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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.

Why should you look upon the Shulammite,
    as upon a dance before two armies?[b](A)

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)

6 How fair and pleasant you are,
    O loved one, delectable maiden![c](F)

Footnotes

  1. 6.13 7.1 in Heb
  2. 6.13 Or dance of Mahanaim
  3. 7.6 Syr: Heb in delights
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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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