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Song of Solomon 7:4

Bath-rabbimDamascusHeshbonLebanon

2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.

3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.

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.

5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

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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)

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Cross references

  • Song of Solomon 4:4

    Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

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  • Song of Solomon 4:8–9

    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.

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  • Psalms 144:12

    That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

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  • 1 Kings 22:39

    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?

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  • 1 Kings 9:19

    And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

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  • Song of Solomon 5:14–15

    His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

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  • Philippians 1:9–10

    And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;

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  • Hebrews 5:14

    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.

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