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Song of Songs 7:9

and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.
Song of Songs 7:9 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Your mouth like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.
  • KJV And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
  • NKJV And the roof of your mouth like the best wine. The Shulamite The wine goes down smoothly for my beloved, Moving gently the lips of sleepers.
  • NASB And your mouth like the best wine!” “It goes down smoothly for my beloved, Flowing gently through the lips of those who are asleep.
  • NLT May your kisses be as exciting as the best wine— Yes, wine that goes down smoothly for my lover, flowing gently over lips and teeth.

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Quick answer

Her kisses are like the finest wine, sweet and flowing smoothly. The bride joins in, savoring the mutual delight of their love.

Overview

The image of choice wine conveys the deep pleasure of the lovers' intimacy. The verse appears to pass from the beloved's words into the bride's, picturing shared, responsive delight. Such mutual, reciprocal love within marriage reflects the goodness of God's design, where each spouse gladly delights in and belongs to the other.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 17

  • Song 5:16His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
  • Song 5:2I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
  • Prov 16:24Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
  • Isa 62:8–9The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.
  • Zech 9:15–17The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar.
  • Acts 16:30–34Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
  • Song 2:14O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.
  • Heb 13:15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
  • Rom 13:11And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
  • Acts 2:11–13both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”
  • Acts 4:31–32After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
  • Eph 4:29Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
  • Col 4:6Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
  • Col 3:16–17Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
  • 1 Th 4:13–14Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
  • Acts 2:46–47With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
  • Rev 14:13And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”

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