Bible Strands
Song of Solomon 4:2
Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses his beloved, continuing a sequence of physical comparisons that began in the preceding verse.
The words — שִׁנַּ֙יִךְ (shi.Na.yi.kh) literally means "your teeth," and מַתְאִימ֔וֹת (mat.'i.Mot) denotes "bearing twins."
The thread — The identical dental metaphor appears in Song of Solomon 6:6, while the underlying themes of fruitfulness and fulfilled days recur in Exodus 23:26 and Deuteronomy 7:13.
Why it lands — The text first establishes that the beloved's teeth are uniformly white, closely spaced, and intact. It then asks the reader to recognize how pastoral imagery functions as a precise standard for evaluating physical wholeness.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.
Cross-references
- Song of Solomon 6:6 Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.
- Exodus 23:26 No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.
- Deuteronomy 7:13 He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.
- Jeremiah 15:16 Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
- John 15:7 If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
- Colossians 1:4 because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints—
- 1 Thessalonians 2:13 And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is also now at work in you who believe.
- 2 Peter 1:5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;