Song of Solomon 4:2-4

Complete Jewish Bible

²Your teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep
that have just come up from being washed;
each of them is matched,
and none of them is missing.
³Your lips are like a scarlet thread,
and your mouth is lovely.
Your cheeks are like a pomegranate
split open behind your veil.
⁴Your neck is like the tower of David,
built magnificently,
on which hang a thousand bucklers,
each one a brave warrior’s shield.

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Song of Songs 4:2-4

New International Version

²Your teeth are like a flock of sheep just shorn,
    coming up from the washing.
Each has its twin;
    not one of them is alone.^(A)
³Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon;
    your mouth^(B) is lovely.^(C)
Your temples behind your veil
    are like the halves of a pomegranate.^(D)
⁴Your neck is like the tower^(E) of David,
    built with courses of stone^[a];
on it hang a thousand shields,^(F)
    all of them shields of warriors.

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Footnotes

Song of Songs 4:4 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

Song of Solomon 4:2-4

New King James Version

²^(A)Your teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep
Which have come up from the washing,
Every one of which bears twins,
And none is ^[a]barren among them.
³Your lips are like a strand of scarlet,
And your mouth is lovely.
^(B)Your temples behind your veil
Are like a piece of pomegranate.
⁴^(C)Your neck is like the tower of David,
Built ^(D)for an armory,
On which hang a thousand ^[b]bucklers,
All shields of mighty men.