Song of Solomon 6:6

6 Your teeth are as white as sheep that are freshly washed. Your smile is flawless, each tooth matched with its twin.

Song of Solomon 6:6 Meaning and Commentary

Song of Solomon 6:6

Thy teeth [are] as a flock of sheep which go up from the
washing, whereof everyone beareth twins, and [there is] not one barren
among them]. (See Gill on Song of Solomon 4:2).

Song of Solomon 6:6 In-Context

4 You are beautiful, my darling, like the lovely city of Tirzah. Yes, as beautiful as Jerusalem, as majestic as an army with billowing banners.

5 Turn your eyes away, for they overpower me. Your hair falls in waves, like a flock of goats winding down the slopes of Gilead.

6 Your teeth are as white as sheep that are freshly washed. Your smile is flawless, each tooth matched with its twin.

7 Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates behind your veil.

8 Even among sixty queens and eighty concubines and countless young women,

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew Not one is missing; each has a twin.