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Song of Solomon 7
Expanded Bible
Song of Solomon 7
Expanded Bible
The Man Speaks to the Woman
7 Your feet are beautiful in sandals,
you ·daughter of a prince [noble daughter].
Your round ·thighs [or hips] are like ·jewels [L rings]
·shaped by an artist [L the work of the hands of a craftsman].
2 Your navel is like a round drinking cup
·always filled with [L that does not lack] wine.
Your ·stomach [belly] is like a ·pile [heap] of wheat
·surrounded [bordered] with lilies.
3 Your breasts are like two fawns,
like twins of a gazelle [4:5].
4 Your neck is like an ivory tower [C grand, strong, dignified].
Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon [C a beautiful area located near the Dead Sea]
near the gate of Bath Rabbim.
Your nose is like the mountain of Lebanon
·that looks down on [keeping watch toward] Damascus.
5 Your head is like Mount Carmel [C a prominent, rounded, and attractive mountain],
and your hair is like purple cloth [C a royal color];
the king is ·captured [ensnared] in its folds.
6 You are beautiful and pleasant;
my love, you are full of delights.
7 You are like a palm tree [C tall and slender],
and your breasts are like its bunches of fruit.
8 I said, “I will climb up the palm tree
and ·take hold of [grasp] its fruit.”
Let your breasts be like ·bunches of grapes [L clusters of the vine],
the smell of your breath like apples,
9 and your mouth like the best wine.
The Woman Speaks to the Man
Let this wine go down sweetly for my lover;
may it flow gently past the lips and teeth.
10 I belong to my lover,
and he desires only me [2:16; 6:3].
11 Come, my lover,
let’s go out ·into the country [L to the field; C a private place for intimacy]
and spend the night in the ·fields [villages].
12 Let’s go early to the vineyards
and see if the buds are on the vines.
Let’s see if the blossoms have already opened
and if the pomegranates have bloomed.
There I will give you my love.
13 The mandrakes [C an aphrodisiac; Gen. 30:14–16] give their sweet smell,
and all the best ·fruits [gifts] are at our ·gates [entrance].
I have ·saved them [treasured them up] for you, my lover,
the old and the new [C everything near and dear].
Song of Songs 7
New International Version
Song of Songs 7
New International Version
7 [a]How beautiful your sandaled feet,
O prince’s(A) daughter!
Your graceful legs are like jewels,
the work of an artist’s hands.
2 Your navel is a rounded goblet
that never lacks blended wine.
Your waist is a mound of wheat
encircled by lilies.
3 Your breasts(B) are like two fawns,
like twin fawns of a gazelle.
4 Your neck is like an ivory tower.(C)
Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon(D)
by the gate of Bath Rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon(E)
looking toward Damascus.
5 Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel.(F)
Your hair is like royal tapestry;
the king is held captive by its tresses.
6 How beautiful(G) you are and how pleasing,
my love, with your delights!(H)
7 Your stature is like that of the palm,
and your breasts(I) like clusters of fruit.
8 I said, “I will climb the palm tree;
I will take hold of its fruit.”
May your breasts be like clusters of grapes on the vine,
the fragrance of your breath like apples,(J)
9 and your mouth like the best wine.
She
May the wine go straight to my beloved,(K)
flowing gently over lips and teeth.[b]
10 I belong to my beloved,
and his desire(L) is for me.(M)
11 Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside,
let us spend the night in the villages.[c]
12 Let us go early to the vineyards(N)
to see if the vines have budded,(O)
if their blossoms(P) have opened,
and if the pomegranates(Q) are in bloom(R)—
there I will give you my love.
13 The mandrakes(S) send out their fragrance,
and at our door is every delicacy,
both new and old,
that I have stored up for you, my beloved.(T)
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 7:1 In Hebrew texts 7:1-13 is numbered 7:2-14.
- Song of Songs 7:9 Septuagint, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew lips of sleepers
- Song of Songs 7:11 Or the henna bushes
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