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Song of Songs 7:4-6
New Catholic Bible
Song of Songs 7:4-6
New Catholic Bible
4 Your two breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle.
5 Your neck is like an ivory tower;
your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon[a]
by the gate of Bath-rabbim.
Your nose is like the Tower of Lebanon
that faces toward Damascus.
6 Your head is held high like Carmel;[b]
your flowing locks are as dark as purple,
and a king is held captive in your tresses.
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 7:5 Heshbon: a city in the Transjordan blessed with a great supply of spring water. Bath-rabbim: “Daughter of many,” so named perhaps because at that gate people went in crowds for water. Tower of Lebanon: probably the beautiful and towering mountains of Lebanon.
- Song of Songs 7:6 Carmel: a region on the west coast of the kingdom famous for its majesty and beauty.