# Song of Solomon 7 ## Song of Solomon 7:1 - [KJV] How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs *are* like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman. - [ASV] How beautiful are thy feet in sandals, O prince's daughter! Thy rounded thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of a skilful workman. - [YLT] As the chorus of 'Mahanaim.' How beautiful were thy feet with sandals, O daughter of Nadib. The turnings of thy sides *are* as ornaments, Work of the hands of an artificer. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 7:1 - ## Song of Solomon 7:2 - [KJV] Thy navel *is like* a round goblet, *which* wanteth not liquor: thy belly *is like* an heap of wheat set about with lilies. - [ASV] Thy body is *like* a round goblet, *Wherein* no mingled wine is wanting: Thy waist is *like* a heap of wheat Set about with lilies. - [YLT] Thy waist *is* a basin of roundness, It lacketh not the mixture, Thy body a heap of wheat, fenced with lilies, ### Notes on Song of Solomon 7:2 - ## Song of Solomon 7:3 - [KJV] Thy two breasts *are* like two young roes *that are* twins. - [ASV] Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe. - [YLT] Thy two breasts as two young ones, twins of a roe, ### Notes on Song of Solomon 7:3 - ## Song of Solomon 7:4 - [KJV] Thy neck *is* as a tower of ivory; thine eyes *like* the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose *is* as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus. - [ASV] Thy neck is like the tower of ivory; Thine eyes *as* the pools in Heshbon, By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon Which looketh toward Damascus. - [YLT] Thy neck as a tower of the ivory, Thine eyes pools in Heshbon, near the gate of Bath-Rabbim, Thy face as a tower of Lebanon looking to Damascus, ### Notes on Song of Solomon 7:4 - ## Song of Solomon 7:5 - [KJV] Thine head upon thee *is* like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king *is* held in the galleries. - [ASV] Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, And the hair of thy head like purple; The king is held captive in the tresses *thereof*. - [YLT] Thy head upon thee as Carmel, And the locks of thy head as purple, The king is bound with the flowings! ### Notes on Song of Solomon 7:5 - ## Song of Solomon 7:6 - [KJV] How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! - [ASV] How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! - [YLT] How fair and how pleasant hast thou been, O love, in delights. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 7:6 - ## Song of Solomon 7:7 - [KJV] This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters *of grapes*. - [ASV] This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, And thy breasts to its clusters. - [YLT] This thy stature hath been like to a palm, And thy breasts to clusters. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 7:7 - ## Song of Solomon 7:8 - [KJV] I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples; - [ASV] I said, I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof: Let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, And the smell of thy breath like apples, - [YLT] I said, 'Let me go up on the palm, Let me lay hold on its boughs, Yea, let thy breasts be, I pray thee, as clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of thy face as citrons, ### Notes on Song of Solomon 7:8 - ## Song of Solomon 7:9 - [KJV] And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth *down* sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. - [ASV] And thy mouth like the best wine, That goeth down smoothly for my beloved, Gliding through the lips of those that are asleep. - [YLT] And thy palate as the good wine -- 'Flowing to my beloved in uprightness, Strengthening the lips of the aged! ### Notes on Song of Solomon 7:9 - ## Song of Solomon 7:10 - [KJV] I *am* my beloved's, and his desire *is* toward me. - [ASV] I am my beloved's; And his desire is toward me. - [YLT] I *am* my beloved's, and on me *is* his desire. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 7:10 - ## Song of Solomon 7:11 - [KJV] Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. - [ASV] Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; Let us lodge in the villages. - [YLT] Come, my beloved, we go forth to the field, ### Notes on Song of Solomon 7:11 - ## Song of Solomon 7:12 - [KJV] Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, *whether* the tender grape appear, *and* the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves. - [ASV] Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see whether the vine hath budded, *And* its blossom is open, *And* the pomegranates are in flower: There will I give thee my love. - [YLT] We lodge in the villages, we go early to the vineyards, We see if the vine hath flourished, The sweet smelling-flower hath opened. The pomegranates have blossomed, There do I give to thee my loves; ### Notes on Song of Solomon 7:12 - ## Song of Solomon 7:13 - [KJV] The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates *are* all manner of pleasant *fruits*, new and old, *which* I have laid up for thee, O my beloved. - [ASV] The mandrakes give forth fragrance; And at our doors are all manner of precious fruits, new and old, Which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved. - [YLT] The mandrakes have given fragrance, And at our openings all pleasant things, New, yea, old, my beloved, I laid up for thee! ### Notes on Song of Solomon 7:13 -