KJV King James Version
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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Song of Solomon 4:8
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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.
WEB World English Bible
Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
ASV American Standard Version
Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, With me from Lebanon: Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions’ dens, From the mountains of the leopards.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Come from Lebanon, come thou in. Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Shenir and Hermon, From the habitations of lions, From the mountains of leopards.
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 4
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.
9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, [my] spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
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!
11 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.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אִתִּ֤יH854 · etwithמִלְּבָנוֹן֙H3844 · le.va.nonLebanonכַּלָּ֔הH3618 · kal.lahdaughter-in-law: brideאִתִּ֖יH854 · etwithמִלְּבָנ֣וֹןH3844 · le.va.nonLebanonתָּב֑וֹאִיH935 · boto come (in): comeתָּשׁ֣וּרִי׀H7788 · shurto travelמֵרֹ֣אשׁH7218 · roshheadאֲמָנָ֗הH549 · a.ma.nahAmanaמֵרֹ֤אשׁH7218 · roshheadשְׂנִיר֙H8149 · she.nirSenirוְחֶרְמ֔וֹןH2768 · cher.mon(Mount) Hermonמִמְּעֹנ֣וֹתH4585 · me.o.nahhabitationאֲרָי֔וֹתH738 · a.rilionמֵֽהַרְרֵ֖יH2042 · ha.rarmountainנְמֵרִֽים׃H5246 · na.merleopard
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 3:9([Which] Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)Song of Solomon 2:13The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines [with] the tender grape give a [good] smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.1 Chronicles 5:23And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.Psalm 45:10Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;Isaiah 62:5For [as] a young man marrieth a virgin, [so] shall thy sons marry thee: and [as] the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, [so] shall thy God rejoice over thee.Song of Solomon 5:1I 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.Colossians 3:1-2If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.John 12:26If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will [my] Father honour.Song of Solomon 7:11Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.1 Kings 4:33And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that [is] in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.Psalm 76:4Thou [art] more glorious [and] excellent than the mountains of prey.Deuteronomy 3:25I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that [is] beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.Proverbs 9:6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.Psalm 76:1To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph. In Judah [is] God known: his name [is] great in Israel.Joshua 12:1Now these [are] the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
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