Song Of Songs Chapter 5 verse 13 Holy Bible

ASV SongOfSongs 5:13

His cheeks are as a bed of spices, `As' banks of sweet herbs: His lips are `as' lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
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BBE SongOfSongs 5:13

His face is as beds of spices, giving out perfumes of every sort; his lips like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
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DARBY SongOfSongs 5:13

His cheeks are as a bed of spices, raised beds of sweet plants; His lips lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
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KJV SongOfSongs 5:13

His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
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WBT SongOfSongs 5:13


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WEB SongOfSongs 5:13

His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
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YLT SongOfSongs 5:13

His cheeks as a bed of the spice, towers of perfumes, His lips `are' lilies, dropping flowing myrrh,
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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) His cheeks are as a bed of spices--Probably with allusion to the beard perfumed (Marg., towers of perfumes), as in Psalm 133:2.Lilies.--Comp. "He pressed the blossom of his lips to mine "(Tennyson, (Enone).Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewHis cheeksלְחָיָו֙ (lə·ḥā·yāw)Noun - fdc | third person masculine singularStrong's 3895: The cheek, the jaw-boneare like bedsכַּעֲרוּגַ֣ת (ka·‘ă·rū·ḡaṯ)Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 6170: Something piled up, raised by mental aspiration), a paterreof spice,הַבֹּ֔שֶׂם (hab·bō·śem)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 1314: Fragrance, spicery, the balsam planttowersמִגְדְּל֖וֹת (miḡ·də·lō·wṯ)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 4026: A tower, a rostrum, a, bed of flowersof perfume.מֶרְקָחִ֑ים (mer·qā·ḥîm)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 4840: Spice, perfumeHis lipsשִׂפְתוֹתָיו֙ (śip̄·ṯō·w·ṯāw)Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 8193: The lip, language, a marginare like lilies,שֽׁוֹשַׁנִּ֔ים (šō·wō·šan·nîm)Noun - common pluralStrong's 7799: A lily, as a, flower of architectural ornament, a, trumpetdrippingנֹטְפ֖וֹת (nō·ṭə·p̄ō·wṯ)Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine pluralStrong's 5197: To ooze, distil gradually, to fall in drops, to speak by inspirationwith flowingעֹבֵֽר׃ (‘ō·ḇêr)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularStrong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass onmyrrh.מ֥וֹר (mō·wr)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 4753: MyrrhJump to PreviousBalsam Banks Bed Beds Cheeks Dripping Dropping Face Flowers Flowing Fragrance Herbs Lips Myrrh Perfume Perfumes Plants Raised Smelling Spice Spices Sweet Sweet-Scented Sweet-Smelling Towers Yielding