Song of Songs

Chapter 7

Admiration by the Bridegroom and The Bride

Song of Songs 7 presents a renewed celebration of the bride's beauty, followed by her confident invitation into shared delight and fruitfulness. The chapter moves from the bridegroom's lingering admiration to the bride's open summons, showing love that is both deeply cherished and joyfully reciprocal.

As the seventh chapter of Song of Songs, this passage brings the book's language of praise and belonging toward mature mutuality. The lovers are no longer merely seeking one another; they speak from possession, delight, and readiness to enjoy love's fruit together in freedom and trust.

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Song of Songs 7

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vv. 1-9

Admiration by the Bridegroom

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H¹ow beautiful are your sandaled feet, ²Your navel is a rounded goblet; ³Your breasts are like two fawns, ⁴Your neck is like a tower ⁵Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel,

⁶How fair and pleasant you are, ⁷Your stature is like a palm tree; ⁸I said, “I will climb the palm tree; ⁹and your mouth like the finest wine.

vv. 10-13

The Bride

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I¹⁰ belong to my beloved, ¹¹Come, my beloved,

¹²Let us go early to the vineyards ¹³The mandrakes send forth a fragrance,

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