Song of Solomon 7 (TLB) (2025)

For less than $5/mo. get to know the Bible better! Now with $3,100 worth of study resources. Try BibleGateway+ free today!

Log In/Sign Up

Bible Book List Bible Book List

Font Size

PreviousNext
Add parallelPrint

Close TLB

7King Solomon: “How beautiful your tripping feet, O queenly maiden. Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of the most skilled of craftsmen. 2Your navel is lovely as a goblet filled with wine. Your waist[a] is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies. 3Your two breasts are like two fawns, yes, lovely twins.[b] 4Your neck is stately as an ivory tower, your eyes as limpid pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is shapely[c] like the tower of Lebanon overlooking Damascus.

5“As Mount Carmel crowns the mountains, so your hair is your crown. The king is held captive in your queenly tresses.

6“Oh, how delightful you are; how pleasant, O love, for utter delight! 7You are tall and slim like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters of dates. 8I said, I will climb up into the palm tree and take hold of its branches. Now may your breasts be like grape clusters, the scent of your breath like apples, 9and your kisses as exciting as the best of wine, smooth and sweet, causing the lips of those who are asleep to speak.”

The Girl: 10“I am my beloved’s and I am the one he desires. 11Come, my beloved, let us go out into the fields and stay in the villages. 12Let us get up early and go out to the vineyards and see whether the vines have budded, whether the blossoms have opened, and whether the pomegranates are in flower. And there I will give you my love. 13There the mandrakes give forth their fragrance, and the rarest fruits are at our doors, the new as well as old, for I have stored them up for my beloved.”

Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 7:2 Your waist, literally, “Your belly.”
  2. Song of Solomon 7:3 lovely twins, literally, “twins of a gazelle.”
  3. Song of Solomon 7:4 Your nose is shapely, implied.
Listen to Song of Solomon 7
Close KJV

7How 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.

2Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.

3Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.

4Thy 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.

5Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

6How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

7This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.

8I 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;

9And 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.

10I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.

11Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

12Let 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.

13The 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.

Listen to Song of Solomon 7
Close ESV

7How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
O (A)noble daughter!
Your rounded thighs are like (B)jewels,
the work of (C)a master hand.
2Your navel is a rounded bowl
that never lacks mixed wine.
Your belly is a heap of wheat,
encircled with (D)lilies.
3(E)Your two breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle.
4Your (F)neck is like an ivory tower.
Your (G)eyes are pools in (H)Heshbon,
by the gate of Bath-rabbim.
Your nose is like a tower of (I)Lebanon,
which looks toward (J)Damascus.
5Your head crowns you like (K)Carmel,
and your (L)flowing locks are like purple;
a king is held captive in the tresses.

6(M)How beautiful and (N)pleasant you are,
O loved one, with all your delights![a]
7Your stature is like a palm tree,
and your breasts are like its clusters.
8I say I will climb the palm tree
and lay hold of its fruit.
Oh may your breasts be like (O)clusters of the vine,
and the scent of your breath like apples,
9and your (P)mouth[b] like the best wine.

She

It goes down smoothly for my beloved,
gliding over lips and teeth.[c]

10(Q)I am my beloved's,
(R)and his desire is for me.

The Bride Gives Her Love

11(S)Come, my beloved,
let us go out into the fields
and lodge in the villages;[d]
12let us go out early to the vineyards
(T)and see whether the vines have budded,
whether (U)the grape blossoms have opened
and the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
13(V)The mandrakes give forth fragrance,
and beside our doors are all choice fruits,
(W)new as well as old,
which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.

Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 7:6 Or among delights
  2. Song of Solomon 7:9 Hebrew palate
  3. Song of Solomon 7:9 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew causing the lips of sleepers to speak, or gliding over the lips of those who sleep
  4. Song of Solomon 7:11 Or among the henna plants

