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Song of Songs 7
EasyEnglish Bible
Song of Songs 7
EasyEnglish Bible
A beautiful woman
The young man:
7 How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
my princess![a]
Your round hips are as beautiful as jewels
that a clever worker has made.[b]
2 Your navel is like a round bowl
that is always full of good wine.[c]
Your stomach is like a round heap of wheat
with lilies around the edge.
3 Your breasts are like two young gazelles
that are twins.
4 Your neck is like an ivory tower.
Your eyes shine like the pools in Heshbon
that are near the Bath Rabbim gate.[d]
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
that looks towards Damascus.[e]
5 Your head stands tall on you, like Mount Carmel.[f]
Your long hair hangs down like a royal cloth.
It is so beautiful that it can make the king its prisoner!
6 You are very beautiful, my dear friend,
and I love you.
You give a lot of pleasure to me.
7 You stand like a tall palm tree.
Your breasts are like bunches of fruit that hang from the tree.[g]
8 I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree.
I will take hold of its fruit.’
For me, your breasts are like bunches of grapes.
Your breath is like the sweet smell of apples.
9 For me, your mouth has the taste of the best wine.
The young woman:
May the wine pour out for my lover.
May it pour over his lips and his teeth.
10 I belong to my lover,
and he wants to be with me!
11 Come with me now, my lover!
Let us go and walk through the fields.
We can stay in the villages for the night.
12 We can get up early in the morning
and go to the vineyards.
We can see if the vines have started to make new leaves.
We can see if their flowers have opened.
We can see if the pomegranate trees have flowers.
When we are there
I will give my love to you.
13 The mandrake plants send out their sweet smell.
At our door, there are many good things to eat.[h]
I have stored many good things that are both old and new.
I have kept them all for you, my lover.
Footnotes
- 7:1 Sandals are light shoes that do not completely cover the person's feet. A princess is a daughter of a king or a queen.
- 7:1 The hips are the top part of a person's legs, where they join the body.
- 7:2 A person's navel is the place on their body where they were joined to their mother before birth.
- 7:4 Heshbon was a town in Israel.
- 7:4 Damascus was an important capital city.
- 7:5 Mount Carmel is a mountain in Israel.
- 7:7 A bunch of fruit is a group of fruits that are growing on the same piece of branch.
- 7:13 A mandrake is a plant that people eat. Its root has a shape like a human body. People thought that it helped them to enjoy sex. Sometimes people stored fruit over the door of their house. Then it would become dry, sweet fruit that people would enjoy.
Song of Songs 7
New International Version
Song of Songs 7
New International Version
7 [a]How beautiful your sandaled feet,
O prince’s(A) daughter!
Your graceful legs are like jewels,
the work of an artist’s hands.
2 Your navel is a rounded goblet
that never lacks blended wine.
Your waist is a mound of wheat
encircled by lilies.
3 Your breasts(B) are like two fawns,
like twin fawns of a gazelle.
4 Your neck is like an ivory tower.(C)
Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon(D)
by the gate of Bath Rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon(E)
looking toward Damascus.
5 Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel.(F)
Your hair is like royal tapestry;
the king is held captive by its tresses.
6 How beautiful(G) you are and how pleasing,
my love, with your delights!(H)
7 Your stature is like that of the palm,
and your breasts(I) like clusters of fruit.
8 I said, “I will climb the palm tree;
I will take hold of its fruit.”
May your breasts be like clusters of grapes on the vine,
the fragrance of your breath like apples,(J)
9 and your mouth like the best wine.
She
May the wine go straight to my beloved,(K)
flowing gently over lips and teeth.[b]
10 I belong to my beloved,
and his desire(L) is for me.(M)
11 Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside,
let us spend the night in the villages.[c]
12 Let us go early to the vineyards(N)
to see if the vines have budded,(O)
if their blossoms(P) have opened,
and if the pomegranates(Q) are in bloom(R)—
there I will give you my love.
13 The mandrakes(S) send out their fragrance,
and at our door is every delicacy,
both new and old,
that I have stored up for you, my beloved.(T)
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 7:1 In Hebrew texts 7:1-13 is numbered 7:2-14.
- Song of Songs 7:9 Septuagint, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew lips of sleepers
- Song of Songs 7:11 Or the henna bushes
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