Song Of Solomon 7
NASB — New American Standard Bible (NASB)
NLT — New Living Translation Bible (NLT)
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.
O [c]prince’s daughter!
The curves of your hips are like [d]jewels,
The work of the hands of an artist.
[a]How beautiful are your sandaled feet,
O queenly maiden.
Your rounded thighs are like jewels,
the work of a skilled craftsman.
O queenly maiden.
Your rounded thighs are like jewels,
the work of a skilled craftsman.
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.
Which never lacks mixed wine;
Your belly is like a heap of wheat
Fenced about with lilies.
Your navel is perfectly formed
like a goblet filled with mixed wine.
Between your thighs lies a mound of wheat
bordered with lilies.
like a goblet filled with mixed wine.
Between your thighs lies a mound of wheat
bordered with lilies.
Verse 3
“Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle.
Twins of a gazelle.
Your breasts are like two fawns,
twin fawns of a gazelle.
twin fawns of a gazelle.
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 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 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 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.
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.
And the flowing locks of your head are like purple threads;
The king is captivated by your tresses.
Your head is as majestic as Mount Carmel,
and the sheen of your hair radiates royalty.
The king is held captive by its tresses.
and the sheen of your hair radiates royalty.
The king is held captive by its tresses.
Verse 6
Oh, how beautiful you are!
How pleasing, my love, how full of delights!
How pleasing, my love, how full of delights!
Verse 7
You are slender like a palm tree,
and your breasts are like its clusters of fruit.
and your breasts are like its clusters of 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 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
and take hold of its fruit.”
May your breasts be like grape clusters,
and the fragrance of your breath like apples.
and take hold of its fruit.”
May your breasts be like grape clusters,
and the fragrance of your breath like 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 kisses be as exciting as the best wine—
Young Woman
Yes, wine that goes down smoothly for my lover,
flowing gently over lips and teeth.[b]
Verse 10
“I am my beloved’s,
And his desire is for me.
And his desire is for me.
I am my lover’s,
and he claims me as his own.
and he claims me as his own.
Verse 11
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 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 us get up early and go to the vineyards
to see if the grapevines have budded,
if the blossoms have opened,
and if the pomegranates have bloomed.
There I will give you my love.
to see if the grapevines have budded,
if the blossoms have opened,
and if the pomegranates have bloomed.
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.
And over our doors are all choice fruits,
Both new and old,
Which I have saved up for you, my beloved.
There the mandrakes give off their fragrance,
and the finest fruits are at our door,
new delights as well as old,
which I have saved for you, my lover.
and the finest fruits are at our door,
new delights as well as old,
which I have saved for you, my lover.