Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
His cheeks [are] like beds of spice, a tower of fragrances; his lips [are] lilies dripping liquid myrrh.
New American Standard Bible
Banks of sweet-scented herbs;
His lips are
King James Version
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
Holman Bible
towers of
His lips are lilies,
dripping with flowing myrrh.
International Standard Version
His cheeks are like beds of spices, like towers of perfume. His lips are lilies, dripping with liquid myrrh.
American Standard Version
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, As banks of sweet herbs: His lips are as lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
Amplified
“His cheeks are like a bed of balsam,
Banks of sweet, fragrant herbs.
His lips are lilies
Dripping sweet-scented myrrh.
Bible in Basic English
His face is as beds of spices, giving out perfumes of every sort; his lips like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
Darby Translation
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, raised beds of sweet plants; His lips lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
Julia Smith Translation
His cheeks as beds of spices, towers of aromatic herbs: his lips lilies, dropping overflowing myrrh.
King James 2000
His cheeks are like a bed of spices, like sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dripping sweet smelling myrrh.
Modern King James verseion
His cheeks are like a bed of spices, a raised bed of aromatic herbs. His lips are as lilies dropping flowing myrrh.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
His cheeks are like a garden bed, wherein the Apothecaries plant all manner of sweet things; His lips are like roses that drop sweet smelling Myrrh.
NET Bible
His cheeks are like garden beds full of balsam trees yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with drops of myrrh.
New Heart English Bible
His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
The Emphasized Bible
His cheeks, like a raised bed of balsam, growing plants of perfume, - His lips, lilies, dripping with myrrh distilling:
Webster
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet-smelling myrrh.
World English Bible
His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
Youngs Literal Translation
His cheeks as a bed of the spice, towers of perfumes, His lips are lilies, dropping flowing myrrh,
Themes
Flowers » Illustrative of » The graces of Christ
Flowers » Described as » Sweet
Lily » Figurative » Of the lips of the beloved
Interlinear
Saphah
References
Word Count of 19 Translations in Song of Solomon 5:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Maiden's Praise Of Her Beloved
12 His eyes [are] like doves beside springs of water, bathed in milk, {set like mounted jewels}. 13 His cheeks [are] like beds of spice, a tower of fragrances; his lips [are] lilies dripping liquid myrrh. 14 His arms [are] {rods} of gold {engraved with} jewels; his belly [is] polished ivory covered with sapphires.
Phrases
Cross References
Song of Songs 1:10
Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
Song of Songs 2:1
I [am] a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
Song of Songs 6:2
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the garden bed of the spice, to pasture his flock and to gather lilies in the garden.
Psalm 4:6-7
Many are saying, "Who will show us [something] good?" Lift up over us the light of your face, O Yahweh.
Psalm 27:4
One [thing] I have asked from Yahweh; it I will seek: [that] I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yahweh, and to consider his temple.
Psalm 45:2
You are [the most] handsome of [the] sons of humankind; grace is poured out on your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.
Psalm 89:15
Blessed [are] the people who know [the] joyful shout; O Yahweh, they walk about in the light of your countenance.
Song of Songs 3:6
What [is] this coming up from the desert like a column of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense from all the fragrant powders of the merchant?
Song of Songs 4:11
Your lips drip nectar, [my] bride; honey and milk [are] under your lips; the scent of your garments [is] like the scent of Lebanon.
Song of Songs 5:5
I myself arose to open to my beloved; my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh upon the handles of the bolt.
Isaiah 50:4
The Lord Yahweh has given me [the] tongue of pupil, to know how to help [the] weary [with] a word. He awakens {morning by morning}, awakens an ear for me to listen as [do] the pupils.
Isaiah 50:6
I gave my back to those who struck [me], and my cheeks to those who pulled out my {beard}; I did not hide my face from insults and spittle.
Luke 4:22
And they were all speaking well of him, and were astonished at the gracious words that were coming out of his mouth. And they were saying, "Is this man not the son of Joseph?"
Revelation 21:23
And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon, that they shine on it, for the glory of God illuminates it, and its lamp [is] the Lamb.