New Living Translation
Song of Songs 6:7
7Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates behind your veil.
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, for they overpower me. Your hair falls in waves, like a flock of goats winding down the slopes of Gilead. 6Your teeth are as white as sheep that are freshly washed. Your smile is flawless, each tooth matched with its twin. Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates behind your veil. 8Even among sixty queens and eighty concubines and countless young women, 9I would still choose my dove, my perfect one— the favorite of her mother, dearly loved by the one who bore her. The young women see her and praise her; even queens and royal concubines sing her praises:
Read all of Song of Songs 6Song of Songs 6:7 word by word
כְּפֶ֤לַח הָרִמּוֹן֙ רַקָּתֵ֔ךְ מִבַּ֖עַד לְצַמָּתֵֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
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
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
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