Song of Songs 6:7

Song of Songs 6:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.
• New International Version (NIV)Your temples behind your veil are like the halves of a pomegranate.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Like a piece of pomegranate Are your temples behind your veil.

Context of Song of Songs 6:7

5Turn your eyes away from me. They give me pleasure that is too strong for me! Your hair is like a group of goats that are coming down from Mount Gilead. 6Your teeth are very white like a group of clean sheep that is coming from the pool of water. Each tooth is one of a pair. Not one of them is alone. The sides of your face are beautiful, like the halves of a pomegranate. I see them through your veil. 8A king may have 60 queens. He may have 80 slave wives. He may have many other young women too. There may be too many for him to count! 9But there is only one woman that I want. Nobody is like her in any way. She is my perfect one, as lovely as a dove. She is the special daughter of her mother. Her mother loves her best among all her children. The young women saw her and they praised her. The queens and the slave wives also praised her.

Song of Songs 6:7 word by word

כְּפֶ֤לַח הָרִמּוֹן֙ רַקָּתֵ֔ךְ מִבַּ֖עַד לְצַמָּתֵֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• As a pieceפֶּ֫לַחpelach · millstoneH6400
• of a pomegranateרִמּוֹןrimmôn rimmôn · pomegranateH7416
• thy templesרַקָּהraqqâh · templeH7541
• withinבַּ֫עַדbe‛ad · about/through/forH1157
• thy locksצַמָּהtsammâh · veilH6777

Commentaries on Song of Songs 6:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7As a piece of a pomegranate - See on Song of Solomon 4:3; (note).Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-10Verses 4-10 All the real excellence and holiness on earth centre in the church. Christ goes forth subduing his enemies, while his followers gain victories over the world, the flesh, and the devil. He shows the tenderness of a Redeemer, the delight he takes in his redeemed people, and the workings of his own grace in them. True believers alone can possess the beauty of holiness. And when their real character is known, it will be commended. Both the church…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-10The man describes the woman's physical beauty again. He repeats parts of the description from Song of Solomon 4 almost word for word, showing his high regard for his wife.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-13So 6:1-13. 1. Historically, at Jesus Christ's crucifixion and burial, Joseph of Arimathea, and Nicodemus, and others, joined with His professed disciples. By speaking of Jesus Christ, the bride does good not only to her own soul, but to others (see on So 1:4; Mal 3:16; Mt 5:14-16). Compare the hypocritical use of similar words (Mt 2:8).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Abolish
• Hair
• Locks
• Pomegranate
• Temples
• Veil

Commentaries on Song of Songs 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary