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Song of Solomon Outline

    • THE SHULAMMITE IN JERUSALEM (3:6–8:4)

Song of Solomon 4:1

Marginal References

  • +Nu 32:1; De 3:12; Ca 6:5-7

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 966

    The Watchtower,

    11/15/2006, p. 19

  • Publications Index

    it-1 966; w06 11/15 19;

    ad 663; w57 730

Song of Solomon 4:2

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w57 730

Song of Solomon 4:3

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “temples.”

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w57 730-731

Song of Solomon 4:4

Marginal References

  • +Ca 1:10
  • +Ne 3:25; Ca 7:4
  • +2Sa 8:7; 2Ki 11:10

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 170-171

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1118

  • Publications Index

    it-1 170-171; it-2 1118;

    w57 730

Song of Solomon 4:5

Marginal References

  • +Ca 7:3

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w57 730

Song of Solomon 4:6

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “the day breathes.”

Marginal References

  • +Ec 2:5

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 869

  • Publications Index

    it-1 869;

    ad 607; w57 730

Song of Solomon 4:7

Marginal References

  • +Ca 4:1

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    1/15/2015, p. 30

    11/15/2006, p. 20

    Awake!,

    4/22/1989, p. 22

  • Publications Index

    w15 1/15 30; w06 11/15 20; yp 260; g89 4/22 22;

    w62 606; w57 731

Song of Solomon 4:8

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “Anti-Lebanon.”

Marginal References

  • +De 3:25
  • +De 3:8, 9; Ps 133:3

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 12-13, 87, 116

  • Publications Index

    it-1 13, 87, 116;

    ad 11, 84; w57 731

Song of Solomon 4:9

Marginal References

  • +Pr 5:18, 19

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w57 731

Song of Solomon 4:10

Marginal References

  • +Ca 7:12
  • +Ca 1:2, 4
  • +Es 2:12; Ca 1:12

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w57 731

Song of Solomon 4:11

Marginal References

  • +Pr 16:24
  • +Ca 5:1

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1135

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 231, 402

    The Watchtower,

    1/15/2015, p. 30

    11/15/2006, p. 19

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1135; it-2 231, 402; w15 1/15 30; w06 11/15 19;

    ad 785, 1051, 1158; w57 731

Song of Solomon 4:12

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    1/15/2015, p. 32

    11/15/2006, p. 20

    11/1/2000, pp. 11-12

    11/15/1987, p. 25

  • Publications Index

    w15 1/15 32; w06 11/15 20; w00 11/1 11-12; w87 11/15 25;

    g82 7/22 23

Song of Solomon 4:13

Footnotes

  • *

    Or possibly, “skin.”

  • *

    Or “garden.”

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w59 76

Song of Solomon 4:14

Footnotes

  • *

    An aromatic reed.

Marginal References

  • +Joh 12:3
  • +Isa 43:24
  • +Pr 7:17
  • +Ps 45:8
  • +Ex 30:23, 24, 34; Eze 27:2, 22

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 79-80

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 839-840

    The Watchtower,

    2/1/2014, p. 10

  • Publications Index

    it-1 79-80; it-2 839-840; w14 2/1 10

Song of Solomon 4:15

Marginal References

  • +Jer 18:14

Song of Solomon 4:16

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “Blow gently.”

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w57 731

Parallel Translations

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General

Song of Sol. 4:1Nu 32:1; De 3:12; Ca 6:5-7
Song of Sol. 4:4Ca 1:10
Song of Sol. 4:4Ne 3:25; Ca 7:4
Song of Sol. 4:42Sa 8:7; 2Ki 11:10
Song of Sol. 4:5Ca 7:3
Song of Sol. 4:6Ec 2:5
Song of Sol. 4:7Ca 4:1
Song of Sol. 4:8De 3:25
Song of Sol. 4:8De 3:8, 9; Ps 133:3
Song of Sol. 4:9Pr 5:18, 19
Song of Sol. 4:10Ca 7:12
Song of Sol. 4:10Ca 1:2, 4
Song of Sol. 4:10Es 2:12; Ca 1:12
Song of Sol. 4:11Pr 16:24
Song of Sol. 4:11Ca 5:1
Song of Sol. 4:14Joh 12:3
Song of Sol. 4:14Isa 43:24
Song of Sol. 4:14Pr 7:17
Song of Sol. 4:14Ps 45:8
Song of Sol. 4:14Ex 30:23, 24, 34; Eze 27:2, 22
Song of Sol. 4:15Jer 18:14
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New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
Song of Solomon 4:1-16

The Song of Solomon

4 “Look! You are beautiful, my beloved.

Look! You are beautiful.

Your eyes are those of doves behind your veil.

Your hair is like a flock of goats

Streaming down the mountains of Gilʹe·ad.+

 2 Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep

That have come up from being washed,

All of them bearing twins,

And not one has lost her young.

 3 Your lips are like a scarlet thread,

And your speech is delightful.

Like a segment of pomegranate

Are your cheeks* behind your veil.

 4 Your neck+ is like the tower of David,+

Built with courses of stone

Upon which are hung a thousand shields,

All the circular shields of the mighty men.+

 5 Your two breasts are like two fawns,

The twins of a gazelle,+

That feed among the lilies.”

 6 “Until the day grows breezy* and the shadows flee,

I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh

And to the hill of frankincense.”+

 7 “You are altogether beautiful, my beloved,+

There is no blemish in you.

 8 Come with me from Lebʹa·non, my bride,

Come with me from Lebʹa·non.+

Descend from the peak of A·maʹnah,*

From the peak of Seʹnir, the peak of Herʹmon,+

From the lairs of lions, from the mountains of leopards.

 9 You have captured my heart,+ my sister, my bride,

You have captured my heart with one glance of your eyes,

With one pendant of your necklace.

10 How beautiful your expressions of affection are,+ my sister, my bride!

Your expressions of affection are far better than wine,+

And the fragrance of your perfume than any spice!+

11 Your lips, my bride, drip with comb honey.+

Honey and milk are under your tongue,+

And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebʹa·non.

12 My sister, my bride, is like a locked garden,

A locked garden, a spring sealed shut.

13 Your shoots* are a paradise* of pomegranates

With the choicest fruits, with henna along with spikenard plants,

14 Spikenard+ and saffron, cane*+ and cinnamon,+

With all sorts of trees of frankincense, myrrh, and aloes,+

Along with all the finest perfumes.+

15 You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water,

And flowing streams from Lebʹa·non.+

16 Awake, O north wind;

Come in, O south wind.

Breathe* upon my garden.

Let its fragrance spread.”

“Let my dear one come into his garden

And eat its choicest fruits.”

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