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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
Holman Christian Standard Bible

13 [a]Y Come back, come back, Shulammite![b][c]
Come back, come back, that we may look at you!

M Why are you looking at the Shulammite,
as you look at the dance(A) of the two camps?[d](B)
7 How beautiful are your sandaled feet, princess![e](C)
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 waist[f] is a mound of wheat
surrounded by lilies.
3 Your breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle.(D)
4 Your neck is like a tower of ivory,(E)
your eyes like pools in Heshbon
by the gate of Bath-rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
looking toward Damascus.
5 Your head crowns you[g] like Mount Carmel,
the hair of your head like purple cloth—
a king could be held captive(F) in your tresses.
6 How beautiful you are and how pleasant,(G)
my love, with such delights!

Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 6:13 Sg 7:1 in Hb
  2. Song of Solomon 6:13 Or the peaceable one
  3. Song of Solomon 6:13 Perhaps an inhabitant of the town of Shunem, or a feminine form of Solomon’s name
  4. Song of Solomon 6:13 Or dance of Mahanaim
  5. Song of Solomon 7:1 Lit daughter of a nobleman or prince
  6. Song of Solomon 7:2 Or belly
  7. Song of Solomon 7:5 Lit head upon you is
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