Song of Songs · 13 verses
Song of Songs 7
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What happens here
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The beloved is first made into a palm tree, and then the speaker announces an intention to climb her and take its fruit; the poem is not troubled by the change of scale.
A body made of towers, fields, and fruitvv. 1–9
The beloved arrives in a lavish procession of images: jewels, wine, wheat, lilies, fawns, ivory, pools, Lebanon, Carmel, purple threads. Heshbon supplies the eyes, Bath-rabbim supplies the gate, Damascus gives the direction faced by the tower, and Carmel crowns the head. Then the palm tree, having served as a comparison, becomes climbable. The speaker says the quiet part rather plainly: the fruit is to be taken, the wine is to glide, and the whole affair remains remarkably well provisioned.
The vineyard has its sayvv. 10–13
The beloved declares that she belongs to her beloved, and the poem moves outdoors. The proposed night among the wildflowers is followed by an early visit to the vineyards, where vine, blossom, and pomegranate must first be inspected. Only then comes the promise of love. At the door, meanwhile, delicacies old and new are already waiting, along with the fragrance of mandrakes—a household arrangement with the air of a picnic and the timing of a horticultural report.
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Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Names the Hebrew and Greek put in the verse link to the person, place or people they name; the address beside each verse is a link to that verse, which is what a reader copies and shares.
Song 7:1How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master.
Song 7:2Your navel is a rounded goblet; it never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies.
Song 7:3Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
Song 7:4Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.
Song 7:5Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.
Song 7:6How fair and pleasant you are, O love, with your delights!
Song 7:7Your stature is like a palm tree; your breasts are clusters of fruit.
Song 7:8I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples,
Song 7:9and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.
Song 7:10I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.
Song 7:11Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside; let us spend the night among the wildflowers.
Song 7:12Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom—there I will give you my love.
Song 7:13The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.
01 — Also here
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Where this is echoed
Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 152 passages were voted onto 13 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.
- 10Psalms 45:11and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.
- 1Psalms 45:13All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold.
- 6Song of Songs 1:15–16How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
- 6Song of Songs 4:10How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.
- 10Song of Songs 6:3I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
- 10Song of Songs 2:16My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
- 12Song of Songs 6:11I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding or the pomegranates were in bloom.
- 3Song of Songs 4:5Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
- 4Song of Songs 4:4Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.
- 6Isaiah 62:4–5No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.
- 6Song of Songs 7:10I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.
- 6Song of Songs 4:7You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.
- 6Song of Songs 2:14O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.
- 9Song of Songs 5:16His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
- 13Genesis 30:14Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
- 5Isaiah 35:2It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.
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