Song of Songs 7:6

Song of Songs 7:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
• New International Version (NIV)How beautiful you are and how pleasing, my love, with your delights!
• English Standard Version (ESV)How beautiful and pleasant you are, O loved one, with all your delights!
• New King James Version (NKJV)How fair and how pleasant you are, O love, with your delights!

Context of Song of Songs 7:6

4Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thy eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus. 5Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thy head like purple; the king is held captive by her locks of hair. How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! 7This thy stature is like a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes . 8I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of its boughs: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the fragrance of thy breath like apples;

Song of Songs 7:6 word by word

מַה־יָּפִית֙ וּמַה־נָּעַ֔מְתְּ אַהֲבָ֖ה בַּתַּֽעֲנוּגִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• fairיָפָהyâphâh · be beautifulH3302
• pleasantנָעֵםnâ‛êm · be pleasantH5276
• loveאַהֲבָה'ahăbâh · loveH160
• delightsתַּעֲנוּגta‛ănûg ta‛ănûg ta‛ănûgâh · luxuryH8588

Commentaries on Song of Songs 7:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6How fair and how pleasant - Thou art every way beautiful, and in every respect calculated to inspire pleasure and delight.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6Mount Carmel is a tall mountain range on the Mediterranean coast. the hair of your head like purple threads: Purple was expensive to make, so only royalty used it.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Nearer advance of the daughters to the Church (Ac 2:47; 5:13, end). Love to her is the first token of love to Him (1Jo 5:1, end). delights--fascinating charms to them and to the King (So 7:5; Is 62:4, Hephzi-bah). Hereafter, too (Zep 3:17; Mal 3:12; Re 21:9).Read the comment
• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 6Your head upon you is like Carmel These are the tephillin [phylacteries] of the head, about which it is said (Deut. 28:10): “And all the peoples of the world will see that the name of the Lord is called upon you, and they will fear you.” That is their strength and their fear, like a rock of the mountains, and the Carmel is the most prominent of the mountains.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Desire
• Hair

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