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Song of Solomon 7:1–7

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Admiration by the Bridegroom

1“1How beautiful are your 2feet in sandals,

O 3aprince’s daughter!

The curves of your hips are like 4jewels,

The work of the hands of an artist.

2“Your navel is like a round goblet

Which never lacks mixed wine;

Your belly is like a heap of wheat

Fenced about with lilies.

3“Your atwo breasts are like two fawns,

Twins of a gazelle.

4“Your aneck is like a tower of ivory,

Your eyes like the pools in bHeshbon

By the gate of Bath-rabbim;

Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon,

Which faces toward Damascus.

5“Your head 1crowns you like aCarmel,

And the flowing locks of your head are like purple threads;

The king is captivated by your tresses.

6“How abeautiful and how delightful you are,

1My love, with all your charms!

7“1Your stature is like a palm tree,

And your breasts are like its clusters.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Ch 7:2 in Heb
  2. 2Lit footsteps
  3. 3Or nobleman’s
  4. 4Or ornaments
  5. 1Lit is upon
  6. 1Or With love among your delights
  7. 1Lit This stature of yours

Cross references

  1. aPs 45:13
  2. aSong 4:5
  3. aSong 4:4
  4. bNum 21:26
  5. aIs 35:2
  6. aSong 1:15, 16; 4:10

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

How beautiful are your feet in sandals,

O noble daughter!

Your rounded thighs are like jewels,

the work of a master hand.

Your navel is a rounded bowl

that never lacks mixed wine.

Your belly is a heap of wheat,

encircled with lilies.

Your two breasts are like two fawns,

twins of a gazelle.

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,

which looks toward Damascus.

Your head crowns you like Carmel,

and your flowing locks are like purple;

a king is held captive in the tresses.

How beautiful and pleasant you are,

O loved one, with all your delights!

Your stature is like a palm tree,

and your breasts are like its clusters.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

How beautiful your sandaled feet,

O prince’s daughter!

Your graceful legs are like jewels,

the work of an artist’s hands.

Your navel is a rounded goblet

that never lacks blended wine.

Your waist is a mound of wheat

encircled by lilies.

Your breasts are like two fawns,

like twin fawns of a gazelle.

Your neck is like an ivory tower.

Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon

by the gate of Bath Rabbim.

Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon

looking toward Damascus.

Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel.

Your hair is like royal tapestry;

the king is held captive by its tresses.

How beautiful you are and how pleasing,

my love, with your delights!

Your stature is like that of the palm,

and your breasts like clusters of fruit.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

How beautiful are your sandaled feet, princess!

The curves of your thighs are like jewelry,

the handiwork of a master.

Your navel is a rounded bowl;

it never lacks mixed wine.

Your belly is a mound of wheat

surrounded by lilies.

Your breasts are like two fawns,

twins of a gazelle.

Your neck is like a tower of ivory,

your eyes like pools in Heshbon

by Bath-rabbim’s gate.

Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon

looking toward Damascus.

Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel,

the hair of your head like purple cloth—

a king could be held captive in your tresses.

How beautiful you are and how pleasant,

my love, with such delights!

Your stature is like a palm tree;

your breasts are clusters of fruit.

NLTNew Living Translation

 How beautiful are your sandaled feet,

O queenly maiden.

Your rounded thighs are like jewels,

the work of a skilled craftsman.

Your navel is perfectly formed

like a goblet filled with mixed wine.

Between your thighs lies a mound of wheat

bordered with lilies.

Your breasts are like two fawns,

twin fawns of a gazelle.

Your neck is as beautiful as an ivory tower.

Your eyes are like the sparkling pools in Heshbon

by the gate of Bath-rabbim.

Your nose is as fine as the tower of Lebanon

overlooking Damascus.

Your head is as majestic as Mount Carmel,

and the sheen of your hair radiates royalty.

The king is held captive by its tresses.

Oh, how beautiful you are!

How pleasing, my love, how full of delights!

You are slender like a palm tree,

and your breasts are like its clusters of fruit.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

How beautiful are your feet in sandals,

O royal princess!

The curves of your thighs are like jewels,

the work of the hands of a craftsman.

Your navel is a round wine-mixing bowl

that does not lack mixed wine!

Your belly is a heap of wheat

encircled with lilies.

Your two breasts are like two fawns,

twins of a gazelle.

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.

Your head crowns you like Carmel;

the flowing locks of your head are like purple tapestry;

a king is held captive in the tresses!

How beautiful you are and how pleasant,

O loved one in the delights!

Your stature is like the palm tree,

and your breasts are like clusters.

KJV 1900King James Version

How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter!

The joints of thy thighs are like jewels,

The work of the hands of a cunning workman.

Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor:

Thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.

Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.

Thy neck is as a tower of ivory;

Thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim:

Thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

Thine head upon thee is like Carmel,

And the hair of thine head like purple;

The king is held in the galleries.

How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

This thy stature is like to a palm tree,

And thy breasts to clusters of grapes.