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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Song of Solomon 4 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/songs/4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/songs/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</a> > Songs 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../songs/3.htm" title="Song of Solomon 3">◄</a> Song of Solomon 4 <a href="../songs/5.htm" title="Song of Solomon 5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/songs/4-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Solomon Admires His Bride<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Behold, thou art fair, my companion; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are doves, beside thy veil: thy hair is as flocks of goats, that have appeared from Galaad.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Thy teeth are as flocks of shorn <i>sheep</i>, that have gone up from the washing; all of them bearing twins, and there is not a barren one among them.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Thy lips are as a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: like the rind of a pomegranate is thy cheek without thy veil.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Thy neck is as the tower of David, that was built for an armoury: a thousand shields hang upon it, <i>and</i> all darts of mighty men.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Thy two breasts are as two twin fawns, that feed among the lilies.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Until the day dawn, and the shadows depart, I will betake me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Thou art all fair, my companion, and there is no spot in thee.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Come from Libanus, <i>my</i> bride, come from Libanus: thou shalt come and pass from the top of Faith, from the top of Sanir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>My sister, <i>my</i> spouse, thou hast ravished my heart; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>How beautiful are thy breasts, my sister, my spouse! how much more beautiful are thy breasts than wine, and the smell of thy garments than all spices!<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>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.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>My sister, <i>my</i> spouse is a garden enclosed; a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Thy shoots are a garden of pomegranates, with the fruit of choice berries; camphor, with spikenard:<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon; with all woods of Libanus, myrrh, aloes, with all chief spices:<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>a fountain of a garden, and a well of water springing and gurgling from Libanus.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Awake, O north wind; and come, O south; and blow through my garden, and let my spices flow out.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../songs/3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Song of Solomon 3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Song of Solomon 3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../songs/5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Song of Solomon 5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Song of Solomon 5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>