Song of Songs 7
Christian Standard Bible
7 How beautiful are your sandaled feet, princess
The curves of your thighs are like jewelry,
the handiwork of a master.
2 Your navel is a rounded bowl;
it never lacks mixed wine.
Your belly is a mound of wheat
surrounded by lilies.
3 Your breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle.(B)
4 Your neck is like a tower of ivory,(C)
your eyes like pools in Heshbon
by Bath-rabbim’s gate.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
looking toward Damascus.
5 Your head crowns you[b] like Mount Carmel,
the hair of your head like purple cloth—
a king could be held captive(D) in your tresses.
6 How beautiful you are and how pleasant,(E)
my love, with such delights!
7 Your stature is like a palm tree;
your breasts are clusters of fruit.
8 I said, “I will climb the palm tree
and take hold of its fruit.”(F)
May your breasts be like clusters of grapes,
and the fragrance of your breath like apricots.(G)
9 Your mouth[c] is like fine wine(H)—
Woman
flowing smoothly for my love,
gliding past my lips and teeth![d]
10 I am my love’s,
and his desire(I) is for me.(J)
11 Come, my love,
let’s go to the field;
let’s spend the night among the henna blossoms.[e]
12 Let’s go early to the vineyards;
let’s see if the vine has budded,
if the blossom has opened,
if the pomegranates are in bloom.(K)
There I will give you my caresses.
13 The mandrakes(L) give off a fragrance,
and at our doors is every delicacy,
both new and old.
I have treasured them up for you, my love.
Song of Solomon 7
International Standard Version
7 [a]How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
noble lady.[b]
The curves of your thighs are like ornaments,
the work of a skilled artist’s hands.
2 Your navel is a rounded goblet
that never lacks mixed wine.
Your abdomen is a bundle of wheat,
enclosed by lilies.
3 Your two breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle.
4 Your neck is like a tower of ivory.
Your eyes are like the[c] pools in Heshbon,
beside the gate of Beth-rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon,
which faces Damascus.
5 Your head crowns you[d] like Mount Carmel.
Your flowing locks[e] are like purple,
and a king could be captured in the dangling tresses.
6 How beautiful and lovely you are,
you are love with its exquisite delights.[f]
7 Your stature[g] is like a palm tree,
and your breasts are like clusters of fruit.[h]
8 I told myself, “I’ll go up the palm tree,
and take hold of its fruit.
May your breasts be like clusters of the vine,[i]
and the smell of your breath like apples.[j]
9 May your mouth[k] be like good wine.
The Loved One
May it go down smoothly to my beloved,
gliding gently over the lips of the sleeping ones.
10 I belong to my beloved,
and his desire is for me.
11 Come, my beloved.
Let us go out to the country,
let us spend the night in the villages.[l]
12 Let us go early to the vineyards,
let us see whether the vine has budded,
whether the blossom has opened,
whether the pomegranates have bloomed.
There I’ll give you my love.
13 The mandrakes give off their[m] fragrance,
and over our doors are all the choice fruits,
both old and new,
that I’ve stored up for you, my beloved.
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 7:1 This v. is 7:2 in MT
- Song of Solomon 7:1 Or prince’s daughter
- Song of Solomon 7:4 The Heb. lacks like the
- Song of Solomon 7:5 Lit. is on you
- Song of Solomon 7:5 Lit. the hair of your head
- Song of Solomon 7:6 Or my love with exquisite delights; Lit. Love with exquisite delights
- Song of Solomon 7:7 Lit. This stature of yours
- Song of Solomon 7:7 The Heb. lacks of fruit
- Song of Solomon 7:8 I.e. grapes
- Song of Solomon 7:8 Or apricots
- Song of Solomon 7:9 Lit. palate
- Song of Solomon 7:11 Or night among the henna blossoms
- Song of Solomon 7:13 The Heb. lacks their
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