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Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon looking toward Damascus. <a href="/nlt/songs/7.htm">New Living Translation</a> Your neck is as beautiful as an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the sparkling pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is as fine as the tower of Lebanon overlooking Damascus. <a href="/esv/songs/7.htm">English Standard Version</a> Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon, which looks toward Damascus. <a href="/bsb/songs/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Your 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. <a href="/kjv/songs/7.htm">King James Bible</a> Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus. <a href="/nkjv/songs/7.htm">New King James Version</a> Your 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. <a href="/nasb_/songs/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Your neck is like a tower of ivory, 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. <a href="/nasb/songs/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Your neck is like a tower of ivory, Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, Which faces toward Damascus. <a href="/nasb77/songs/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Your neck is like a tower of ivory, Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, Which faces toward Damascus. <a href="/lsb/songs/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Your neck is like a tower of ivory, Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, Which faces toward Damascus. <a href="/amp/songs/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Your neck is like a tower of ivory, Your eyes the [sparkling] pools of Heshbon By the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon Which looks toward Damascus. <a href="/csb/songs/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Your neck is like a tower of ivory, your eyes like pools in Heshbon by Bath-rabbim’s gate. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon looking toward Damascus. <a href="/hcsb/songs/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Your neck is like a tower of ivory, your eyes like pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon looking toward Damascus. <a href="/asv/songs/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> Thy 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. <a href="/cev/songs/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Your neck is like ivory, and your eyes sparkle like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-Rabbim. Your nose is beautiful like Mount Lebanon above the city of Damascus. <a href="/erv/songs/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> Thy 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. <a href="/gwt/songs/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like pools in Heshbon, pools by the gate of Bath Rabbim. Your nose is like a Lebanese tower facing Damascus. <a href="/gnt/songs/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> Your neck is like a tower of ivory. Your eyes are like the pools in the city of Heshbon, near the gate of that great city. Your nose is as lovely as the tower of Lebanon that stands guard at Damascus. <a href="/isv/songs/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> Your neck is like a tower of ivory. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon, beside the gate of Beth-rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, which faces Damascus. <a href="/msb/songs/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Your 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. <a href="/net/songs/7.htm">NET Bible</a> Your neck is like a tower made of ivory. Your eyes are the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon overlooking Damascus. <a href="/nheb/songs/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bathrabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus. <a href="/wbt/songs/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thy eyes like the fish-pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh towards Damascus. <a href="/web/songs/7.htm">World English Bible</a> Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bathrabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/songs/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Your neck as a tower of the ivory, "" Your eyes pools in Heshbon, near the Gate of Bath-Rabbim, "" Your face as a tower of Lebanon looking to Damascus, <a href="/ylt/songs/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Thy neck as a tower of the ivory, Thine eyes pools in Heshbon, near the gate of Bath-Rabbim, Thy face as a tower of Lebanon looking to Damascus, <a href="/slt/songs/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Thy neck as a tower of ivory; thine eyes pools in Heshbon, by the gate of the daughter of many: thy nose as the tower of Lebanon viewing the face of Damascus.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/songs/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thy neck as a tower of ivory. Thy eyes like the fishpools in Hesebon, which are in the gate of the daughter of the multitude. Thy nose is as the tower of Libanus, that looketh toward Damascus. <a href="/cpdv/songs/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Your neck is like a tower of ivory. Your eyes like the fish ponds at Heshbon, which are at the entrance to the daughter of the multitude. