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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.

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Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Tes lèvres distillent le miel, ma fiancée; Il y a sous ta langue du miel et du lait, Et l'odeur de tes vêtements est comme l'odeur du Liban.

KJV

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.

Patristic reading

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  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 100 (Migne)

    s, in quibus rationabiliter ad inquisita nostrae parvitatis respondistis, et quasi favum distillans (Cant. IV, 11) , ita suavitatis vestrae verba legebam, in quibus et hilaritatem et veritatem agnovi, et gratias agens Deo laudavi utrumque, et sapientiae decorem, et humilitatis vi…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)

    oportet sapere. Mel, contemplatio, ut in Cantico: «Mel et lac sub lingua tua [Note: [Col. 0997] 14 Cant. IV, 11.] ,» quod praedicatores et contemplationem docent et actionem. Mel, animae sanctae, ut in Cantico: «Comedi favum cum melle meo [Note: [Col. 0997] 15 Cant. V, 1.] ,…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)

    viri sancti, ut in Cantico: «Et odor vestimentorum tuorum sicut odor thuris [Note: [Col. 1075] 14 Cant. IV, 11.] ,» quod sanctitas fidelium [Col. 1075D] sanctitati orationis adaequatur. Per vestimentum opera justitiae, ut in Job: «Et scidit vestimenta sua [Note: [Col. 1075…

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