Song Of Solomon 7

Song Of Solomon 7

NASB — New American Standard Bible (NASB)
NIRV — New International Reader's Version Bible (NIRV)
Verse 1
[a]How beautiful are your [b]feet in sandals,
O [c]prince’s daughter!
The curves of your hips are like [d]jewels,
The work of the hands of an artist.
“You are like a prince’s daughter.
    Your feet in sandals are so beautiful.
Your graceful legs are like jewels.
    The hands of an artist must have shaped them.
Verse 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.
Your navel is like a round bowl
    that always has mixed wine in it.
Your waist is like a mound of wheat
    surrounded by lilies.
Verse 3
“Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle.
Your two breasts are lovely.
    They are like two young antelopes.
Verse 4
“Your neck is like a tower of ivory,
Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon
By the gate of Bath-rabbim;
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon,
Which faces toward Damascus.
Your neck is smooth and beautiful like an ivory tower.
Your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon
    by the gate of Bath Rabbim.
Your nose is like the towering mountains of Lebanon
    that face the city of Damascus.
Verse 5
“Your head [e]crowns you like Carmel,
And the flowing locks of your head are like purple threads;
The king is captivated by your tresses.
Your head is like a crown on you.
    It is as beautiful as Mount Carmel.
Your hair is as smooth as purple silk.
    I am captured by your flowing curls.
Verse 6
“How beautiful and how delightful you are,
[f]My love, with all your charms!
You are so beautiful! You please me so much!
    You are so delightful, my love!
Verse 7
[g]Your stature is like a palm tree,
And your breasts are like its clusters.
You are as graceful as a palm tree.
    Your breasts are as sweet as the freshest fruit.
Verse 8
“I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree,
I will take hold of its fruit stalks.’
Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
And the fragrance of your [h]breath like [i]apples,
I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree.
    I’ll take hold of its fruit.’
May your breasts be as sweet as grapes on the vine.
    May your breath smell like the tastiest apples.
Verse 9
And your [j]mouth like the best wine!”

[k]It goes down smoothly for my beloved,
Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep.

The Union of Love

    May your lips be like the finest wine.”

The woman says

“May my wine go straight to you, my love.
    May it flow gently over our lips as we sleep.

Verse 10
“I am my beloved’s,
And his desire is for me.
“I belong to you, my love.
    And you long for me.
Verse 11
“Come, my beloved, let us go out into the [l]country,
Let us spend the night in the villages.
Come, my love. Let’s go to the country.
    Let’s spend the night in the villages.
Verse 12
“Let us rise early and go to the vineyards;
Let us see whether the vine has budded
And its blossoms have opened,
And whether the pomegranates have bloomed.
There I will give you my love.
Let’s go out to the vineyards early.
    Let’s go and see if the vines have budded.
Let’s find out whether their flowers have opened.
    Let’s see if the pomegranate trees are blooming.
    There I will give you my love.
Verse 13
“The mandrakes have given forth fragrance;
And over our doors are all choice fruits,
Both new and old,
Which I have saved up for you, my beloved.

The mandrake flowers give off their strong smell.
    All the best things are waiting for us,
new and old alike.
    I’ve stored them up for you, my love.