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, which looks out toward Damascus. <a href="/nabre/songs/7.htm">New American Bible</a> Your neck like a tower of ivory; your eyes, pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose like the tower of Lebanon that looks toward Damascus. <a href="/nrsvce/songs/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon, overlooking Damascus.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/songs/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Your neck is like a tower of ivory; your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of a princess; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus. <a href="/hpbt/songs/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Your neck is like a tower of ivory. Your eyes as the pools of Kheshbon at the gate of the palace of the great ones. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon that gazes at the face of Darmsuq<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/songs/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Thy neck is as a 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. <a href="/sep/songs/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Thy neck is as an ivory tower; thine eyes are as pools in Esebon, by the gates of the daughter of many: thy nose is as the tower of Libanus, looking toward Damascus. <a href="/parallel/songs/7-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9D_QEk8ZdxU?start=964" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/songs/7.htm">Admiration by the Bridegroom</a> …3Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle. 4<a href="/hebrew/6677.htm" title="6677: ṣaw·wā·rêḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- Or tsavvar; or tsavvaron; or tsavva.rah; intensively from tsuwr in the sense of binding; the back of the neck.">Your neck</a> <a href="/hebrew/4026.htm" title="4026: kə·miḡ·dal (Prep-k:: N-msc) -- A tower. Also feminine migdalah; from gadal; a tower; by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a bed of flowers.">is like a tower</a> <a href="/hebrew/8127.htm" title="8127: haš·šên (Art:: N-cs) -- Tooth, ivory. From shanan; a tooth; specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff.">made of ivory;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ê·na·yiḵ (N-cdc:: 2fs) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">your eyes</a> <a href="/hebrew/1295.htm" title="1295: bə·rê·ḵō·wṯ (N-fp) -- A pool, pond. From barak; a reservoir.">are like the pools</a> <a href="/hebrew/2809.htm" title="2809: bə·ḥeš·bō·wn (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- A place E. of the Jordan. The same as cheshbown; Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan.">of Heshbon</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">by</a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: ša·‘ar (N-msc) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">the gate</a> <a href="/hebrew/1337.htm" title="1337: baṯ- (Prep) -- Daughter of multitudes, a name for Heshbon or its gate. From bath and a masculine plural from rab; the daughter of Rabbah."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1337.htm" title="1337: rab·bîm (N-proper-fs) -- Daughter of multitudes, a name for Heshbon or its gate. From bath and a masculine plural from rab; the daughter of Rabbah.">of Bath-rabbim;</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ’ap·pêḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">your nose</a> <a href="/hebrew/4026.htm" title="4026: kə·miḡ·dal (Prep-k:: N-msc) -- A tower. Also feminine migdalah; from gadal; a tower; by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a bed of flowers.">is like the tower</a> <a href="/hebrew/3844.htm" title="3844: hal·lə·ḇā·nō·wn (Art:: N-proper-fs) -- A wooded mountain range on the N. border of Isr. From lbab; white mountain; Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine.">of Lebanon,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6822.htm" title="6822: ṣō·w·p̄eh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to lean forward, i.e. To peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await.">facing toward</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pə·nê (N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1834.htm" title="1834: ḏam·mā·śeq (N-proper-fs) -- A city in Aram (Syria). Or Duwmeseq; or Darmeseq; of foreign origin; Damascus, a city of Syria.">Damascus.</a> 5Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ezekiel/16-14.htm">Ezekiel 16:14</a> Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect in the splendor I bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/1_kings/10-18.htm">1 Kings 10:18-20</a> Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. / The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest. / Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom. <a href="/isaiah/60-13.htm">Isaiah 60:13</a> The glory of Lebanon will come to you—its cypress, elm, and boxwood together—to adorn the place of My sanctuary, and I will glorify the place of My feet. <a href="/1_kings/7-22.htm">1 Kings 7:22</a> And the tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the work of the pillars was completed. <a href="/1_kings/7-41.htm">1 Kings 7:41-42</a> the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars; / the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars); <a href="/1_kings/10-18.htm">1 Kings 10:18</a> Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. <a