Expressions of Praise
The Beloved
1 How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
aO prince’s daughter!
The curves of your thighs are like jewels,
The work of the hands of a skillful workman.
aO prince’s daughter!
The curves of your thighs are like jewels,
The work of the hands of a skillful workman.
2 Your navel is a rounded goblet;
It lacks no1 blended beverage.
Your waist is a heap of wheat
Set about with lilies.
It lacks no1 blended beverage.
Your waist is a heap of wheat
Set about with lilies.
4 aYour 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.
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.
5 Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel,
And the hair of your head is like purple;
A king is held captive by your tresses.
And the hair of your head is like purple;
A king is held captive by your tresses.
8 I 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 your1 breath like apples,
I will take hold of its branches.”
Let now your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
The fragrance of your1 breath like apples,
9 And the roof of your mouth like the best wine.
The wine goes down smoothly for my beloved,
1Moving gently the2 lips of sleepers.
The wine goes down smoothly for my beloved,
1Moving gently the2 lips of sleepers.
The Shulamite
12 Let us get up early to the vineyards;
Let us asee if the vine has budded,
Whether the grape blossoms are open,
And the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
Let us asee if the vine has budded,
Whether the grape blossoms are open,
And the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Book Notes:
Robertson's Book Notes (NT)
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