New International Version Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride; milk and honey are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. New Living Translation Your lips are as sweet as nectar, my bride. Honey and milk are under your tongue. Your clothes are scented like the cedars of Lebanon. English Standard Version Your lips drip nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. Berean Standard Bible Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon. Berean Literal Bible Your lips drip with nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. King James Bible Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. New King James Version Your lips, O my spouse, Drip as the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under your tongue; And the fragrance of your garments Is like the fragrance of Lebanon. New American Standard Bible “Your lips drip honey, my bride; Honey and milk are under your tongue, And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. NASB 1995 “Your lips, my bride, drip honey; Honey and milk are under your tongue, And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. NASB 1977 “Your lips, my bride, drip honey; Honey and milk are under your tongue, And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. Legacy Standard Bible Your lips, my bride, drip honey from the comb; Honey and milk are under your tongue, And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. Amplified Bible “Your lips, my [promised] bride, drip honey [as the honeycomb]; Honey and milk are under your tongue, And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. Berean Annotated Bible Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon (whiteness). Christian Standard Bible Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. Holman Christian Standard Bible Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. American Standard Version Thy lips, O my bride, drop as the honeycomb: Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. Contemporary English Version Your lips are a honeycomb; milk and honey flow from your tongue. Your dress has the aroma of cedar trees from Lebanon. English Revised Version Thy lips, O my bride, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. GOD'S WORD® Translation Your lips drip honey, my bride. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The fragrance of your clothing is like the fragrance of Lebanon. Good News Translation The taste of honey is on your lips, my darling; your tongue is milk and honey for me. Your clothing has all the fragrance of Lebanon. International Standard Version Your lips drip honey, my bride; milk and honey are under your tongue. The scent of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. NET Bible Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride, honey and milk are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. New Heart English Bible Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon. Webster's Bible Translation Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honey-comb; honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleYour lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon. World English Bible Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYour lips drop honey, O spouse, "" Honey and milk [are] under your tongue, "" And the fragrance of your garments "" [Is] as the fragrance of Lebanon. Berean Literal Bible Your lips drip with nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. Young's Literal Translation Thy lips drop honey, O spouse, Honey and milk are under thy tongue, And the fragrance of thy garments Is as the fragrance of Lebanon. Smith's Literal Translation Thy lips will drop honey droppings, O bride: honey and milk under thy tongue, and the odor of thy garments as the odor of Lebanon. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThy lips, my spouse, are as a dropping honeycomb, honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments, as the smell of frankincense. Catholic Public Domain Version Your lips, my spouse, are a dripping honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue. And the fragrance of your garments is like the odor of frankincense. New American Bible Your lips drip honey, my bride, honey and milk are under your tongue; And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. New Revised Standard Version Your lips distill nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the scent of your garments is like the scent of Lebanon. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYour lips drop as the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue; and the fragrance of your garments is like the perfume of Lebanon. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Your lips drip honeycomb! All honey and milk are under your lips and the fragrance of your vesture is as the fragrance of Lebanon! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thy lips, O my bride, drop honey-- Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. Brenton Septuagint Translation Thy lips drop honeycomb, my spouse: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is as the smell of Libanus. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible (Voice ▾ Musical ▾) Context Solomon Admires His Bride…10How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices. 11Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon. 12My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.… Cross References Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. Proverbs 5:3 Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil, Psalm 45:2 You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever. honey and milk are under your tongue, Job 20:12 Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue, Psalm 119:103 How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth! Proverbs 24:13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste. and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon. Hosea 14:6 His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon. Psalm 45:8 All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad. Genesis 27:27 So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed. Psalm 19:10 They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb. Ezekiel 20:6 On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands. Joel 3:18 And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias. Isaiah 55:1-2 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost! / Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods. Jeremiah 31:12 They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish. Matthew 26:7-13 a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table. / When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste? / This perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to