Song of Solomon 7

Berean Standard Bible

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In Song of Solomon 7, an observer praises the physical beauty of the prince's daughter from her sandaled feet and jewels-like thighs up to her head, which is crowned like Mount Carmel. The speaker compares her neck to an ivory tower, her eyes to the pools of Heshbon, her nose to the tower of Lebanon, and her stature to a palm tree. Expressing a desire to climb the palm tree and take hold of its fruit, the speaker likens her breasts to clusters of the vine and her breath to apples. The bride then responds that her mouth is like the finest wine flowing smoothly to her beloved, affirms her belonging to him, and notes his desire for her. Finally, she invites her beloved to go to the countryside, spend the night among wildflowers, visit the vineyards to check the blossoms and pomegranates, and enjoy the fragrant mandrakes and treasured delicacies at their door.

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¹How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master. ²Your navel is a rounded goblet; it never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies. ³Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle. ⁴Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus. ⁵Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses. ⁶How fair and pleasant you are, O love, with your delights! ⁷Your stature is like a palm tree; your breasts are clusters of fruit. ⁸I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples, ⁹and your mouth like the finest wine. The Bride May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth. ¹⁰I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me. ¹¹Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside; let us spend the night among the wildflowers. ¹²Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom— there I will give you my love. ¹³The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.

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