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Song of Solomon 4:11

4:10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

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Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

Your lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

4:12 A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. inclosed: Heb. barred shut up: Heb. barred

What does Song of Solomon 4:11 mean?

Song of Solomon 4:11 is a verse in the book of Song of Solomon, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׂפָה (sâphâh), כַּלָּה (kallâh), נָטַף (nâṭaph). It connects to 4 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Thy
lips,שָׂפָהsâphâh/saw-faw'/H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
O
my
spouse,כַּלָּהkallâh/kal-law'/H3618a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife
dropנָטַףnâṭaph/naw-taf'/H5197to ooze, i.e. distil gradually; by implication, to fall in drops; figuratively, to speak by inspiration
as
the
honeycomb:נֹפֶתnôpheth/no'-feth/H5317a dripping i.e. of honey (from the comb)
honeyדְּבַשׁdᵉbash/deb-ash'/H1706honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup
and
milkחָלָבchâlâb/khaw-lawb'/H2461milk (as the richness of kine)
are
under
thy
tongue;לָשׁוֹןlâshôwn/law-shone'/H3956the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
and
the
smellרֵיחַrêyach/ray'-akh/H7381odor (as if blown)
of
thy
garmentsשַׂלְמָהsalmâh/sal-maw'/H8008a dress
is
like
the
smellרֵיחַrêyach/ray'-akh/H7381odor (as if blown)
of
Lebanon.לְבָנוֹןLᵉbânôwn/leb-aw-nohn'/H3844Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine

Commentary on Song of Solomon 4:11

HENRY_FULL · Song of Solomon 4:11–12
was an everlasting covenant, and therefore he took it as a heritage for ever. If he could not yet say, "They are my heritage," yet he could say, "I have made choice of them for my heritage; and will never take up with a portion in this life," Ps. xvii. 14, 15 . God's testimonies are a heritage to all that have received the Spirit of adoption; for, if children, then heirs. They are a heritage for ever, and that no earthly heritage is ( 1 Pet. i. 4 ); all the saints accept them as such, take up with them, live upon them, and can therefore be content with but little of this world. 2. He enjoyed a present satisfaction in them: They are the rejoicing of my heart, because they will be my heritage for ever. It requires the heart of a good man to see his portion in the promise of God and not in the possessions of this world. II. He resolves to govern himself by it and thence to take his measures: I have inclined my heart to do thy statutes. Those that would have the blessings of God's testimonies must come under the bonds of his statutes. We must look for comfort only in the way of duty, and that duty must be done, 1. With full consent and complacency: " I have, by the grace of God, inclined my heart to it, and conquered the aversion I had to it." A good man brings his heart to his work and then it is done well. A gracious disposition to do the will of God is the acceptable principle of all obedience. 2. With constancy and perseverance. He would perform God's statutes always, in all instances, in the duty of every day, in a constant course of holy walking, and this to the end, without weariness. This is following the Lord fully. 15. SAMECH. 113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. Here we have, 1. David's dread of the risings of sin, and the first beginnings of it: I hate vain thoughts. He does not mean that he hated them in others, for there he could not discern them, but he hated them in his own heart. Every good man makes conscience of his thoughts, for they are words to God. Vain thoughts, how light soever most make of them, are sinful and hurtful, and therefore we should account them hateful and dreadful, for they do not only divert the mind from that which is good, but open the door to all evil, Jer. iv. 14 . Though David could not say that he was free from vain thoughts, yet he could say that he hated them; he did not countenance them, nor give them any entertainment, but did what he could to keep them out, at least to keep them under. The

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. the unrighteous: Heb. the man of iniquity abundantly: Heb. multiply to pardon

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

Mark 7:21

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

2 Corinthians 10:5

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; imaginations: or, reasonings

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Song of Solomon 4:11.

Deuteronomy 11:9

And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 26:15

Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 26:9

And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 27:3

And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.

Deuteronomy 31:20

For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.

Deuteronomy 6:3

Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.

Exodus 13:5

And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

Exodus 3:17

And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.

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What does Song of Solomon 4:11 say?

Song of Solomon 4:11 (King James Version) reads: "Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon."

Is Song of Solomon 4:11 in the Old or New Testament?

Song of Solomon 4:11 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Song of Solomon.

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