11 Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride.(A)
Honey and milk(B) are under your tongue.
The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

12 My sister, my bride, you are a locked garden—
a locked garden[a] and a sealed spring.(C)
13 Your branches are a paradise[b] of pomegranates
with choicest fruits;(D)
henna with nard,

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Footnotes

  1. 4:12 Some Hb mss read locked fountain
  2. 4:13 Or park, or orchard

11 Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride;
    milk and honey are under your tongue.(A)
The fragrance of your garments
    is like the fragrance of Lebanon.(B)
12 You are a garden(C) locked up, my sister, my bride;(D)
    you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.(E)
13 Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates(F)
    with choice fruits,
    with henna(G) and nard,

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