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Song of Solomon 4:3

Song of Solomon 4:3
Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

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Barnes' Notes

Thy speech is comely - Perhaps, “thy mouth,” i. e., the organ of speech.

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

like a thread of scarlet i.e. she has thin red lips. The word for -red" here is shânî=-cochineal." In Arabic its name is qirmiz, hence our word -crimson."

thy speech thy mouth. The word used here,…