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<p class="indent1"> The curves of your thighs are like jewels, <p class="indent2"> the handiwork of a master. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Your navel is a rounded goblet; <p class="indent2"> it never lacks blended wine. <p class="indent1"> Your waist is a mound of wheat <p class="indent2"> encircled by the lilies. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Your breasts are like two fawns, <p class="indent2"> twins of a gazelle. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Your neck is like a tower <p class="indent2"> made of ivory; <p class="indent1"> your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon <p class="indent2"> by the gate of Bath-rabbim; <p class="indent1"> your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, <p class="indent2"> facing toward Damascus. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, <p class="indent2"> the hair of your head like purple threads; <p class="indent2"> the king is captured in your tresses. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>How fair and pleasant you are, <p class="indent2"> O love, with your delights! <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Your stature is like a palm tree; <p class="indent2"> your breasts are clusters of fruit. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I said, “I will climb the palm tree; <p class="indent2"> I will take hold of its fruit.” <p class="indent1"> May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, <p class="indent2"> the fragrance of your breath like apples, <A name="10"></a><p class="indent2"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>and your mouth<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> like the finest wine. <p class="ihdg">The Bride<p class="indent1stline"> May it flow smoothly to my beloved, <p class="indent2"> gliding gently over lips and teeth.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I belong to my beloved, <p class="indent2"> and his desire is for me. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Come, my beloved, <p class="indent2"> let us go to the countryside; <p class="indent2"> let us spend the night among the wildflowers.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Let us go early to the vineyards <p class="indent2"> to see if the vine has budded, <p class="indent1"> if the blossom has opened, <p class="indent2"> if the pomegranates are in bloom—<p class="indent2"> there I will give you my love. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, <p class="indent2"> and at our door is every delicacy, <p class="indent1"> new as well as old, <p class="indent2"> that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Hebrew <i>palate</i><span class="thin"> </span> <br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate; Hebrew <i>gliding gently over lips as we sleep</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>among the henna blossoms</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>in the villages</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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