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[a]Your stature is like a palm tree,
And your breasts are like its clusters.
I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree;
I will seize its fruit stalks.’
Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
And the fragrance of your [b]breath like [c](A)apples,
And your [d](B)mouth like the best wine!”
[e]It (C)goes down smoothly for my beloved,
Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep.

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  1. Song of Songs 7:7 Lit This stature of yours
  2. Song of Songs 7:8 Lit nose
  3. Song of Songs 7:8 Or apricots
  4. Song of Songs 7:9 Lit palate
  5. Song of Songs 7:9 BRIDE

Your stature is like a palm tree;
your breasts are clusters of fruit.
I said, “I will climb the palm tree
and take hold of its fruit.”(A)
May your breasts be like clusters of grapes,
and the fragrance of your breath like apricots.(B)
Your mouth[a] is like fine wine(C)

W flowing smoothly for my love,
gliding past my lips and teeth![b]

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  1. Song of Solomon 7:9 Lit palate
  2. Song of Solomon 7:9 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads past lips of sleepers

Your stature is like that of the palm,
    and your breasts(A) like clusters of fruit.
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,(B)
    and your mouth like the best wine.

She

May the wine go straight to my beloved,(C)
    flowing gently over lips and teeth.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 7:9 Septuagint, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew lips of sleepers