Admiration by the Bridegroom

[a]How beautiful are your [b]feet in sandals,
O [c](A)prince’s daughter!
The curves of your hips are like [d]jewels,
The work of the hands of an artist.
“Your navel is like a round goblet
Which never lacks mixed wine;
Your belly is like a heap of wheat
Fenced about with lilies.
“Your (B)two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle.
“Your (C)neck is like a tower of ivory,
Your eyes like the pools in (D)Heshbon
By the gate of Bath-rabbim;
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon,
Which faces toward Damascus.
“Your head [e]crowns you like (E)Carmel,
And the flowing locks of your head are like purple threads;
The king is captivated by your tresses.
“How (F)beautiful and how delightful you are,
[f]My love, with all your charms!
[g]Your stature is like a palm tree,
And your breasts are like its clusters.
“I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree,
I will take hold of its fruit stalks.’
Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
And the fragrance of your [h]breath like [i](G)apples,
And your [j](H)mouth like the best wine!”

[k]It (I)goes down smoothly for my beloved,
Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 7:1 Ch 7:2 in Heb
  2. Song of Solomon 7:1 Lit footsteps
  3. Song of Solomon 7:1 Or nobleman’s
  4. Song of Solomon 7:1 Or ornaments
  5. Song of Solomon 7:5 Lit is upon
  6. Song of Solomon 7:6 Or With love among your delights
  7. Song of Solomon 7:7 Lit This stature of yours
  8. Song of Solomon 7:8 Lit nose
  9. Song of Solomon 7:8 Or apricots
  10. Song of Solomon 7:9 Lit palate
  11. Song of Solomon 7:9 BRIDE