Song of Solomon 6:13–7:6 LEB - Turn, turn, O…

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Song of Solomon 6:13–7:6

13p Turn, turn,q O Shulammite!r

Turn, turns 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!a

The curves of your ⌊thighs⌋b are like ⌊jewels⌋,c

the work of the hands of a craftsman.

2 Your navel is ⌊a round wine-mixing bowl⌋d

that does not lack mixede 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⌋.f

5 ⌊Your head crowns you like Carmel⌋;g h

the flowing locks of your head are like ⌊purple tapestry⌋;i

a king is held captive in the tresses!

6 How beautiful you are and how pleasant,

O loved one in the delights!

p	Song of Songs 6:13–7:13 in the English Bible is 7:1–14 in the Hebrew Bible
q	Or “Return, return …!”
r	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)
s	Or “Return, return …!”
a	Or “O daughter of leader”
b	Literally “thigh”
c	Literally “ornaments”
d	Literally “a bowl of the roundness”
e	Or “blended”
f	Literally “looking out over the face of Damascus”
g	Literally “Your head is on you like the Carmel”
h	Because of its height and fertility, Mount Carmel is often associated with royalty
i	Literally “the purple”