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The Bridegroom

Song of Songs 6:7

In 11 translations

BSB
Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
KJV
As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.
WEB
Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.
ASV
Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil.
LSV
As the work of the pomegranate [is] your temple behind your veil.
YLT
As the work of the pomegranate [is] thy temple behind thy veil.
DBY
As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples Behind thy veil.
DRC6:6
Thy cheeks are as the bark of a pomegranate, beside what is hidden within thee.
GNV6:6
Thy temples are within thy lockes as a piece of a pomegranate.
JPS
Thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil.
LXXE
Thy cheek is like the rind of a pomegranate, being seen without thy veil.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
כְּפֶ֤לַח הָרִמּוֹן֙ רַקָּתֵ֔ךְ מִבַּ֖עַד לְצַמָּתֵֽךְ׃
LXX-Br
Ὡς λέπυρον ῥοᾶς μῆλόν σου ἐκτὸς τῆς σιωπήσεώς σου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Song of Songs 4:3Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 6:6 in some Bibles
  • 6:7 in most Bibles

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