Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates behind your veil.
Parallel translations
- WEB Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.
- 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.
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Quick answer
Her cheeks or temples behind her veil are like the rich color of a pomegranate. Even what is partly hidden is lovely.
Overview
The pomegranate's ruddy hue suggests a healthy, blushing beauty, and the veil adds a note of modesty and mystery. The beloved delights even in what is partially concealed. This tender attentiveness reflects the honor due in marriage, and points beyond to the love that sees beauty in the beloved even now, before all is fully revealed.
Cross-references & the web
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- 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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