Your lips are like a scarlet cord,(A)
and your mouth[a] is lovely.
Behind your veil,
your brow[b] is like a slice of pomegranate.(B)
Your neck is like the tower of David,(C)
constructed in layers.
A thousand bucklers are hung on it—
all of them shields of warriors.[c]
Your breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle,(D) that feed among the lilies.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 4:3 Or speech
  2. Song of Solomon 4:3 Or temple, or cheek, or lips
  3. Song of Solomon 4:4 Perhaps describing the woman’s necklace

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