Song of Songs 7:6

6 How beautiful you are and how pleasing, my love, with your delights!

Song of Solomon 7:6 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
English Standard Version (ESV)
6 How beautiful and pleasant you are, O loved one, with all your delights!
New Living Translation (NLT)
6 Oh, how beautiful you are! How pleasing, my love, how full of delights!
The Message Bible (MSG)
6 Your beauty, within and without, is absolute, dear lover, close companion.
American Standard Version (ASV)
6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
6 How beautiful and charming you are, my love, with your elegance.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
6 You are so beautiful! You please me so much! You are so delightful, my love!

Song of Songs 7:6 Meaning and Commentary

Song of Solomon 7:6

How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
] These are the words of the King in the galleries, wondering at the church's beauty, it being incomparable and inexpressible, it could not be said well how great it was; and expressing the strength of his love to her, which was invariably the same as ever. Of the "fairness" of the church, and of this title, "love", see ( Song of Solomon 1:9 Song of Solomon 1:15 ) ( 2:7 ) ; and here she is said also to be "pleasant" to him, as his spouse and bride, in whom he takes infinite delight and pleasure, loving her with a love of complacency and delight; and therefore adds, "for delights", which he had in her before the world was, ( Proverbs 8:31 ) . She was all delight F7 to him; her words, her actions and gestures, her comely countenance, her sweet and pleasant voice in prayer and praise, her ravishing looks of faith and love, her heavenly airs, and evangelic walk; in all which she appeared beautiful and delightful, beyond all human thought and expression.


FOOTNOTES:

F7 "Meae deliciae", Plauti Stichus, Act. 5. Sc. 5.

Song of Songs 7:6 In-Context

4 Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon looking toward Damascus.
5 Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel. Your hair is like royal tapestry; the king is held captive by its tresses.
6 How beautiful you are and how pleasing, my love, with your delights!
7 Your stature is like that of the palm, and your breasts like clusters of fruit.
8 I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of grapes on the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples,

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Song of Songs 1:15
  • 2. Song of Songs 4:10
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