Song of Solomon 4:11 Catholic Bible: Thy 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.

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Thy 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.

lips

Songs 4:3 Thy lips are as a scarlet lace: and thy speech sweet. Thy cheeks are as a piece of a pomegranate, besides that which lieth hid within.

Songs 5:13 His cheeks are as beds of aromatical spices set by the perfumers. His lips are as lilies dropping choice myrrh.

Songs 7:9 Thy throat like the best wine, worthy for my beloved to drink, and for his lips and his teeth to ruminate.

Psalm 71:14,15,23,24 But I will always hope; and will add to all thy praise. . . .

Proverbs 16:24 Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Hosea 14:2 Take with you words, and return to the Lord, and say to him: Take away all iniquity, and receive the good: and we will render the calves of our lips.

Hebrews 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise always to God, that is to say, the fruit of lips confessing to his name.

honey

Songs 5:1 Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat the fruit of his apple trees. I am come into my garden, O my sister, my spouse, I have gathered my myrrh, with my aromatical spices: I have eaten the honeycomb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends, and drink, and be inebriated, my dearly beloved.

Proverbs 24:13,14 Eat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat. . . .

Isaiah 7:15 He shall eat butter and honey, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.

the smell

Songs 4:10 How 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.

Psalm 45:8 Myrrh and stacte and cassia perfume thy garments, from the ivory houses: out of which

Hosea 14:7 They shall be converted that sit under his shadow: they shall live upon wheat, and they shall blossom as a vine: his memorial shall be as the wine of Libanus.

Context

Solomon Admires His Bride
…10How 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. 11Thy 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.12My sister, my spouse, is a garden enclosed, a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed up.…

Cross References

Genesis 27:27
He came near, and kissed him. And immediately as he smelled the fragrant smell of his garments, blessing him, he said: Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a plentiful field, which the Lord hath blessed.

Psalm 19:10
More to be desired than gold and many precious stones: and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.

Proverbs 5:3
But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword.

Proverbs 24:13
Eat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat.

Songs 5:1
Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat the fruit of his apple trees. I am come into my garden, O my sister, my spouse, I have gathered my myrrh, with my aromatical spices: I have eaten the honeycomb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends, and drink, and be inebriated, my dearly beloved.

Hosea 14:6
His branches shall spread, and his glory shall be as the olive tree: and his smell as that of Libanus.

Lexicon

Your lips,
שִׂפְתוֹתַ֖יִךְ (śip̄·ṯō·w·ṯa·yiḵ)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8193: The lip, language, a margin

my bride,
כַּלָּ֑ה (kal·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3618: Daughter-in-law, bride

drip
תִּטֹּ֥פְנָה (tiṭ·ṭō·p̄ə·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 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 Hebrew 5317: Flowing honey, honey from the comb

honey
דְּבַ֤שׁ (də·ḇaš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1706: Honey, syrup

and milk
וְחָלָב֙ (wə·ḥā·lāḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2461: Milk

are under
תַּ֣חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

your tongue,
לְשׁוֹנֵ֔ךְ (lə·šō·w·nêḵ)
Noun - common singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3956: The tongue

and the fragrance
וְרֵ֥יחַ (wə·rê·aḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7381: To smell, perceive odor

of your garments
שַׂלְמֹתַ֖יִךְ (śal·mō·ṯa·yiḵ)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8008: A wrapper, mantle

is like the aroma
כְּרֵ֥יחַ (kə·rê·aḥ)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7381: To smell, perceive odor

of Lebanon.
לְבָנֽוֹן׃ (lə·ḇā·nō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3844: Lebanon -- a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel

Additional Translations
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.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.

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.

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.

Thy lips, [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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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