Hooglied 7
Het Boek
7 Och, prinses, wat loop je sierlijk! De welvingen van je lichaam lijken door een meesterbeeldhouwer ontworpen.
2 Je navel lijkt op een sierlijke kelk, waar een heerlijke wijn in hoort. Je buik lijkt op een schoof tarwe, versierd met lelies.
3 Je borsten zijn zo mooi als twee jongen van de gazellen.
4 Je hals rijst als een ivoren toren op en je ogen lijken op de diepglanzende vijvers van Chesbon die bij de poort Bath-Rabbim liggen. Je neus is zo fraai als de toren van de Libanon die over de stad Damascus uitziet.
5 Je hoofd steekt fier omhoog als de berg Karmel en je haar glanst koperrood. De koning kijkt er geboeid naar.
6 Wat is de liefde heerlijk! Heerlijker dan alle andere dingen waarnaar men kan verlangen.
7 Je slanke lichaam lijkt op een dadelpalm waaraan de borsten als dadeltrossen bloeien.
8 Ik zei dat ik die palmboom wilde beklimmen en de trossen ervan plukken wilde. Je borsten lijken op rijpe druiventrossen. De geur van je adem doet mij denken aan de geur van appels.
9 Je gehemelte is heerlijker dan de beste wijn…
…laat die wijn naar mijn liefste toevloeien, zodat hij hem slapend kan drinken.
10 Ik behoor toe aan mijn liefste, ik verlang naar hem.
11 Kom, mijn liefste, laten wij samen het veld ingaan en overnachten in een van de dorpen.
12 Of laten wij heel vroeg de wijngaard ingaan en kijken of de wijnstokken al uitlopen, of de knoppen al openspringen en de granaatappelbomen al bloeien. Daar zal ik mij aan je geven.
13 Ik ruik de geur van de liefdesappels en overal groeien de heerlijkste vruchten. Mijn liefste, ik heb ze voor jou bewaard.
Song of Solomon 7
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Expressions of Praise
7 How graceful are your feet in sandals,
O queenly maiden!
Your rounded thighs are like jewels,
the work of a master hand.
2 Your navel is a rounded bowl
that never lacks mixed wine.
Your belly is a heap of wheat,
encircled with lilies.
3 Your two breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle.
4 Your neck is like an ivory tower.
Your eyes are pools in Heshbon,
by the gate of Bath-rab′bim.
Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon,
overlooking Damascus.
5 Your head crowns you like Carmel,
and your flowing locks are like purple;
a king is held captive in the tresses.[a]
6 How fair and pleasant you are,
O loved one, delectable maiden![b]
7 You are stately[c] as a palm tree,
and your breasts are like its clusters.
8 I say I will climb the palm tree
and lay hold of its branches.
Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
and the scent of your breath like apples,
9 and your kisses[d] like the best wine
that goes down[e] smoothly,
gliding over lips and teeth.[f]
10 I am my beloved’s,
and his desire is for me.
11 Come, my beloved,
let us go forth into the fields,
and lodge in the villages;
12 let us go out early to the vineyards,
and see whether the vines have budded,
whether the grape blossoms have opened
and the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
13 The mandrakes give forth fragrance,
and over our doors are all choice fruits,
new as well as old,
which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 7:5 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
- Song of Solomon 7:6 Syr: Heb in delights
- Song of Solomon 7:7 Heb This your stature is
- Song of Solomon 7:9 Heb palate
- Song of Solomon 7:9 Heb down for my lover
- Song of Solomon 7:9 Gk Syr Vg: Heb lips of sleepers
Song of Solomon 7
New King James Version
Expressions of Praise
The Beloved
7 How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
(A)O prince’s daughter!
The curves of your thighs are like jewels,
The work of the hands of a skillful workman.
2 Your navel is a rounded goblet;
It lacks no [a]blended beverage.
Your waist is a heap of wheat
Set about with lilies.
3 (B)Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle.
4 (C)Your neck is like an ivory tower,
Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon
By the gate of Bath Rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
Which looks toward Damascus.
5 Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel,
And the hair of your head is like purple;
A king is held captive by your tresses.
6 How fair and how pleasant you are,
O love, with your delights!
7 This stature of yours is like a palm tree,
And your breasts like its clusters.
8 I said, “I will go up to the palm tree,
I will take hold of its branches.”
Let now your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
The fragrance of your [b]breath like apples,
9 And the roof of your mouth like the best wine.
The Shulamite
The wine goes down smoothly for my beloved,
[c]Moving gently the [d]lips of sleepers.
10 (D)I am my beloved’s,
And (E)his desire is toward me.
11 Come, my beloved,
Let us go forth to the field;
Let us lodge in the villages.
12 Let us get up early to the vineyards;
Let us (F)see if the vine has budded,
Whether the grape blossoms are open,
And the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
13 The (G)mandrakes give off a fragrance,
And at our gates (H)are pleasant fruits,
All manner, new and old,
Which I have laid up for you, my beloved.
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 7:2 Lit. mixed or spiced drink
- Song of Solomon 7:8 Lit. nose
- Song of Solomon 7:9 Gliding over
- Song of Solomon 7:9 LXX, Syr., Vg. lips and teeth.
Het Boek Copyright © 1979, 1988, 2007 by Biblica, Inc.®
Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
The Revised Standard Version of the Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1965, 1966 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.