Song of Solomon 7

Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other

1 How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
O t noble daughter!
Your rounded thighs are like u jewels,
the work of v a master hand.
2 Your navel is a rounded bowl
that never lacks mixed wine.
Your belly is a heap of wheat,
encircled with w lilies.
3 x Your two breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle.
4 Your y neck is like an ivory tower.
Your z eyes are pools in a Heshbon,
by the gate of Bath-rabbim.
Your nose is like a tower of b Lebanon,
which looks toward c Damascus.
5 Your head crowns you like e Carmel,
and your f flowing locks are like purple;
a king is held captive in the tresses.

6 g How beautiful and h pleasant you are,
O loved one, with all your delights! 1
7 Your stature is like a palm tree,
and your breasts are like its clusters.
8 I say I will climb the palm tree
and lay hold of its fruit.
Oh may your breasts be like i clusters of the vine,
and the scent of your breath like apples,

She

9 and your j mouth 2 like the best wine.
It goes down smoothly for my beloved,
gliding over lips and teeth. 3

10 k I am my beloved's,
l and his desire is for me.

The Bride Gives Her Love

11 m Come, my beloved,
let us go out into the fields
and lodge in the villages; 4
12 let us go out early to the vineyards
n and see whether the vines have budded,
whether o the grape blossoms have opened
and the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
13 p The mandrakes give forth fragrance,
and beside our doors are all choice fruits,
q new as well as old,
which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 45:13
    All glorious is the princess in her chamber, with robes interwoven with gold.
  2. Cross References
    Proverbs 25:12
    Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is a wise reprover to a listening ear.
  3. Cross References
    Proverbs 8:30
    Then I was beside him, like a master workman, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always.
  4. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 2:1
    I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
  5. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 4:5
    Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, that graze among the lilies.
  6. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 4:4
    Your neck is like the tower of David, built in rows of stone; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.
  7. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 5:12
    His eyes are like doves beside streams of water, bathed in milk, sitting beside a full pool.
  8. Cross References
    Numbers 21:26
    For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon.
  9. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 4:8
    Come with me from Lebanon, my bride; come with me from Lebanon. Depart from the peak of Amana, from the peak of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards.
    1 Kings 4:33
    He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish.
  10. Cross References
    1 Kings 11:24
    And he gathered men about him and became leader of a marauding band, after the killing by David. And they went to Damascus and lived there and made him king in Damascus.
    2 Kings 5:12
    Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?" So he turned and went away in a rage.
  11. Cross References
    Joshua 19:26
    Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. On the west it touches Carmel and Shihor-libnath.
  12. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 4:1
    Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead.
  13. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 1:15 - 16
    Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.
  14. Cross References
    2 Samuel 1:23
    Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely! In life and in death they were not divided; they were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.
    2 Samuel 1:26
    I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant have you been to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
  15. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 1:14
    My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of Engedi.
    Micah 7:1
    Woe is me! For I have become as when the summer fruit has been gathered, as when the grapes have been gleaned: there is no cluster to eat, no first-ripe fig that my soul desires.
  16. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 5:16
    His mouth is most sweet, and he is altogether desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
  17. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 2:16
    My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.
    Song of Solomon 6:3
    I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies.
  18. Cross References
    Psalms 45:11
    And the king will desire your beauty. Since he is your lord, bow to him.
  19. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 2:10
    My beloved speaks and says to me: "Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
    Song of Solomon 4:8
    Come with me from Lebanon, my bride; come with me from Lebanon. Depart from the peak of Amana, from the peak of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards.
  20. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 6:11
    I went down to the nut orchard to look at the blossoms of the valley, to see whether the vines had budded, whether the pomegranates were in bloom.
  21. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 2:13
    The fig tree ripens its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
    Song of Solomon 2:15
    Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom.
  22. Cross References
    Genesis 30:14
    In the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes.
    Song of Solomon 4:13
    Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates with all choicest fruits, henna with nard.
  23. Cross References
    Matthew 13:52
    And he said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.
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