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Song of Songs 4:3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Song of Songs 4:3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 Like a scarlet strand, your lips,
and your mouth—lovely!
Like pomegranate[a] halves, your cheeks
behind your veil.
Footnotes
- 4:3 Pomegranate: a fruit with a firm skin and deep red color. The woman’s cheek (or perhaps her brow) is compared, in roundness and tint, to a half-pomegranate.
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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