { "*kaʿărûḡaṯ habbōśem*": "like a bed of spices/like a bed of balsam", "*miḡdəlôṯ merqāḥîm*": "growing perfumes/towers of fragrances/raised beds of spices", "*nōṭp̄ôṯ mōr ʿōḇēr*": "dripping with flowing myrrh/dripping liquid myrrh" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hans kinn er som krydderhage, bed av velluktende urter; hans lepper er liljer, som drypper av flytende myrra.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hans Kinder ere som (kostelige) Urters Bed, som Urtekoste; hans Læber ere som Lilier, der dryppe med flydende Myrrha.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hans kinn er som krydderbedd, som blomsterenger; leppene hans som liljer, dryppende av duftende myrra.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Kinnene hans er som et bed av krydder med tårn av parfymer. Leppene hans er som liljer, dryppende av flytende myrra.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hans kinn som et bed av krydder, tårn av parfyme, hans lepper er liljer, dryppende flytende myrra.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hans kinn er som en krydderhage, som breddene av duftende urter: leppene hans er som liljer, dryppende av flytende myrra.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Ansiktet hans er som krydderbed, som gir ut dufter av alle slag; leppene hans er som liljer, som drypper av flytende myrra.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  His chekes are like a garden bedd, where in the Apotecaryes plate all maner of swete thinges: His lippes droppe as the floures of the most pryncipall Myrre,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  His cheekes are as a bedde of spices, and as sweete flowres, and his lippes like lilies dropping downe pure myrrhe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  His cheekes are lyke a garden bed, wherin the Apothecaries plant all maner of sweete thynges. His lippes are lyke lilies that droppe sweete smellyng Myrre:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  His cheeks [are] as a bed of spices, [as] sweet flowers: his lips [like] lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  His cheeks as a bed of the spice, towers of perfumes, His lips `are' lilies, dropping flowing myrrh,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  His cheeks are as a bed of spices, [As] banks of sweet herbs: His lips are [as] lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  His face is as beds of spices, giving out perfumes of every sort; his lips like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

• World English Bible (2000)

  His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  His cheeks are like garden beds full of balsam trees yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with drops of myrrh.

Referenced Verses

• Song 1:10 : 10 Your cheeks are lovely with rows of jewels, your neck with chains of gold.
• Song 2:1 : 1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
• Song 6:2 : 2 My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
• Isa 50:4 : 4 The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as the learned.
• Isa 50:6 : 6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to those that plucked off the hair: I did not hide my face from shame and spitting.
• Luke 4:22 : 22 And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is this not Joseph's son?
• Rev 21:23 : 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it; for the glory of God illuminated it, and the Lamb is its light.
• Song 3:6 : 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 4:11 : 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.
• Song 5:5 : 5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet-smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
• Ps 4:6-7 : 6 There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift up the light of your countenance upon us. 7 You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their grain and their wine increased.
• Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing I have desired of the LORD, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in His temple.
• Ps 45:2 : 2 You are more beautiful than the children of men: grace is poured into your lips: therefore God has blessed you forever.
• Ps 89:15 : 15 Blessed is the people who know the joyful sound; they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of your countenance.