Cross references

  1. Song of Solomon 7:1 : Ps. 45:13
  2. Song of Solomon 7:1 : Prov. 25:12
  3. Song of Solomon 7:1 : [Prov. 8:30]
  4. Song of Solomon 7:2 : ch. 2:1
  5. Song of Solomon 7:3 : ch. 4:5
  6. Song of Solomon 7:4 : [ch. 4:4]
  7. Song of Solomon 7:4 : [ch. 5:12]
  8. Song of Solomon 7:4 : Num. 21:26
  9. Song of Solomon 7:4 : ch. 4:8; See 1 Kgs. 4:33
  10. Song of Solomon 7:4 : 1 Kgs. 11:24; 2 Kgs. 5:12
  11. Song of Solomon 7:5 : See Josh. 19:26
  12. Song of Solomon 7:5 : [ch. 4:1]
  13. Song of Solomon 7:6 : [ch. 1:15, 16]
  14. Song of Solomon 7:6 : 2 Sam. 1:23, 26
  15. Song of Solomon 7:8 : [ch. 1:14; Mic. 7:1]
  16. Song of Solomon 7:9 : [ch. 5:16]
  17. Song of Solomon 7:10 : ch. 2:16; 6:3
  18. Song of Solomon 7:10 : [Ps. 45:11]
  19. Song of Solomon 7:11 : [ch. 2:10; 4:8]
  20. Song of Solomon 7:12 : ch. 6:11
  21. Song of Solomon 7:12 : ch. 2:13, 15
  22. Song of Solomon 7:13 : Gen. 30:14; ch. 4:13
  23. Song of Solomon 7:13 : [Matt. 13:52]
Listen to Song of Solomon 7
Close NKJV

Expressions of Praise

The Beloved

7How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
(A)O prince’s daughter!
The curves of your thighs are like jewels,
The work of the hands of a skillful workman.
2Your navel is a rounded goblet;
It lacks no [a]blended beverage.
Your waist is a heap of wheat
Set about with lilies.
3(B)Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle.
4(C)Your neck is like an ivory tower,
Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon
By the gate of Bath Rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
Which looks toward Damascus.
5Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel,
And the hair of your head is like purple;
A king is held captive by your tresses.

6How fair and how pleasant you are,
O love, with your delights!
7This stature of yours is like a palm tree,
And your breasts like its clusters.
8I said, “I will go up to the palm tree,
I will take hold of its branches.”
Let now your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
The fragrance of your [b]breath like apples,
9And the roof of your mouth like the best wine.

The Shulamite

The wine goes down smoothly for my beloved,
[c]Moving gently the [d]lips of sleepers.
10(D)I am my beloved’s,
And (E)his desire is toward me.

11Come, my beloved,
Let us go forth to the field;
Let us lodge in the villages.
12Let us get up early to the vineyards;
Let us (F)see if the vine has budded,
Whether the grape blossoms are open,
And the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
13The (G)mandrakes give off a fragrance,
And at our gates (H)are pleasant fruits,
All manner, new and old,
Which I have laid up for you, my beloved.

Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 7:2 Lit. mixed or spiced drink
  2. Song of Solomon 7:8 Lit. nose
  3. Song of Solomon 7:9 Gliding over
  4. Song of Solomon 7:9 LXX, Syr., Vg. lips and teeth.

Cross references

  1. Song of Solomon 7:1 : Ps. 45:13
  2. Song of Solomon 7:3 : Song 4:5
  3. Song of Solomon 7:4 : Song 4:4
  4. Song of Solomon 7:10 : Song 2:16; 6:3
  5. Song of Solomon 7:10 : Ps. 45:11
  6. Song of Solomon 7:12 : Song 6:11
  7. Song of Solomon 7:13 : Gen. 30:14
  8. Song of Solomon 7:13 : Song 2:3; 4:13, 16; Matt. 13:52
NextSong of Solomon 6Song of Solomon 8Next

Living Bible (TLB)

The Living Bible copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

King James Version (KJV)

Public Domain

English Standard Version (ESV)

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

Song of Solomon 7 (TLB) (1)

New King James Version (NKJV)

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Song of Solomon 7 (TLB) (2)

Song of Solomon 7 (TLB) (2025)

References

Top Articles
Latest Posts
Recommended Articles
Article information

Author: Velia Krajcik

Last Updated:

Views: 6053

Rating: 4.3 / 5 (54 voted)

Reviews: 93% of readers found this page helpful

Author information

Name: Velia Krajcik

Birthday: 1996-07-27

Address: 520 Balistreri Mount, South Armand, OR 60528

Phone: +466880739437

Job: Future Retail Associate

Hobby: Polo, Scouting, Worldbuilding, Cosplaying, Photography, Rowing, Nordic skating

Introduction: My name is Velia Krajcik, I am a handsome, clean, lucky, gleaming, magnificent, proud, glorious person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.