God’s Word Translation
Song of Songs 7:1
1How beautiful are your feet in their sandals, noble daughter! The curves of your thighs are like ornaments, like the work of an artist’s hands.
Song of Songs 7:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.
- New International Version (NIV)How beautiful your sandaled feet, O prince’s daughter! Your graceful legs are like jewels, the work of an artist’s hands.
- English Standard Version (ESV)How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O noble daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a master hand.
- New King James Version (NKJV)How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O prince’s daughter! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of a skillful workman.
Context of Song of Songs 7:1
How beautiful are your feet in their sandals, noble daughter! The curves of your thighs are like ornaments, like the work of an artist’s hands. 2Your navel is a round bowl. May it always be filled with spiced wine. Your waist is a bundle of wheat enclosed in lilies. 3Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
Read all of Song of Songs 7Song of Songs 7:1 word by word
מַה־יָּפ֧וּ פְעָמַ֛יִךְ בַּנְּעָלִ֖ים בַּת־נָדִ֑יב חַמּוּקֵ֣י יְרֵכַ֔יִךְ כְּמ֣וֹ חֲלָאִ֔ים מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יְדֵ֥י אָמָּֽן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- How beautifulיָפָהyâphâh · be beautifulH3302
- are thy feetפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471
- with shoesנַ֫עַלna‛al na‛ălâh · sandalH5275
- O prince’sנָדִיבnâdîyb · nobleH5081
- daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
- the jointsחַמּוּקchammûq · curveH2542
- of thy thighsיָרֵךְyârêk · thighH3409
- like jewelsחֲלִיchălîy · ornamentH2481
- the workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
- of the handsיָדyâd · handH3027
- of a cunning workmanאָמָּן'âmân · artisanH542
Commentaries on Song of Songs 7:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1How beautiful are thy feet with shoes - "How graceful is thy walking." In the sixth chapter the bridegroom praises the Shulamite, as we might express it, from head to foot. Here he begins a new description, taking her from foot to head. The shoes, sandals, or slippers of the Eastern ladies are most beautifully formed, and richly embroidered. The majestic walk of a beautiful woman in such shoes is peculiarly grand. And to show that such a walk is intended…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The graces of the church. (Song 7:1-9) The delight of the church in Christ. (Song 7:10-13) Verses 1-9 The similitudes here are different from what they were before, and in the original refer to glorious and splendid clothing. Such honour have all his saints; and having put on Christ, they are distinguished by their beautiful and glorious apparel. They adorn the doctrine of God their Saviour in all things. Consistent believers honour Christ, recommend the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5The man praises the woman's dancing feet and then admires her body up to her flowing hair (Song of Solomon 7:1–5). This daighter of the prince might not be from a royal family, but the man sees her as equal to royalty.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-13So 7:1-13. 1. thy feet--rather, "thy goings" (Psa 17:5). Evident allusion to Is 52:7: "How beautiful ... are the feet of him ... that publisheth peace" (Shulamite, So 6:13). shoes--Sandals are richly jewelled in the East (Lu 15:22; Ep 6:15). She is evidently "on the mountains," whither she was wafted (So 6:12), above the daughters of Jerusalem, who therefore portray her feet first. daughter--of God the Father, with whom Jesus Christ is one (Mt 5:9)…Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 1Return, return, O Shulammite They say to me, “Return from following the Omnipresent.”Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Song of Songs 7
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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