Song of Solomon 4
New American Standard Bible 1995
Solomon’s Love Expressed
4 “[a][b]How beautiful (A)you are, my darling,
[c]How beautiful you are!
Your (B)eyes are like doves (C)behind your veil;
Your (D)hair is like a flock of goats
That have descended from Mount (E)Gilead.
2 “Your (F)teeth are like a flock of newly shorn ewes
Which have come up from their washing,
All of which bear twins,
And not one among them has [d]lost her young.
3 “Your lips are like a (G)scarlet thread,
And your (H)mouth is lovely.
Your (I)temples are like a slice of a pomegranate
Behind your veil.
4 “Your (J)neck is like the tower of David,
Built [e]with rows of stones
On which are (K)hung a thousand shields,
All the round (L)shields of the mighty men.
5 “Your (M)two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle
Which (N)feed among the lilies.
6 “(O)Until [f]the cool of the day
When the shadows flee away,
I will go my way to the mountain of (P)myrrh
And to the hill of (Q)frankincense.
7 “(R)You are altogether beautiful, my darling,
And there is no blemish in you.
8 “Come with me from (S)Lebanon, my (T)bride,
May you come with me from Lebanon.
[g]Journey down from the summit of (U)Amana,
From the summit of (V)Senir and Hermon,
From the dens of lions,
From the mountains of leopards.
9 “You have made my heart beat faster, (W)my sister, my bride;
You have made my heart beat faster with a single glance of your eyes,
With a single strand of your (X)necklace.
10 “(Y)How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride!
How much (Z)better is your love than wine,
And the (AA)fragrance of your oils
Than all kinds of [h]spices!
11 “Your lips, my bride, (AB)drip (AC)honey;
Honey and milk are under your tongue,
And the fragrance of your garments is like the (AD)fragrance of Lebanon.
12 “A garden locked is my sister, my bride,
A [i]rock garden locked, a (AE)spring (AF)sealed up.
13 “Your shoots are an [j](AG)orchard of (AH)pomegranates
With (AI)choice fruits, (AJ)henna with nard plants,
14 (AK)Nard and saffron, calamus and (AL)cinnamon,
With all the trees of (AM)frankincense,
(AN)Myrrh and aloes, along with all the finest [k]spices.
15 “You are a garden spring,
A well of [l](AO)fresh water,
And streams flowing from Lebanon.”
16 “[m]Awake, O north wind,
And come, wind of the south;
Make my (AP)garden breathe out fragrance,
Let its [n]spices [o]be wafted abroad.
May (AQ)my beloved come into his garden
And eat its (AR)choice fruits!”
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 4:1 BRIDEGROOM
- Song of Solomon 4:1 Lit Behold
- Song of Solomon 4:1 Lit Behold
- Song of Solomon 4:2 Or miscarried
- Song of Solomon 4:4 Or for an arsenal
- Song of Solomon 4:6 Lit the day blows
- Song of Solomon 4:8 Or Look
- Song of Solomon 4:10 Or balsam odors
- Song of Solomon 4:12 Lit stone heap
- Song of Solomon 4:13 Or park or paradise
- Song of Solomon 4:14 Or balsam odors
- Song of Solomon 4:15 Lit living
- Song of Solomon 4:16 BRIDE
- Song of Solomon 4:16 Or balsam odors
- Song of Solomon 4:16 Lit flow forth
Psalm 144:9-15
New American Standard Bible 1995
9 I will sing a (A)new song to You, O God;
Upon a (B)harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,
10 Who (C)gives salvation to kings,
Who (D)rescues David His servant from the evil sword.
11 Rescue me and deliver me out of the hand of (E)aliens,
Whose mouth (F)speaks deceit
And whose (G)right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
12 Let our sons in their youth be as (H)grown-up plants,
And our daughters as (I)corner pillars [a]fashioned as for a palace;
13 Let our (J)garners be full, furnishing every kind of produce,
And our flocks bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our [b]fields;
14 Let our (K)cattle [c]bear
Without [d](L)mishap and without [e](M)loss,
Let there be no (N)outcry in our streets!
15 How blessed are the people who are so situated;
How (O)blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!
Footnotes
- Psalm 144:12 Lit cut after the pattern of
- Psalm 144:13 Lit outside
- Psalm 144:14 Lit be laden
- Psalm 144:14 Lit bursting forth
- Psalm 144:14 Lit going out
Revelation 12
New American Standard Bible 1995
The Woman, Israel
12 A great (A)sign appeared (B)in heaven: (C)a woman (D)clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; 2 and she was with child; and she *(E)cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.
The Red Dragon, Satan
3 Then (F)another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red (G)dragon having (H)seven heads and (I)ten horns, and on his heads were (J)seven diadems. 4 And his tail *swept away a (K)third of the stars of heaven and (L)threw them to the earth. And the (M)dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth (N)he might devour her child.
The Male Child, Christ
5 And (O)she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to [a](P)rule all the [b]nations with a rod of iron; and her child was (Q)caught up to God and to His throne. 6 Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she *had a place prepared by God, so that there [c]she would be nourished for (R)one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
The Angel, Michael
7 And there was war in heaven, (S)Michael and his angels waging war with the (T)dragon. The dragon and (U)his angels waged war, 8 and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. 9 And the great (V)dragon was thrown down, the (W)serpent of old who is called the devil and (X)Satan, who (Y)deceives the whole [d]world; he was (Z)thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 10 Then I heard (AA)a loud voice in heaven, saying,
“Now the (AB)salvation, and the power, and the (AC)kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the (AD)accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night. 11 And they (AE)overcame him because of (AF)the blood of the Lamb and because of (AG)the word of their testimony, and they (AH)did not love their life even [e]when faced with death. 12 For this reason, (AI)rejoice, O heavens and (AJ)you who [f]dwell in them. (AK)Woe to the earth and the sea, because (AL)the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only (AM)a short time.”
13 And when the (AN)dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted (AO)the woman who gave birth to the male child. 14 But the (AP)two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly (AQ)into the wilderness to her place, where she *was nourished for (AR)a time and times and half a time, from the [g]presence of the serpent. 15 And the (AS)serpent [h]poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood. 16 [i]But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon [j]poured out of his mouth. 17 So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to (AT)make war with the rest of her [k](AU)children, who (AV)keep the commandments of God and (AW)hold to the testimony of Jesus.
Footnotes
- Revelation 12:5 Or shepherd
- Revelation 12:5 Or Gentiles
- Revelation 12:6 Lit they would nourish her for
- Revelation 12:9 Lit inhabited earth
- Revelation 12:11 Lit to death
- Revelation 12:12 Or tabernacle
- Revelation 12:14 Lit face
- Revelation 12:15 Lit threw
- Revelation 12:16 Lit And
- Revelation 12:16 Lit threw
- Revelation 12:17 Lit seed
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