Verse Comparison: Song of Solomon 5:13
American Standard Version
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, `As' banks of sweet herbs: His lips are `as' lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
Amplified® Bible
His cheeks are like a bed of spices {or} balsam, like banks of sweet herbs yielding fragrance. His lips are like bloodred anemones or lilies distilling liquid [sweet-scented] myrrh.
Contemporary English Version
His face is a garden of sweet-smelling spices; his lips are lilies dripping with perfume.
Darby English Version
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, raised beds of sweet plants; His lips lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
Good News Bible
His cheeks are as lovely as a garden that is full of herbs and spices. His lips are like lilies, wet with liquid myrrh.
King James Version
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
New American Standard Bible
"His cheeks are like a bed of balsam, Banks of sweet-scented herbs; His lips are lilies Dripping with liquid myrrh.
New International Version
His cheeks are like beds of spice
yielding perfume.
His lips are like lilies
dripping with myrrh.
New King James Version
His cheeks are like a bed of spices,
Banks of scented herbs.
His lips are lilies,
Dripping liquid myrrh.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"His cheeks resemble a bed of balsam, Banks of sweet-scented herbs; His lips look like lilies Dripping with liquid myrrh.
Revised Standard Version
His cheeks are like beds of spices, yielding fragrance. His lips are lilies, distilling liquid myrrh.
Young's Literal Translation
His cheeks as a bed of the spice, towers of perfumes, His lips `are' lilies, dropping flowing myrrh,
