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
- Song of Solomon 6:13 Song of Songs 6:13–7:13 in the English Bible is 7:1–14 in the Hebrew Bible
- Song of Solomon 6:13 Or “Return, return …!”
- 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)
- Song of Solomon 6:13 Or “Return, return …!”
- Song of Solomon 7:1 Or “O daughter of leader”
- Song of Solomon 7:1 Literally “thigh”
- Song of Solomon 7:1 Literally “ornaments”
- Song of Solomon 7:2 Literally “a bowl of the roundness”
- Song of Solomon 7:2 Or “blended”
- Song of Solomon 7:4 Literally “looking out over the face of Damascus”
- Song of Solomon 7:5 Literally “Your head is on you like the Carmel”
- Song of Solomon 7:5 Because of its height and fertility, Mount Carmel is often associated with royalty
- Song of Solomon 7:5 Literally “the purple”
Song of Solomon 6:13-7:6
New King James Version
The Beloved and His Friends
13 Return, return, O Shulamite;
Return, return, that we may look upon you!
The Shulamite
What would you see in the Shulamite—
As it were, the dance of [a]the two camps?
Expressions of Praise
The Beloved
7 How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
(A)O prince’s daughter!
The curves of your thighs are like jewels,
The work of the hands of a skillful workman.
2 Your navel is a rounded goblet;
It lacks no [b]blended beverage.
Your waist is a heap of wheat
Set about with lilies.
3 (B)Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle.
4 (C)Your neck is like an ivory tower,
Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon
By the gate of Bath Rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
Which looks toward Damascus.
5 Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel,
And the hair of your head is like purple;
A king is held captive by your tresses.
6 How fair and how pleasant you are,
O love, with your delights!
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 6:13 Heb. Mahanaim
- Song of Solomon 7:2 Lit. mixed or spiced drink
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