Song of Solomon 6:13–7:7
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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
7How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
O royal princess!a
The curves of your thighsb are like jewels,c
the work of the hands of a craftsman.
2Your navel is a round wine-mixing bowld
that does not lack mixede wine!
Your belly is a heap of wheat
encircled with lilies.
3Your two breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle.
4Your 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
5Your head crowns you like Carmel;gh
the flowing locks of your head are like purple tapestry;i
a king is held captive in the tresses!
6How beautiful you are and how pleasant,
O loved one in the delights!
7Your staturej is like the palm tree,
and your breasts are like clusters.
Footnotes
- pSong of Songs 6:13–7:13 in the English Bible is 7:1–14 in the Hebrew Bible
- qOr “Return, return …!”
- rOr “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)
- sOr “Return, return …!”
- aOr “O daughter of leader”
- bLiterally “thigh”
- cLiterally “ornaments”
- dLiterally “a bowl of the roundness”
- eOr “blended”
- fLiterally “looking out over the face of Damascus”
- gLiterally “Your head is on you like the Carmel”
- hBecause of its height and fertility, Mount Carmel is often associated with royalty
- iLiterally “the purple”
- jLiterally “this your height”
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