(A)How beautiful and (B)pleasant you are,
    O loved one, with all your delights![a]

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  1. Song of Solomon 7:6 Or among delights

How beautiful(A) you are and how pleasing,
    my love, with your delights!(B)

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and your (A)mouth[a] like the best wine.

She

It goes down smoothly for my beloved,
    gliding over lips and teeth.[b]

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  1. Song of Solomon 7:9 Hebrew palate
  2. Song of Solomon 7:9 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew causing the lips of sleepers to speak, or gliding over the lips of those who sleep

    and your mouth like the best wine.

She

May the wine go straight to my beloved,(A)
    flowing gently over lips and teeth.[a]

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  1. Song of Songs 7:9 Septuagint, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew lips of sleepers

12 let us go out early to the vineyards
    (A)and see whether the vines have budded,
whether (B)the grape blossoms have opened
    and the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.

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12 Let us go early to the vineyards(A)
    to see if the vines have budded,(B)
if their blossoms(C) have opened,
    and if the pomegranates(D) are in bloom(E)
    there I will give you my love.

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