Song of Songs 7:3

Song of Songs 7:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
• New International Version (NIV)Your breasts are like two fawns, like twin fawns of a gazelle.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle.

Context of Song of Songs 7:3

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? 2How lovely are your sandaled feet, O nobleman’s daughter! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the work of a craftsman’s hand. Your 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. 5Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are pools in Heshbon near the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon overlooking Damascus.

Song of Songs 7:3 word by word

שְׁנֵ֥י שָׁדַ֛יִךְ כִּשְׁנֵ֥י עֳפָרִ֖ים תָּאֳמֵ֥י צְבִיָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thy twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• breastsשַׁדshad shôd · breastH7699
• youngעֹ֫פֶר‛ôpher · fawnH6082
• roesצְבִיָּהtsebîyâh · gazelleH6646
• twinsתּוֹאָםtâ'ôm tâ'ôm · twinH8380

Commentaries on Song of Songs 7:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Thy two breasts - Where the hair and breasts are fine, they are the highest ornaments of the person of a female.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. 33. The daughters of Jerusalem describe her in the same terms as Jesus Christ in So 4:5. The testimonies of heaven and earth coincide. twins--faith and love.Read the comment
• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 3Your navel is [like] a round basin Your navel is like a basin of clear water with which they wash, and it [the basin] is made of marble, which in Arabic is called “sahar.” He compares it to a round basin because the navel is shaped like a round hole. This praise does not refer to a woman’s beauty as the above praise does, for [in] the above, her beloved praises her, but here, her companions praise her about her deeds, saying: You are worthy to join us…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Desire
• Gazelle
• Roe; Roebuck

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