href="/ezekiel/1-7.htm">Ezekiel 1:7</a> Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the hooves of a calf, gleaming like polished bronze. <a href="/daniel/10-6.htm">Daniel 10:6</a> His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude. <a href="/revelation/1-15.htm">Revelation 1:15</a> His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters. <a href="/revelation/2-18.htm">Revelation 2:18</a> To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze. <a href="/revelation/4-3.htm">Revelation 4:3</a> The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne. <a href="/revelation/21-11.htm">Revelation 21:11</a> shining with the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal. <a href="/revelation/21-18.htm">Revelation 21:18</a> The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass. <a href="/revelation/21-21.htm">Revelation 21:21</a> And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass. <a href="/1_corinthians/3-12.htm">1 Corinthians 3:12</a> If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Your neck is as a tower of ivory; your eyes like the fish pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: your nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.neck<a href="/songs/1-10.htm">Song of Solomon 1:10</a> Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.<a href="/songs/4-4.htm">Song of Solomon 4:4</a> Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.ivory<a href="/songs/5-14.htm">Song of Solomon 5:14</a> His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.<a href="/1_kings/10-18.htm">1 Kings 10:18,22</a> Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold… <a href="/1_kings/22-39.htm">1 Kings 22:39</a> Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?thine eyes<a href="/songs/4-1.htm">Song of Solomon 4:1,9</a> Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead… <a href="/songs/6-5.htm">Song of Solomon 6:5</a> Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.<a href="/ephesians/1-17.htm">Ephesians 1:17,18</a> That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: … heshbon<a href="/numbers/21-25.htm">Numbers 21:25</a> And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.<a href="/isaiah/54-4.htm">Isaiah 54:4</a> Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.thy nose<a href="/philippians/1-9.htm">Philippians 1:9,10</a> And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; … <a href="/hebrews/5-14.htm">Hebrews 5:14</a> But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.the tower<a href="/songs/4-8.htm">Song of Solomon 4:8</a> Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.<a href="/songs/5-15.htm">Song of Solomon 5:15</a> His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ruth/3-3.htm">Bath</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-23.htm">Damascus</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-19.htm">Doorway</a> <a href="/songs/6-13.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/songs/5-13.htm">Face</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-21.htm">Faces</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-31.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-22.htm">Heshbon</a> <a href="/songs/5-14.htm">Ivory</a> <a href="/songs/4-15.htm">Lebanon</a> <a href="/songs/4-9.htm">Neck</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-33.htm">Nose</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-11.htm">Overlooking</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-6.htm">Pools</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/11-3.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/songs/4-4.htm">Tower</a> <a href="/songs/5-12.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/5-10.htm">Bath</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-8.htm">Damascus</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-2.htm">Doorway</a> <a href="/songs/8-10.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/songs/7-8.htm">Face</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-3.htm">Faces</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-31.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-4.htm">Heshbon</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-6.htm">Ivory</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-13.htm">Lebanon</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-8.htm">Neck</a> <a href="/songs/7-8.htm">Nose</a> <a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Overlooking</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-23.htm">Pools</a> <a href="/songs/7-10.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-15.htm">Tower</a> <a href="/songs/8-7.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Song of Solomon 7</div>1. <a href="/songs/7-1.htm">a further description of the church's graces.