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.

Note Hebrew palate

Note LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate; Hebrew gliding gently over lips as we sleep

BSB · Berean Standard Bible

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.

Note sweetly: Heb. straightly

Note of those…: or, of the ancient

KJV · King James Version

Your mouth is like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.

WEB · World English Bible

And thy mouth like the best wine, That goeth down smoothly for my beloved, Gliding through the lips of those that are asleep.

ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

the roof: Song of Songs 2:14; Song of Songs 5:16; Proverbs 16:24; Ephesians 4:29; Colossians 3:16, 17; Colossians 4:6; Hebrews 13:15
the best: Isaiah 62:8, 9; Zechariah 9:15–17; Acts 2:11–13, 46, 47; Acts 4:31, 32; Acts 16:30–34
sweetly: Heb. straightly. those that are asleep. or, theancient.; Song of Songs 5:2; Romans 13:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:13, 14; Revelation 14:13