Song of Solomon 7:1-9

Admiration by the Bridegroom

1 "How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O ¹prince's daughter! The curves of your hips are like jewels, The work of the hands of an artist.

2 "Your navel is like a round goblet Which never lacks mixed wine; Your belly is like a heap of wheat Fenced about with lilies.

3 "Your ²two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle.

4 "Your ³neck is like a tower of ivory, Your eyes like the pools in ⁴Heshbon By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, Which faces toward Damascus.

5 "Your head crowns you like ⁵Carmel, And the flowing locks of your head are like purple threads; The king is captivated by your tresses.

6 "How ⁶beautiful and how delightful you are, My love, with all your charms!

7 "Your stature is like a palm tree, And your breasts are like its clusters.

8 "I said, 'I will climb the palm tree, I will take hold of its fruit stalks.' Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of your breath like ⁷apples,

9 And your ⁸mouth like the best wine!" " It ⁹ goes down smoothly for my beloved, Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep.

Song of Solomon 7:1-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SONG OF SOLOMON 7

In this chapter Christ gives a fresh commendation of the beauty of his church, in a different order and method than before; beginning with her "feet", and so rising upwards to the "hair" of her head, and the roof of her mouth, So 7:1-9; And then the church asserts her interest in him, and his desire towards her, So 7:10; and invites him to go with her into the fields, villages, and vineyards, and offers various reasons, by which she urges him to comply with her invitation, So 7:11-13.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 45:13
• 2. Song of Songs 4:5
• 3. Song of Songs 4:4
• 4. Numbers 21:26
• 5. Isaiah 35:2
• 6. Song of Songs 1:15, 16; Song of Songs 4:10
• 7. Song of Songs 2:5
• 8. Song of Songs 5:16
• 9. Proverbs 23:31

Footnotes

• [a]. Ch 7:2 in Heb
• [b]. Lit "footsteps"
• [c]. Or "nobleman's"
• [d]. Or "ornaments"
• [e]. Lit "is upon"
• [f]. Or With "love among your delights"
• [g]. Lit "This stature of yours"
• [h]. Lit "nose"
• [i]. Or "apricots"
• [j]. Lit "palate"
• [k]. BRIDE