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Song of Songs 7:6-8:4
New International Version
Song of Songs 7:6-8:4
New International Version
6 How beautiful(A) you are and how pleasing,
my love, with your delights!(B)
7 Your stature is like that of the palm,
and your breasts(C) 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,(D)
9 and your mouth like the best wine.
She
May the wine go straight to my beloved,(E)
flowing gently over lips and teeth.[a]
10 I belong to my beloved,
and his desire(F) is for me.(G)
11 Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside,
let us spend the night in the villages.[b]
12 Let us go early to the vineyards(H)
to see if the vines have budded,(I)
if their blossoms(J) have opened,
and if the pomegranates(K) are in bloom(L)—
there I will give you my love.
13 The mandrakes(M) send out their fragrance,
and at our door is every delicacy,
both new and old,
that I have stored up for you, my beloved.(N)
8 If only you were to me like a brother,
who was nursed at my mother’s breasts!
Then, if I found you outside,
I would kiss you,
and no one would despise me.
2 I would lead you
and bring you to my mother’s house(O)—
she who has taught me.
I would give you spiced wine to drink,
the nectar of my pomegranates.
3 His left arm is under my head
and his right arm embraces me.(P)
4 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.(Q)
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 7:9 Septuagint, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew lips of sleepers
- Song of Songs 7:11 Or the henna bushes
Song of Solomon 7:6-8:4
King James Version
Song of Solomon 7:6-8:4
King James Version
6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.
8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;
9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
10 I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.
11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.
12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
8 O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
3 His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
Song of Solomon 7:6-8:4
New King James Version
Song of Solomon 7:6-8:4
New King James Version
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 [a]breath like apples,
9 And the roof of your mouth like the best wine.
The Shulamite
The wine goes down smoothly for my beloved,
[b]Moving gently the [c]lips of sleepers.
10 (A)I am my beloved’s,
And (B)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 (C)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 (D)mandrakes give off a fragrance,
And at our gates (E)are pleasant fruits,
All manner, new and old,
Which I have laid up for you, my beloved.
Lovers Reunited at Their Country Home
8 Oh, that you were like my brother,
Who nursed at my mother’s breasts!
If I should find you outside,
I would kiss you;
I would not be despised.
2 I would lead you and bring you
Into the (F)house of my mother,
She who used to instruct me.
I would cause you to drink of (G)spiced wine,
Of the juice of my pomegranate.
(To the Daughters of Jerusalem)
3 (H)His left hand is under my head,
And his right hand embraces me.
4 (I)I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.
Footnotes
- 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.
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