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Song of Solomon 4:2

4:1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. that: or, that eat of, etc
Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.

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Your teeth are like a newly shorn flock, which have come up from the washing, where every one of them has twins. None is bereaved among them.

Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.

Your teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.

4:3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

What does Song of Solomon 4:2 mean?

Song of Solomon 4:2 is a verse in the book of Song of Solomon, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שֵׁן (shên), עֵדֶר (ʻêder), קָצַב (qâtsab). It connects to 5 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

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Thy
teethשֵׁןshên/shane/H8127a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff
are
like
a
flockעֵדֶרʻêder/ay'-der/H5739an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals)
of
sheep
that
are
even
shorn,קָצַבqâtsab/kaw-tsab'/H7094to clip, or (generally) chop
which
came
upעָלָהʻâlâh/aw-law'/H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
from
the
washing;רַחְצָהrachtsâh/rakh-tsaw'/H7367a bathing place
whereof
every
one
bear
twins,תָּאַםtâʼam/taw-am'/H8382to be (causatively, make) twinned, i.e. (figuratively) duplicate or (architectural) jointed
and
none
is
barrenשַׁכּוּלshakkûwl/shak-kool'/H7909bereaved
among
them.

Commentary on Song of Solomon 4:2

HENRY_FULL · Song of Solomon 4:2
y taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. Here is, 1. The wonderful pleasure and delight which David took in the word of God; it was sweet to his taste, sweeter than honey. There is such a thing as a spiritual taste, an inward savour and relish of divine things, such an evidence of them to ourselves, by experience, as we cannot give to others. We have heard him ourselves, John iv. 42 . To this scripture-taste the word of God is sweet, very sweet, sweeter than any of the gratifications of sense, even those that are most delicious. David speaks as if he wanted words to express the satisfaction he took in the discoveries of the divine will and grace; no pleasure was comparable to it. 2. The unspeakable profit and advantage he gained by th

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

Proverbs 14:12

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Amos 5:15

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

Matthew 7:13

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: strait: or, narrow

Romans 12:9

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Song of Solomon 4:2.

Song of Solomon 6:6

Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.

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What does Song of Solomon 4:2 say?

Song of Solomon 4:2 (King James Version) reads: "Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them."

Is Song of Solomon 4:2 in the Old or New Testament?

Song of Solomon 4:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Song of Solomon.

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