Modern Translations New International VersionHow delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much more pleasing is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume more than any spice! New Living Translation Your love delights me, my treasure, my bride. Your love is better than wine, your perfume more fragrant than spices. English Standard Version How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice! Berean Study Bible How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices. New American Standard Bible “How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much sweeter is your love than wine, And the fragrance of your oils Than that of all kinds of balsam oils! NASB 1995 "How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, And the fragrance of your oils Than all kinds of spices! NASB 1977 “How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, And the fragrance of your oils Than all kinds of spices! Amplified Bible “How beautiful is your love, my sister, my [promised] bride! How much better is your love than wine, And the fragrance of your oils Than all kinds of balsam and spices. Christian Standard Bible How delightful your caresses are, my sister, my bride. Your caresses are much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than any balsam. Holman Christian Standard Bible How delightful your love is, my sister, my bride. Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than any balsam. Contemporary English Version Your love is sweeter than wine; the smell of your perfume is more fragrant than spices. Good News Translation Your love delights me, my sweetheart and bride. Your love is better than wine; your perfume more fragrant than any spice. GOD'S WORD® Translation How beautiful are your expressions of love, my bride, my sister! How much better are your expressions of love than wine and the fragrance of your perfume than any spice. International Standard Version How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride. How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all kinds of spices. NET Bible How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine; the fragrance of your perfume is better than any spice! Classic Translations King James BibleHow 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! New King James Version How fair is your love, My sister, my spouse! How much better than wine is your love, And the scent of your perfumes Than all spices! King James 2000 Bible How fair is your love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is your love than wine! and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices! New Heart English Bible How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride. How much better is your love than wine. The fragrance of your perfumes than all manner of spices. World English Bible How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine! The fragrance of your perfumes than all kinds of spices! American King James Version How fair is your love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is your love than wine! and the smell of your ointments than all spices! American Standard Version How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine oils than all manner of spices! A Faithful Version How fair is your love, My dearly beloved, My bride! How much better is your love than wine, and the smell of your ointments than all manner of spices! Darby Bible Translation How fair is thy love, my sister, [my] spouse! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine ointments than all spices! English Revised Version How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all manner of spices! Webster's Bible Translation How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thy ointments than all spices! Early Modern Geneva Bible of 1587My sister, my spouse, how faire is thy loue? howe much better is thy loue then wine? and the sauour of thine oyntments then all spices? Bishops' Bible of 1568 O howe fayre are thy breastes, my sister, my spouse? Thy breastes are more pleasaunt then wine, and the smell of thyne oyntmentes passeth all spices. Coverdale Bible of 1535 O how fayre and louely are thy brestes, my sister, my spouse? Thy brestes are more pleasaunt then wyne, and the smell of thy oyntmentes passeth all spices. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionHow beautiful have been your loves, my sister-spouse, "" How much better have been your loves than wine, "" And the fragrance of your perfumes than all spices. Young's Literal Translation How wonderful have been thy loves, my sister-spouse, How much better have been thy loves than wine, And the fragrance of thy perfumes than all spices. Smith's Literal Translation How beautiful were thy breasts, my sister, O bride! how good were thy breasts above wine, and the odor of thine ointments above all spices. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleHow beautiful are thy breasts, my sister, my spouse! thy breasts are more beautiful than wine, and the sweet smell of thy ointments above all aromatical spices. Catholic Public Domain Version How beautiful are your breasts, my sister, my spouse! Your breasts are more beautiful than wine, and the fragrance of your ointments is above all aromatic oils. Translations from Aramaic Peshitta Holy Bible TranslatedHow beautiful are your breasts, my sister bride! How much better are your breasts than wine, and the fragrance of your sweet spices than all sweet spices! Lamsa Bible How beautiful are your breasts, O my sister, my bride! how much better are your breasts than wine! and the fragrance of your ointments than all spices! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride! How much better is thy love than wine! And the smell of thine ointments than all manner of spices! Brenton Septuagint Translation How beautiful are thy breasts, my sister, my spouse! how much more beautiful are thy breasts than wine, and the smell of thy garments than all spices!     |