Revised Version 1895

Song of Songs 7

1HowH4100beautiful are thy feet in sandals, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.

2Thy navel is like a round goblet, wherein no mingled wine is wanting: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.

3Thy two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a roe.

4Thy neck is like the tower of ivory; thine eyes as the pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim; thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

5ThineheadH6440uponעָלַ֙יִךְ֙'a.La.yikhH5921thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thineheadH6440like purple; thekingעַל־'al-H5921is held captive in the tresses thereof.

6How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

7This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.

8I said, I will climb up into thepalmבְתָמָ֔רve.ta.MarH8558treeלְתָמָ֔רle.ta.MarH8558, I will take hold of the branches thereof: let thybreastsH7699be asclustersH811of the vine, and the smell of thy breath like apples;

9And thy mouth like the best wine, that goethdownאַפֵּ֖ךְ'a.PekhH639smoothly for my beloved, glidingthroughנָ֤אna'H4994the lips ofthoseוְיִֽהְיוּ־ve.yih.yu-H1961that are asleep.

10I am mybeloved’sH1730, and his desire istowardH1980meH1980.

11Come, mybelovedH1730, letusH5921go forthintoH5921the field; letusH5921lodge in the villages.

12LetusH7704getH3318up early to the vineyards; letusH7704see whether the vine hath budded, anditsH3318blossom be open, and the pomegranates be in flower: there will I give thee myloveH1730.

13The mandrakesgiveH5414forthH5414fragrance, and at our doors are all manner of precious fruits, new and old,whichשָׁ֛םshamH8033I havelaidH5414upנִרְאֶ֞הnir.'EhH7200for thee, O mybelovedH1730.

Commentaries on Song of Songs 7

Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain