‏ Song of Solomon 7

1How 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. ▼
▼1) Or steps
2Thy body is like a round goblet, Wherein no mingled wine is wanting: Thy waist is like a heap of wheat Set about with lilies. 3Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe. 4Thy 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. 5Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, And the hair of thy head like purple; The king is held captive in the tresses thereof . 6How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! 7This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, And thy breasts to its clusters. 8I 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, ▼
▼1) Heb nose
9And thy ▼ mouth like the best wine, That goeth down ▼ smoothly for my beloved, ▼ Gliding through the lips of those that are asleep. ▼
▼1) Heb palate 2) Heb aright 3) Or Causing the lips of those that are asleep to move (or 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 whether the vine hath budded, And ▼ its blossom is open, And the pomegranates are in flower: There will I give thee my love. ▼
▼1) Or the tender grape appeareth
13The 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. ▼
▼1) Or over

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