Song of Solomon 7:1
How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master.
2 Your navel is a rounded goblet; it never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies.
3 Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master.
- KJV
- How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.
- WEB
- How beautiful are your feet in sandals, prince’s daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a skillful workman.
- ASV
- How beautiful are thy feet in sandals, O prince`s daughter! Thy rounded thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of a skilful workman.
- DARBY
- How beautiful are thy footsteps in sandals, O prince's daughter! The roundings of thy thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of an artist.
- BLB
- How beautiful [are] your feet in the sandals, O daughter of a noble! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of an artisan.
- ÅB
- Hvor fagert du skrider fram i dine sko, du høvdingdatter! Dine lenders rundinger er som smykker, et verk av kunstnerhånd.
- OTB
- Hvor vakre er dine føtter i sandaler, Du datter av en fyrste! Kurvene av dine hofter er som juveler, Verket av en kunstners hender.
- B1930
- Hvor fagert du skrider frem i dine sko, du høvdingdatter! Dine lenders rundinger er som smykker, et verk av kunstnerhånd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 45:13
All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold.
Read in contextColossians 2:19
He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.
Read in contextDaniel 2:32
The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its belly and thighs were bronze,
Read in contextEphesians 6:15
and with your feet fitted with the readiness of the gospel of peace.
Read in contextExodus 28:15
You are also to make a breastpiece of judgment with the same workmanship as the ephod. Construct it with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.
Read in contextEphesians 4:15–16
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
Read in contextPhilippians 1:27
Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
Read in contextExodus 35:35
He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and as weavers—as artistic designers of every kind of craft.
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