Song of Songs 6:13-7:6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
13 [a]Return, return, O Shulammite!
Return, return, that we may look upon you.
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.(B)
2 Your navel is a rounded bowl;
may it never lack mixed wine.
Your belly is a heap of wheat,
encircled with lilies.
3 Your two breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle.(C)
4 Your neck is like an ivory tower.
Your eyes are pools in Heshbon,
by the gate of Bath-rabbim.
Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon,
overlooking Damascus.(D)
5 Your head crowns you like Carmel,
and your flowing locks are like purple;
a king is held captive in the tresses.(E)
Song of Solomon 6:13-7:6
International Standard Version
The Young Women
13 [a]Return, return, Shulammite,
return, return, so we may look at you!
The Lover
7 [e]How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
noble lady.[f]
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[g] 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[h] like Mount Carmel.
Your flowing locks[i] 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.[j]
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 6:13 This v. is 7:1 in MT
- Song of Solomon 6:13 Or look at Shulamit
- Song of Solomon 6:13 The Heb. lacks you watch
- Song of Solomon 6:13 Or the dance of Mahanaim
- 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
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