World English Bible
Song of Solomon 4:3
“Your lips are like scarlet thread. Your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.”
Verse in context — Song of Solomon 4
1
Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is as a flock of goats, that descend from Mount Gilead.
2
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.
3
Your lips are like scarlet thread. Your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.
4
Your neck is like David's tower built for an armory, whereon a thousand shields hang, all the shields of the mighty men.
5
Your two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a roe, which feed among the lilies.
About Song of Solomon
A poetic celebration of love and intimacy, often seen as a picture of God’s love.
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