KJV King James Version
Thy two breasts [are] like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Song of Solomon 4:5
Thy two breasts [are] like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
WEB World English Bible
Your two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a roe, which feed among the lilies.
ASV American Standard Version
Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe, Which feed among the lilies.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thy two breasts are as two fawns, Twins of a roe, that are feeding among lilies.
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 4
2 Thy teeth [are] like a flock [of sheep that are even] shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none [is] barren among them.
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.
4 Thy neck [is] like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
5 Thy two breasts [are] like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
6 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
7 Thou [art] all fair, my love; [there is] no spot in thee.
8 Come with me from Lebanon, [my] spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
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Cross-references
Song of Solomon 2:16My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his: he feedeth among the lilies.Song of Solomon 6:3I [am] my beloved’s, and my beloved [is] mine: he feedeth among the lilies.Song of Solomon 7:3Thy two breasts [are] like two young roes [that are] twins.Song of Solomon 8:10I [am] a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.1 Peter 2:2As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:Proverbs 5:19[Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.Isaiah 66:10-12Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:Song of Solomon 1:13A bundle of myrrh [is] my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.Song of Solomon 8:1O that thou [wert] as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! [when] I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.Song of Solomon 7:7This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters [of grapes].
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