12 His eyes are like doves(A)
beside flowing streams,
washed in milk
and set like jewels.[a]
13 His cheeks(B) are like beds of spice,
mounds of[b] perfume.
His lips are lilies,
dripping with flowing myrrh.(C)
14 His arms[c] are rods of gold
set[d] with beryl.(D)
His body[e] is an ivory panel
covered with lapis lazuli.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 5:12 Lit milk sitting in fullness
  2. 5:13 LXX, Vg read spice, yielding
  3. 5:14 Lit hands
  4. 5:14 Lit filled; Sg 5:2,12
  5. 5:14 Lit abdomen

12 His eyes are like doves(A)
    by the water streams,
washed in milk,(B)
    mounted like jewels.
13 His cheeks(C) are like beds of spice(D)
    yielding perfume.
His lips are like lilies(E)
    dripping with myrrh.(F)
14 His arms are rods of gold
    set with topaz.
His body is like polished ivory
    decorated with lapis lazuli.(G)

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