the poor.” … John 12:3 Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. Treasury of Scripture Your lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon. lips Song of Solomon 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. Song of Solomon 5:13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. Song of Solomon 7:9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. honey Song of Solomon 5:1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. Proverbs 24:13,14 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: … Isaiah 7:15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. the smell Song of Solomon 4:10 How 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! Genesis 27:27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: Psalm 45:8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. Jump to Previous Bride Clothing Distil Drip Drop Dropping Fragrance Garments Honey Honeycomb Honey-Comb Lips Milk Nectar Scent Smell Spouse Sweetness TongueJump to Next Bride Clothing Distil Drip Drop Dropping Fragrance Garments Honey Honeycomb Honey-Comb Lips Milk Nectar Scent Smell Spouse Sweetness TongueSong of Solomon 4 1. Christ sets forth the graces of the church8. He shows forth his love to her 16. The church prays to be made fit for his presence Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; The bride’s speech and presence are pictured as rich and delightful, like fresh honey from the comb. Honey signified abundance and blessing in Israel, fitting the setting of devoted love within marriage. Calling her “my bride” emphasizes the exclusiveness and permanence of their covenant bond. Pro 16:24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul… honey and milk are under your tongue, Her words bring both pleasure and nourishment. Honey and milk were familiar signs of plenty in the land, portraying speech marked by grace, wisdom, and life-giving affection. The image also points beyond outward beauty to the goodness that proceeds from the heart. Job 20:12 Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it… and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon. Lebanon was known for its cedars and fragrant forests. The bride’s garments carry the scent of that celebrated region, expressing purity, dignity, and an attractive character. Her presence is as pleasing to her husband as the refreshing aroma of Lebanon. Hos 14:6 His shoots will sprout, and his splendor… Persons / Places / Events 1. The BrideThe bride in Song of Solomon is often interpreted as a representation of the church or the individual believer in a spiritual sense, and as a literal bride in the context of the poem. 2. The Bridegroom The bridegroom is traditionally seen as a representation of Christ or God, expressing love and admiration for His people. 3. Lebanon A region known for its majestic cedar trees and aromatic plants, symbolizing beauty and richness. Teaching Points The Power of WordsThe imagery of honey dripping from the lips highlights the importance of speaking words that are sweet, encouraging, and life-giving. As believers, we are called to use our words to build up others and reflect the love of Christ. Spiritual Nourishment Just as milk is nourishing, the words and teachings of Christ provide spiritual nourishment. We should seek to fill our hearts and minds with His truth, allowing it to dwell richly within us. Fragrance of Holiness The fragrance of the bride's garments symbolizes the aroma of a life lived in holiness and devotion to God. Our lives should emit the fragrance of Christ, drawing others to Him through our actions and character. Intimacy with Christ The intimate language used in this verse reflects the deep, personal relationship that Christ desires with His church. We are invited to cultivate a close and loving relationship with Him, marked by mutual love and devotion. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Song of Solomon 4:11?2. How does Song of Solomon 4:11 illustrate the beauty of marital love? 3. What does "honey and milk" symbolize in Song of Solomon 4:11? 4. How can we apply the sweetness of words in our marriages today? 5. How does Song of Solomon 4:11 connect to Ephesians 5:25-33 on love? 6. What practical steps can enhance communication in light of Song of Solomon 4:11? 7. What does Song of Solomon 4:11 reveal about the nature of love in biblical times? 8. How does Song of Solomon 4:11 reflect the cultural context of ancient Israel? 9. What theological significance does the imagery in Song of Solomon 4:11 hold? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Song of Solomon 4? Song of Solomon 4:11 celebrates marital intimacy with language that is affectionate, faithful, and fragrant. Sweet lips show loving communication; honey and milk under the tongue reveal satisfying, nourishing affection; and cedar-scented garments portray a life whose very presence delights. The verse honors the beauty of covenant love while pointing beyond to the believer’s call to speak graciously, nourish others with gospel truth, and carry the pleasing aroma of Christ into every place. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Your lips,שִׂפְתוֹתַ֖יִךְ (śip̄·ṯō·w·ṯa·yiḵ) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin my bride, כַּלָּ֑ה (kal·lāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 3618: Daughter-in-law, bride drip תִּטֹּ֥פְנָה (tiṭ·ṭō·p̄ə·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 5197: To ooze, distil gradually, to fall in drops, to speak by inspiration sweetness like the honeycomb; נֹ֛פֶת (nō·p̄eṯ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5317: Flowing honey, honey from the comb honey דְּבַ֤שׁ (də·ḇaš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1706: Honey, syrup and milk וְחָלָב֙ (wə·ḥā·lāḇ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2461: Milk are under תַּ֣חַת (ta·ḥaṯ) Preposition Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of your tongue, לְשׁוֹנֵ֔ךְ (lə·šō·w·nêḵ) Noun - common singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 3956: The tongue and the fragrance וְרֵ֥יחַ (wə·rê·aḥ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7381: To smell, perceive odor of your garments שַׂלְמֹתַ֖יִךְ (śal·mō·ṯa·yiḵ) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 8008: A wrapper, mantle is like the aroma כְּרֵ֥יחַ (kə·rê·aḥ) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7381: To smell, perceive odor of Lebanon. לְבָנֽוֹן׃ (lə·ḇā·nō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3844: Lebanon -- a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel Additonal Resources Song of Solomon 4:11 Blue Letter BibleSong of Solomon 4:11 Bible Gateway Song of Solomon 4:11 Bible.com Song of Solomon 4:11 NIV |
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