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Song of Solomon 6:13-7:6
Lexham English Bible

13 [a] Turn, turn,[b] O Shulammite![c]
    Turn, turn[d] so that we may look upon you!
Why do you look upon the Shulammite
    as at a dance of the two armies?

Solomon’s Praise of His Dancing Maiden

7 How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
    O royal princess![e]
The curves of your thighs[f] are like jewels,[g]
    the work of the hands of a craftsman.
2 Your navel is a round wine-mixing bowl[h]
    that does not lack mixed[i] 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 a tower of ivory;
    your eyes are pools in Heshbon at the gate of Beth Rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
    looking out over Damascus.[j]
5 Your head crowns you like Carmel;[k][l]
    the flowing locks of your head are like purple tapestry;[m]
        a king is held captive in the tresses!
6 How beautiful you are and how pleasant,
    O loved one in the delights!

Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 6:13 Song of Songs 6:13–7:13 in the English Bible is 7:1–14 in the Hebrew Bible
  2. Song of Solomon 6:13 Or “Return, return …!”
  3. Song of Solomon 6:13 Or “O perfect one,” “O peaceful one,” “O bride.” Many interpreters take this moniker as suggesting the maiden was from the village of Shulem (alternately called Shunem)
  4. Song of Solomon 6:13 Or “Return, return …!”
  5. Song of Solomon 7:1 Or “O daughter of leader”
  6. Song of Solomon 7:1 Literally “thigh”
  7. Song of Solomon 7:1 Literally “ornaments”
  8. Song of Solomon 7:2 Literally “a bowl of the roundness”
  9. Song of Solomon 7:2 Or “blended”
  10. Song of Solomon 7:4 Literally “looking out over the face of Damascus”
  11. Song of Solomon 7:5 Literally “Your head is on you like the Carmel”
  12. Song of Solomon 7:5 Because of its height and fertility, Mount Carmel is often associated with royalty
  13. Song of Solomon 7:5 Literally “the purple”
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Song of Solomon 6:13-7:6
Common English Bible

Graceful dancer

[Man]

13 [a] Come back, come back, Shulammite![b]
        Come back, come back, so we may admire you.
How you all admire the Shulammite
        as she whirls between two circles of dancers!

7 How graceful are your sandaled feet,
        willing woman!
The smooth curves of your thighs—like fine jewelry,
        the work of an artist’s hands!
2 Your navel, cupped like the full moon—
        may it never lack spiced wine!
Your belly is a mound of winnowed wheat
        edged with lilies.
3 Your two breasts are like two fawns,
        twins of a gazelle doe;
4     your neck, like a tower of ivory;
        your eyes, pools in Heshbon,
            by the gate of that lordly city.[c]
Your profile is like the tower of Lebanon,
        looking out toward Damascus.
5 Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel,
        and your hair, braided in royal purple—
            a king is bound by the tresses!
6 You are so beautiful, so lovely—
        my love, delightful one![d]

Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 6:13 7:1 in Heb
  2. Song of Solomon 6:13 A name or title for the woman
  3. Song of Solomon 7:4 Or by the gate of Bath-rabbim
  4. Song of Solomon 7:6 With Syr and Aquila daughter of delights; MT love in delights or love with every charm
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