Read Song of Solomon 7 in the King James Bible (opens in a new tab)
Song of Solomon 7 continues the celebration of covenant love, but with a tone of mature delight, mutual belonging, and fruitful union rather than shallow romance. The bridegroom speaks with admiration and honor, showing that true love sees beauty with gratitude and receives it as a gift, not as something to consume selfishly. The chapter then turns toward shared desire and shared movement, as the bride invites her beloved to go forth together, which highlights love that is not passive, one-sided, or isolated, but willing, reciprocal, and active. The imagery of vineyards, fruits, and the countryside points to love that is living, fruitful, and ripened in faithfulness. The chapter teaches that covenant love is meant to be cherished, expressed with purity, and enjoyed within the safety of mutual devotion.
Song of Solomon 7:1 - 7:13
1 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.
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.
4 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!
7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters [of grapes].
8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;
9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth [down] sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
10 I [am] my beloved’s, and his desire [is] toward me.
11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.
12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, [whether] the tender grape appear, [and] the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates [are] all manner of pleasant [fruits], new and old, [which] I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.