Song of Songs 7:2

Song of Songs 7:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
• New International Version (NIV)Your navel is a rounded goblet that never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by lilies.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with lilies.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your navel is a rounded goblet; It lacks no blended beverage. Your waist is a heap of wheat Set about with lilies.

Context of Song of Songs 7:2

1Come back, come back, O Shulammite! Come back, come back, that we may look upon you. Why do you gaze at the Shulammite like the dance of Mahanaim? How lovely are your sandaled feet, O nobleman’s daughter! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the work of a craftsman’s hand. 3Your navel is a round goblet, may it not lack mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat enclosed with lilies. 4Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.

Song of Songs 7:2 word by word

שָׁרְרֵךְ֙ אַגַּ֣ן הַסַּ֔הַר אַל־יֶחְסַ֖ר הַמָּ֑זֶג בִּטְנֵךְ֙ עֲרֵמַ֣ת חִטִּ֔ים סוּגָ֖ה בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thy navelשֹׁרֶרshôrer · navelH8326
• a roundסַ֫הַרsahar · roundnessH5469
• gobletאַגָּן'aggân · bowlH101
• wantethחָסֵרchâsêr · to lackH2637
• not liquorמֶ֫זֶגmezeg · mixtureH4197
• thy bellyבֶּ֫טֶןbeţen · belly: abdomenH990
• an heapעֲרֵמָה‛ârêm ‛ărêmâh · heapH6194
• of wheatחִטָּהchiţţâh · wheatH2406
• set aboutסוּגsûg · to fenceH5473
• with liliesשׁוּשַׁןshûshan shôshân shôshân shôshannâh · lilyH7799

Commentaries on Song of Songs 7:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Thy navel is like a round goblet - This may also refer to some ornamental dress about the loins. These suppositions are rendered very probable from hundreds of the best finished and highly decorated drawings of Asiatic ladies in my own collection, where every thing appears in the drawings, as in nature. A heap of wheat set about with lilies - This is another instance of the same kind. The richly embroidered dresses in the above drawings may amply…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies: The man is describing either the woman's smoothly rounded belly or her pubic area.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. navel--rather, "girdle-clasp," called from the part of the person underneath. The "shoes" (So 7:1) prove that dress is throughout presupposed on all parts where it is usually worn. She is "a bride adorned for her husband"; the "uncomely parts," being most adorned (1Co 12:23). The girdle-clasp was adorned with red rubies resembling the "round goblet" (crater or mixer) of spice-mixed wine (not "liquor," So 8:2; Is 5:22). The wine of the "New Testament in…Read the comment
• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 2How fair are your feet in sandals They say to her: We want you to cleave to us because of the beauty and the esteem that we saw in you when you were still beautiful.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Desire
• Goblet
• Lily
• Navel
• Wine; Wine Press

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