</a> 10. <a href="/songs/7-10.htm">The church professes her faith and desire</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The imagery of the neck as a tower suggests strength, dignity, and elegance. In ancient times, towers were symbols of protection and grandeur. Ivory, a precious material, indicates purity and value. This metaphor highlights the beloved's noble character and esteemed position. The neck, often associated with will and determination, suggests a steadfast and upright nature. In biblical symbolism, towers can also represent a place of refuge and safety, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/18-10.htm">Proverbs 18:10</a>, where the name of the Lord is described as a strong tower.your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; Heshbon was a significant city in ancient Moab, known for its strategic location and abundant water sources. The pools of Heshbon would have been clear, tranquil, and life-sustaining, symbolizing depth, clarity, and serenity. The eyes, often seen as windows to the soul, reflect the inner beauty and peace of the beloved. The gate of Bath-rabbim, possibly a well-known entrance to the city, suggests accessibility and openness. This imagery may also connect to the idea of spiritual insight and understanding, as seen in <a href="/psalms/119-18.htm">Psalm 119:18</a>, where the psalmist asks for open eyes to behold wondrous things.your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus. The tower of Lebanon likely refers to a prominent structure in the region known for its impressive height and strategic vantage point. Lebanon, famous for its cedars, was a place of beauty and strength. The nose, central to the face, symbolizes discernment and perception. Facing toward Damascus, a major city to the north, suggests a forward-looking perspective and awareness of the surrounding world. This imagery conveys a sense of alertness and readiness, akin to the watchfulness encouraged in <a href="/1_peter/5-8.htm">1 Peter 5:8</a>, where believers are urged to be sober-minded and vigilant.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_beloved.htm">The Beloved</a> The speaker in this verse is the bridegroom, often interpreted as Solomon, who is expressing admiration for his bride. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_bride.htm">The Bride</a> The recipient of the praise, often seen as a representation of the church or the individual believer in a spiritual allegory. 3. <a href="/topical/h/heshbon.htm">Heshbon</a> An ancient city in Moab, known for its pools, which are used metaphorically to describe the bride's eyes. 4. <a href="/topical/b/bath-rabbim.htm">Bath-rabbim</a> A gate in Heshbon, indicating a place of entry and significance. 5. <a href="/topical/l/lebanon_and_damascus.htm">Lebanon and Damascus</a> Regions known for their beauty and strength, used to describe the bride's nose, symbolizing dignity and prominence.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_beauty_of_holiness.htm">The Beauty of Holiness</a> Just as the bride is described with beautiful imagery, believers are called to reflect the beauty of holiness in their lives. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_perception.htm">Spiritual Perception</a> The eyes like pools suggest clarity and depth of spiritual insight, encouraging believers to seek wisdom and understanding. <a href="/topical/s/strength_and_dignity.htm">Strength and Dignity</a> The neck and nose symbolize strength and dignity, reminding Christians to stand firm in their faith and convictions. <a href="/topical/c/christ's_love_for_the_church.htm">Christ's Love for the Church</a> The admiration expressed by the bridegroom reflects Christ's deep love and appreciation for His Church. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_inner_beauty.htm">The Importance of Inner Beauty</a> While physical beauty is celebrated, the emphasis is on the inner qualities that reflect God's character.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_song_of_solomon_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Song of Solomon 7</a> <a href="/q/how_does_song_4_7's_perfection_fit_reality.htm">How can the description of the bride's flawless perfection in Song of Solomon 4:7 align with human reality, given our understanding of human imperfection?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_song_4_fit_solomon's_many_wives.htm">If historically attributed to King Solomon, how does Song of Solomon 4 mesh with the accounts of his many wives and concubines in other biblical texts (e.g., 1 Kings 11:3)?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_song_4_1-3's_exaggerations.htm">How do we reconcile the poetic exaggerations in Song of Solomon 4:1-3 with any literal or historical interpretations of the text?</a> <a href="/q/where_is_mount_ephraim_in_the_bible.htm">What does 'Do not awaken love until it pleases' mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/songs/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) Fishpools in Heshbon.--Literally, pools. The Authorised Version follows the Vulg. piscin?, for which there is no authority. For Heshbon, see Note on <a href="/numbers/21-26.htm" title="For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even to Arnon.">Numbers 21:26</a>. The ruins still remain, with the same name Hesban, in the Wady of that name (Robinson, p. 278). "There are many cisterns among the ruins; and towards the south, a few yards from the base of the hill, is a large ancient reservoir, which calls to mind the passage in <a href="/songs/7-4.htm" title="Your neck is as a tower of ivory; your eyes like the fish pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: your nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.">Song of Solomon 7:4</a>" (Smith's Bib. Dict.). Captain Warren took a photograph of "the spring-head of the waters of Hesban," published by the Palestine Exploration Fund. In regard to the image, comp.--"Adspicies oculos tremulo fulgore micantesUt sol a liquida s?pe refulget aqua."Ovid. Art. Am., ii. 722.Comp. also Keats:--"Those eyes, those passions, those supreme pearl springs.The gate of Bath-rabbim.--Doubtless the name of an actual gate, so called from the crowds of people streaming through it: daughter of multitudes.