Song of Songs · JPS Tanakh (1917)
Song of Songs 4 JPS Tanakh (1917)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Numbers like (22-2) in the text give the Hebrew verse numbering where it differs.
1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are as doves behind thy veil; thy hair is as a flock of goats, that trail down from mount Gilead.
1 HE aquí que tú eres hermosa, amiga mía; he aquí que tú eres hermosa; tus ojos entre tus guedejas [como] de paloma; tus cabellos como manada de cabras, que se muestran desde el monte de Galaad.
2 Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes all shaped alike, which are come up from the washing; whereof all are paired, and none faileth among them.
2 Tus dientes, como manadas de trasquiladas [ovejas], que suben del lavadero, todas con crías mellizas, y ninguna entre ellas estéril.
3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy mouth is comely; thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil.
3 Tus labios, como un hilo de grana, y tu habla hermosa; tus sienes, como cachos de granada á la parte adentro de tus guedejas.
4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded with turrets, whereon there hang a thousand shields, all the armour of the mighty men.
4 Tu cuello, como la torre de David, edificada para muestra; mil escudos están colgados de ella, todos escudos de valientes.
5 Thy two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a gazelle, which feed among the lilies.
5 Tus dos pechos, como dos cabritos mellizos de gama, que son apacentados entre azucenas.
6 Until the day breathe, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
6 Hasta que apunte el día y huyan las sombras, iréme al monte de la mirra, y al collado del incienso.
7 Thou art all fair, my love; and there is no spot in thee.
7 Toda tú eres hermosa, amiga mía, y en ti no hay mancha.
8 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.
8 Conmigo del Líbano, oh esposa, conmigo ven del Líbano: mira desde la cumbre de Amana, desde la cumbre de Senir y de Hermón, desde las guaridas de los leones, desde los montes de los tigres.
9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my bride; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one bead of thy necklace.
9 Prendiste mi corazón, hermana, esposa [mía]; has preso mi corazón con uno de tus ojos, con una gargantilla de tu cuello.
10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all manner of spices!
10 ¡Cuán hermosos son tus amores, hermana, esposa [mía]! ¡cuánto mejores que el vino tus amores, y el olor de tus ungüentos que todas las especias aromáticas!
11 Thy lips, O my bride, drop honey — honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
11 [Como] panal de miel destilan tus labios, oh esposa; miel y leche hay debajo de tu lengua; y el olor de tus vestidos como el olor del Líbano.
12 A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
12 Huerto cerrado [eres], mi hermana, esposa [mía]; fuente cerrada, fuente sellada.
13 Thy shoots are a park of pomegranates, with precious fruits; henna with spikenard plants,
13 Tus renuevos paraíso de granados, con frutos suaves, de cámphoras y nardos,
14 Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.
14 Nardo y azafrán, caña aromática y canela, con todos los árboles de incienso; mirra y áloes, con todas las principales especias.
15 Thou art a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and flowing streams from Lebanon.
15 Fuente de huertos, pozo de aguas vivas, que corren del Líbano.
16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his precious fruits.
16 Levántate, Aquilón, y ven, Austro: sopla mi huerto, despréndanse sus aromas. Venga mi amado á su huerto, y coma de su dulce fruta.
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Song of Songs 6:5; Song of Songs 1:15; Song of Songs 6:7; Song of Songs 2:14; Song of Songs 7:5
- 2 Song of Songs 6:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Colossians 1:4–6; 2 Peter 1:5–8; Deuteronomy 7:13–14
- 3 Song of Songs 6:7; Song of Songs 5:16; Joshua 2:18; Psalm 119:13; Proverbs 10:20–21
- 4 Song of Songs 7:4; Ephesians 4:15–16; Ezekiel 27:10–11; 1 Peter 1:5; Nehemiah 3:19
- 5 Song of Songs 7:3; Song of Songs 6:3; Song of Songs 2:16; 1 Peter 2:2; Song of Songs 8:10
- 6 Song of Songs 2:17; Song of Songs 4:14; Luke 1:78; Malachi 4:2; Isaiah 2:2
- 7 Song of Songs 1:15; Song of Songs 4:1; Ephesians 5:25–27; Jude 24; Colossians 1:22
- 8 Deuteronomy 3:9; Song of Songs 2:13; Psalm 45:10; 1 Chronicles 5:23; Isaiah 62:5
- 9 Song of Songs 5:1–2; Song of Songs 4:12; Proverbs 5:19–20; Hosea 2:19–20; 2 Corinthians 11:2
- 10 Song of Songs 1:2–4; Galatians 5:22; Song of Songs 7:6; Song of Songs 5:5; Song of Songs 1:12
- 11 Song of Songs 5:1; Hosea 14:6–7; Song of Songs 5:13; Song of Songs 7:9; Genesis 27:27
- 12 Proverbs 5:15–18; Revelation 21:27; 1 Corinthians 6:13; Isaiah 61:10–11; Revelation 7:3
- 13 Song of Songs 1:14; Ecclesiastes 2:5; Song of Songs 6:11; Song of Songs 1:12; Song of Songs 8:2
- 14 Exodus 30:23; Song of Songs 4:6; Song of Songs 3:6; Song of Songs 6:2; Proverbs 7:17
- 15 John 4:10; John 7:38; John 4:14; Jeremiah 2:13; Revelation 22:1
- 16 Song of Songs 6:2; Song of Songs 5:1; Ezekiel 37:9; Song of Songs 4:13–14; 1 Peter 2:5
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For though it has now been most highly adorned with royal gifts, yet formerly it was a garden, and the signs and the remnants of this remain. A garden enclosed, a fountain sealed, by the Jews who said, We remember that that deceiver said while He was yet alive, After three days, I will rise: command, therefore, that the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
But who is the fountain that is sealed, or who is interpreted as being a well-spring of living water?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)