Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Your mouth is like fine wine

W flowing smoothly for my love,
gliding past my lips and teeth!

New American Standard Bible

And your mouth like the best wine!”
It goes down smoothly for my beloved,
Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep.

King James Version

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.

International Standard Version

May your mouth be like good wine. May it go down smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over the lips of the sleeping ones.

A Conservative Version

and thy mouth like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips and teeth.

American Standard Version

And thy mouth like the best wine, That goeth down smoothly for my beloved, Gliding through the lips of those that are asleep.

Amplified


‘And your kisses like the best wine!’”

Bible in Basic English

And the roof of your mouth like good wine flowing down smoothly for my loved one, moving gently over my lips and my teeth.

Darby Translation

And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine, ... That goeth down smoothly for my beloved, And stealeth over the lips of them that are asleep.

Julia Smith Translation

And thy palate as good wine going to my beloved for uprightness, causing the lips of the sleeping to flow softly.

King James 2000

And the roof of your mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goes down sweetly, flowing gently over lips and teeth.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Your palate [is] like the best wine that goes down for my beloved, smoothly gliding over my lips and teeth.

Modern King James verseion

and the roof of your mouth like the best wine for my Beloved, that goes down smoothly for my Beloved, flowing softly over the lips of sleeping ones.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and thy throat like the best wine. This shall be pure and clear for my love, his lips and teeth shall have their pleasure.

NET Bible

May your mouth be like the best wine, flowing smoothly for my beloved, gliding gently over our lips as we sleep together.

New Heart English Bible

Your mouth like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.

The Emphasized Bible

And, thy mouth, like good wine - SHEFlowing to my beloved smoothly, gliding over the lips of the sleeping.

Webster

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.

World English Bible

Your mouth like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.

Youngs Literal Translation

And thy palate as the good wine -- 'Flowing to my beloved in uprightness, Strengthening the lips of the aged!

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the roof of thy mouth
חך 
Chek 
mouth, roof of the mouth, taste
Usage: 18

יין 
Yayin 
Usage: 140

דּד דּוד 
Dowd 
Usage: 61

הלך 
Halak 
go, walk, come, ...away, ...along,
Usage: 1545

שׂפת שׂפה 
Saphah 
Usage: 176

ישׁן 
Yashen 
Usage: 9

References

Hastings

Verse Info

Context Readings

Solomon Longs For The Young Woman's Affection

8 I said, “I will climb the palm tree
and take hold of its fruit.”
May your breasts be like clusters of grapes,
and the fragrance of your breath like apricots.
9 Your mouth is like fine wine

W flowing smoothly for my love,
gliding past my lips and teeth!
10 I belong to my love,
and his desire is for me.



Cross References

Song of Songs 5:16

His mouth is sweetness.
He is absolutely desirable.
This is my love, and this is my friend,
young women of Jerusalem.


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Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are a honeycomb:
sweet to the taste and health to the body.

Song of Songs 2:14

My dove, in the clefts of the rock,
in the crevices of the cliff,
let me see your face,
let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely.

Song of Songs 5:2

W I sleep, but my heart is awake.
A sound! My love is knocking!


M Open to me, my sister, my darling,
my dove, my perfect one.
For my head is drenched with dew,
my hair with droplets of the night.

Isaiah 62:8-9

The Lord has sworn with His right hand
and His strong arm:
I will no longer give your grain
to your enemies for food,
and foreigners will not drink your new wine
you have labored for.

Zechariah 9:15-17

The Lord of Hosts will defend them.
They will consume and conquer with slingstones;
they will drink and be rowdy as if with wine.
They will be as full as the sprinkling basin,
like those at the corners of the altar.

Acts 2:11-13

Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking the magnificent acts of God in our own languages.”

Acts 2:46-47

Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple complex, and broke bread from house to house. They ate their food with a joyful and humble attitude,

Acts 4:31-32

When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak God’s message with boldness.

Acts 16:30-34

Then he escorted them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

Romans 13:11

Besides this, knowing the time, it is already the hour for you to wake up from sleep, for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.

Ephesians 4:29

No foul language is to come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear.

Colossians 3:16-17

Let the message about the Messiah dwell richly among you, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, and singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, with gratitude in your hearts to God.

Colossians 4:6

Your speech should always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer each person.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-14

We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

Hebrews 13:15

Therefore, through Him let us continually offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of our lips that confess His name.

Revelation 14:13

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write: The dead who die in the Lord from now on are blessed.”

“Yes,” says the Spirit, “let them rest from their labors, for their works follow them!”

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