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/songs/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 4. - Thy neck is like the tower of ivory; thine eyes are as the pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim; thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus. This is plainly a partial repetition of the king's description. The ivory tower was perhaps a tower well known, covered with ivory tablets, slender in structure, dazzlingly white in appearance, imposing and captivating. No doubt in the lips of the court ladies it is intended that this echo of the royal bridegroom's praises shall be grateful to him. Heshbon is situated some five and a half hours east of the northern points of the Dead Sea, on an extensive, undulating, fruitful, high table-land, with a far-reaching prospect. "The comparison of the eyes to a pool means either their glistening like a water-mirror or their being lovely in appearance, for the Arabian knows no greater pleasure than to look upon clear, gently rippling water: cf. Ovid, 'De Arte Am.,' 2:722 - "Adspicies oculos tremulo fulgore micantes, Ut sol a liquida saepe refulget aqua" The nose formed a straight line down from the forehead, conveying the impression of symmetry, and at the same time a dignity and majesty inspiring with awe like the tower of Lebanon. The reference is perhaps to a particular tower, and in the time of Solomon there were many noted specimens of architectural and artistic splendour. "A tower which looks in the direction of Damascus is to be thought of as standing on one of the eastern spurs of Hermon or on the top of Amana (<a href="/songs/4-8.htm">Song of Solomon 4:8</a>), whence the Amana (Barada) takes its rise, whether as a watchtower (<a href="/2_samuel/8-6.htm">2 Samuel 8:6</a>) or only as a look out from which might be enjoyed the paradisaical prospect." <a href="/commentaries/songs/7-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Your neck צַוָּארֵ֖ךְ (ṣaw·wā·rêḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6677.htm">Strong's 6677: </a> The back of the neck is like a tower כְּמִגְדַּ֣ל (kə·miḡ·dal) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4026.htm">Strong's 4026: </a> A tower, a rostrum, a, bed of flowers [made] of ivory; הַשֵּׁ֑ן (haš·šên) Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8127.htm">Strong's 8127: </a> A tooth, ivory, a cliff your eyes עֵינַ֜יִךְ (‘ê·na·yiḵ) Noun - cdc | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> An eye, a fountain are like the pools בְּרֵכ֣וֹת (bə·rê·ḵō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1295.htm">Strong's 1295: </a> A pool, pond of Heshbon בְּחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹן (bə·ḥeš·bō·wn) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2809.htm">Strong's 2809: </a> Heshbon -- a place East of the Jordan by עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the gate שַׁ֙עַר֙ (ša·‘ar) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> An opening, door, gate of Bath-rabbim; רַבִּ֔ים (rab·bîm) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1337.htm">Strong's 1337: </a> Bath-rabbim -- 'daughter of multitudes', a name for Heshbon or its gate your nose אַפֵּךְ֙ (’ap·pêḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire is like the tower כְּמִגְדַּ֣ל (kə·miḡ·dal) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4026.htm">Strong's 4026: </a> A tower, a rostrum, a, bed of flowers of Lebanon הַלְּבָנ֔וֹן (hal·lə·ḇā·nō·wn) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3844.htm">Strong's 3844: </a> Lebanon -- a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel facing toward צוֹפֶ֖ה (ṣō·w·p̄eh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6822.htm">Strong's 6822: </a> To lean forward, to peer into the distance, to observe, await Damascus. דַמָּֽשֶׂק׃ (ḏam·mā·śeq) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1834.htm">Strong's 1834: </a> Damascus -- a city in Aram (Syria) <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/songs/7-4.htm">Song of Solomon 7:4 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/songs/7-4.htm">Song of Solomon 7:4 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/songs/7-4.htm">Song of Solomon 7:4 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/songs/7-4.htm">Song of Solomon 7:4 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/songs/7-4.htm">Song of Solomon 7:4 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/songs/7-4.htm">Song of Solomon 7:4 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/songs/7-4.htm">Song of Solomon 7:4 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/songs/7-4.htm">Song of Solomon 7:4 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/songs/7-4.htm">Song of Solomon 7:4 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/songs/7-4.htm">Song of Solomon 7:4 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/songs/7-4.htm">OT Poetry: Song of Solomon 7:4 Your neck is like an ivory tower (Song Songs SS So Can)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/songs/7-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Song of Solomon 7:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Song of Solomon 7:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/songs/7-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Song of Solomon 7:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Song of Solomon 7:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>