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Song of Songs 7:9

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.
Song of Songs 7:9 · New King James Version
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.
  • BSB and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.
  • 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 sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.
  • Song 5:2I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night.”
  • Prov 16:24Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
  • Isa 62:8–9Yahweh has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, “Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies; and foreigners will not drink your new wine, for which you have labored;
  • Zech 9:15–17Yahweh of Armies will defend them; and they will destroy and overcome with sling stones; and they will drink, and roar as through wine; and they will be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.
  • Acts 16:30–34brought them out, and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
  • Song 2:14My dove in the clefts of the rock, In the hiding places of the mountainside, Let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
  • Heb 13:15Through him, then, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.
  • Rom 13:11Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.
  • Acts 2:11–13Cretans and Arabians: we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God!”
  • Acts 4:31–32When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
  • Eph 4:29Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.
  • Col 4:6Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
  • Col 3:16–17Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
  • 1 Th 4:13–14But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
  • Acts 2:46–47Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,
  • Rev 14:13I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”

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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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