Song of Songs 6:7

Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.
Song of Songs 6:7 · World English Bible

Parallel translations

KJV As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.
BSB Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
NKJV Like a piece of pomegranate Are your temples behind your veil.
NASB “Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate Behind your veil.
NLT Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates behind your veil.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 1

Song 4:3Your lips are like scarlet thread. Your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.

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Christ at the center

The poetry of covenant love between bride and bridegroom pictures, at its highest, the love of Christ for his church — the Bridegroom who gave himself for his bride.

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As a pieceפֶּלַח of a pomegranateרִמּוֹן are thy templesרַקָּה withinבְּעַד thy locksצַמָּה

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