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
Revised Standard Version
13 [a] Return, return, O Shu′lammite,
return, return, that we may look upon you.
Why should you look upon the Shu′lammite,
as upon a dance before two armies?[b]
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.
2 Your navel is a rounded bowl
that never lacks mixed wine.
Your belly is a heap of wheat,
encircled with lilies.
3 Your two breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle.
4 Your neck is like an ivory tower.
Your eyes are pools in Heshbon,
by the gate of Bath-rab′bim.
Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon,
overlooking Damascus.
5 Your head crowns you like Carmel,
and your flowing locks are like purple;
a king is held captive in the tresses.[c]
6 How fair and pleasant you are,
O loved one, delectable maiden![d]
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 6:13 Ch 7.1 in Heb
- Song of Solomon 6:13 Or dance of Mahanaim
- Song of Solomon 7:5 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
- Song of Solomon 7:6 Syr: Heb in delights
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