Sapientiæ 4:10

Nova Vulgata

Quam pulchri sunt amores tui, soror, mea sponsa; meliores sunt amores tui vino, et odor unguentorum tuorum super omnia aromata.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Si unus ceciderit, ab altero fulcietur. V� soli, quia cum ceciderit, non habet sublevantem se.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Quam pulchr� sunt mamm� tu�, soror mea sponsa!
pulchriora sunt ubera tua vino,
et odor unguentorum tuorum super omnia aromata.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

love: Heb. loves, Song of Solomon 1:2, *marg.

how much: Song of Solomon 1:2, Song of Solomon 1:4

the smell: Song of Solomon 1:3, Song of Solomon 1:12, Song of Solomon 3:6, Song of Solomon 5:5, 2 Corinthians 1:21, 2 Corinthians 1:22, Galatians 5:22, Philippians 4:18, Revelation 5:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 8:21 - smelled Genesis 43:11 - spices 1 Kings 9:3 - mine eyes Psalms 45:11 - So shall Proverbs 27:9 - Ointment Ecclesiastes 7:1 - precious Song of Solomon 1:8 - O thou Song of Solomon 1:15 - thou art fair Song of Solomon 4:1 - my Song of Solomon 4:9 - my sister Song of Solomon 4:11 - the smell Song of Solomon 7:6 - General Song of Solomon 8:2 - I would cause Matthew 12:50 - and sister Mark 3:34 - Behold John 12:3 - ointment 1 Corinthians 9:5 - a sister

Gill's Notes on the Bible

How fair is thy love, [my] sister, my spouse!.... Of these titles, :-;

:-; and of the love of the church to Christ,

:-; here said to be "fair", lovely and delightful, grateful and acceptable; as it is to Christ, in the several acts and effects of it, and therefore the word is plural, "thy loves" r; being exceeding beautiful in his eye, and extremely well pleasing to him; therefore says, "how fair!" as admiring it, it being hard to say how fair it was; and this appears from the large manifestations of Christ's love to those that love him; and from his causing all things to work together for the good of such; and from his preparing and laying up things, unseen and unheard of, for them;

how much better is thy love than wine! which is saying the same thing of her love to him she says of his to her, Song of Solomon 1:2; her love to Christ is more pleasant, more cheering, and more acceptable to him, than the wine of legal sacrifices, or than all burnt offerings; or than any duty whatever, unless that is the principle from whence it flows,

Mark 12:33;

and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! the same with Christ's ointments, commended Song of Solomon 1:3; namely, the graces of the Spirit, which are in Christ without measure, and from him communicated to his people; and when exercised by them, are very delightful to him, and preferred by him to "all spices": even to all those used in the holy anointing oil, typical of them, Exodus 30:23.

r דודיך "amores tui", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The similes employed refer to the graces of adornment, speech, and gesture, as expressions of inward character and sentiment.

Song of Solomon 4:9

With one of thine eyes - Rather, with one look of thine.

Song of Solomon 4:11

Honeycomb - literally, Thy lips distill a dropping (of pure honey). Compare the marginal references.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 10. How much better is thy love — דדיך dodayich; Hebrew. μαστοισου; Septuagint. Ubera tua; Vulgate. "Thy breasts." And so all the versions, except the Chaldee.

Smell of thine ointments — Perfumes.