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Song of Songs 7

The poem moves from praise of the woman’s beauty to her own declaration of belonging, desire, and love freely offered.

A lover praises a woman’s body, moving from her sandaled feet to her hair, then describing his desire for her through images of fruit and wine. She is addressed as a prince’s daughter, though the poem does not establish her royal identity. The speaker appears to change within verse 9. The woman declares her belonging to her beloved and proposes a trip into the countryside, where flowering vineyards and stored fruits frame her promise of love.

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1How beautiful are your feet in sandals, prince’s daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a skillful workman.
2Your body is like a round goblet, no mixed wine is wanting. Your waist is like a heap of wheat, set about with lilies.
3Your two breasts are like two fawns, that are twins of a roe.
4Your 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.
5Your head on you is like Carmel. The hair of your head like purple. The king is held captive in its tresses.
7This, your stature, is like a palm tree, your breasts like its fruit.
8I said, “I will climb up into the palm tree. I will take hold of its fruit.” Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the smell of your breath like apples.
9Your mouth is like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.
10I am my beloved’s. His desire is toward me.
11Come, my beloved! Let’s go out into the field. Let’s lodge in the villages.
12Let’s go early up to the vineyards. Let’s see whether the vine has budded, its blossom is open, and the pomegranates are in flower. There I will give you my love.
13The mandrakes produce fragrance. At our doors are all kinds of precious fruits, new and old, which I have stored up for you, my beloved.
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Key verses
Song of Songs 7:5The image of a king held captive by her hair brings the opening praise to a striking expression of attraction.
Song of Songs 7:10The woman speaks with confidence about belonging to her beloved and being the object of his desire.
Song of Songs 7:12The woman takes the initiative, joining the vineyard’s budding life with her promise to give her beloved her love.
Where this chapter reaches

The royal wedding imagery in Psalm and the delight in a wife’s body in Proverbs share Song of Songs 7’s celebration of love and beauty. Ephesians connects marriage with Christ and the church, a relationship this chapter does not name.

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What does Song of Songs 7:10 mean?

The woman declares that she belongs to her beloved and that his desire is directed toward her. Her words answer the praise and longing expressed in the preceding verses. She then proposes their outing, showing her own desire and active part in their love.

Is Song of Songs 7 about Christ and the church?

The chapter’s immediate subject is the desire and affection between human lovers, expressed through bodily praise and garden imagery. Christians have also read it in relation to Christ and the church, a connection informed by Ephesians. That theological reading should preserve the poem’s direct celebration of human love.

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