Song Of Solomon 7
NLT — New Living Translation Bible (NLT)
NIVUK — New International Version - UK Bible (NIVUK)
Verse 1
[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.
[a]How beautiful your sandalled feet,
O prince’s daughter!
Your graceful legs are like jewels,
the work of an artist’s hands.
O prince’s daughter!
Your graceful legs are like jewels,
the work of an artist’s hands.
Verse 2
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.
Your navel is a rounded goblet
that never lacks blended wine.
Your waist is a mound of wheat
encircled by lilies.
that never lacks blended wine.
Your waist is a mound of wheat
encircled by lilies.
Verse 3
Your breasts are like two fawns,
twin fawns of a gazelle.
twin fawns of a gazelle.
Your breasts are like two fawns,
like twin fawns of a gazelle.
like twin fawns of a gazelle.
Verse 4
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.
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.
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 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.
Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel.
Your hair is like royal tapestry;
the king is held captive by its tresses.
Your hair is like royal tapestry;
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!
How beautiful you are and how pleasing,
my love, with your delights!
my love, with your 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.
Your stature is like that of the palm,
and your breasts like clusters of fruit.
and your breasts like clusters of fruit.
Verse 8
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.
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,
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
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]
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 lover’s,
and he claims me as his own.
and he claims me as his own.
I belong to my beloved,
and his desire is for me.
and his desire is for me.
Verse 11
Verse 12
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
and at our door is every delicacy,
both new and old,
that I have stored up for you, my beloved.