Song of Solomon 7:6-13
English Standard Version
6 (A)How beautiful and (B)pleasant you are,
O loved one, with all your delights![a]
7 Your stature is like a palm tree,
and your breasts are like its clusters.
8 I say I will climb the palm tree
and lay hold of its fruit.
Oh may your breasts be like (C)clusters of the vine,
and the scent of your breath like apples,
9 and your (D)mouth[b] like the best wine.
She
It goes down smoothly for my beloved,
gliding over lips and teeth.[c]
The Bride Gives Her Love
11 (G)Come, my beloved,
let us go out into the fields
and lodge in the villages;[d]
12 let us go out early to the vineyards
(H)and see whether the vines have budded,
whether (I)the grape blossoms have opened
and the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
13 (J)The mandrakes give forth fragrance,
and beside our doors are all choice fruits,
(K)new as well as old,
which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 7:6 Or among delights
- Song of Solomon 7:9 Hebrew palate
- Song of Solomon 7:9 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew causing the lips of sleepers to speak, or gliding over the lips of those who sleep
- Song of Solomon 7:11 Or among the henna plants
Song of Songs 7:6-13
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)
Footnotes
- 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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