Song Of Solomon 7

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NIVUK — New International Version - UK Bible (NIVUK)

Verse 1

“How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
O prince’s daughter!
The curves of your hips are like jewels,
The work of the hands of an artist.

^[a]How beautiful your sandalled feet,
O prince’s daughter!
Your graceful legs are like jewels,
the work of an artist’s hands.

Verse 2

“Your navel is a round goblet
Which never lacks mixed wine.
Your belly is like a heap of wheat
Surrounded with lilies.

Your navel is a rounded goblet
that never lacks blended wine.
Your waist is a mound of wheat
encircled by lilies.

Verse 3

“Your two breasts are like two fawns,
The twins of a gazelle.

Your breasts are like two fawns,
like twin fawns of a gazelle.

Verse 4

“Your neck is like a tower of ivory,
Your eyes the [sparkling] pools of Heshbon
By the gate of Bath-rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
Which looks toward Damascus.

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 towards Damascus.

Verse 5

“Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel,
And the flowing hair of your head like purple threads;
I, the king, am held captive by your ^[a]tresses.

Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel.
Your hair is like royal tapestry;
the king is held captive by its tresses.

Verse 6

“How beautiful and how delightful you are,
My love, with all your delights!

How beautiful you are and how pleasing,
my love, with your delights!

Verse 7

“Your stature is like that of a palm tree
And your breasts like its clusters [of dates].

Your stature is like that of the palm,
and your breasts like clusters of fruit.

Verse 8

“I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree;
I will grasp its branches.
Let your breasts be like clusters of the grapevine,
And the fragrance of your breath like apples,

I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree;
I will take hold of its fruit.’
May your breasts be like clusters of grapes on the vine,
the fragrance of your breath like apples,

Verse 9

‘And your kisses like the best wine!’”

(The Shulammite Bride)

“It goes down smoothly and sweetly for my beloved,
Gliding gently over his lips while he sleeps.

The Union of Love

and your mouth like the best wine.

She

May the wine go straight to my beloved,
flowing gently over lips and teeth.^[b]

Verse 10

“I am my beloved’s,
And his desire is for me.

I belong to my beloved,
and his desire is for me.

Verse 11

“Come, my beloved, let us go out into the country,
Let us spend the night in the villages.

Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside,
let us spend the night in the villages.^[c]

Verse 12

“Let us go out early to the vineyards;
Let us see whether the vine has budded
And its blossoms have opened,
And whether the pomegranates have flowered.
There I will give you my love.

Let us go early to the vineyards
    to see if the vines have budded,
if their blossoms have opened,
    and if the pomegranates are in bloom –
    there I will give you my love.

Verse 13

“The mandrakes give forth fragrance,
And over our doors are all [kinds of] choice fruits,
Both new and old,
Which I have saved up for you, my beloved.

The mandrakes send out their fragrance,
and at our door is every delicacy,
both new and old,
that I have stored up for you, my beloved.