Song of Solomon 7:4

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.

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.

⁵ Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.

⁶ How fair and pleasant you are, O love, with your delights!

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: 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.
KJV: Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
WEB: 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.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; Thine eyes, [like] the pools in Heshbon, By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Thy nose like the tower of Lebanon, Which looketh toward Damascus;
BLB: Your neck [is] like a tower of ivory. Your eyes [are] the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-Rabbim. Your nose [is] like the tower of Lebanon, looking [to] the face of Damascus.

ÅB: Din hals er som elfenbenstårnet, dine øyne som vanndammene i Hesbon ved Batrabbims port, din nese som Libanon-tårnet, som skuer ut mot Damaskus.
OTB: Din hals er grasiøs som et elfenbenstårn, Dine øyne er som de rolige dammene i Hesjbon Ved porten til Bat-Rabbim; Din nese er så elegant som Libanons tårn, Som ser mot Damaskus.
B1930: Din hals er som elfenbenstårnet, dine øine som vanndammene i Hesbon ved Batrabbims port, din nese som Libanon-tårnet, som skuer ut mot Damaskus.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Song of Solomon 4:4
Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.
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Song of Solomon 4:8–9
Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.
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Psalms 144:12
Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
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1 Kings 22:39
As for the rest of the acts of Ahab, along with all his accomplishments and the ivory palace and all the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
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1 Kings 9:19
as well as all the store cities that Solomon had for his chariots and horses —whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.
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Song of Solomon 5:14–15
His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is an ivory panel bedecked with sapphires.
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Philippians 1:9–10
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
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Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
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