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Song of Solomon 7:2
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Your navel is a rounded bowl;it never lacks mixed wine.Your belly is a mound of wheatsurrounded by lilies.
Your body is like a round goblet, No mixed wine is wanting. Your waist is like a heap of wheat, Set about with lilies.
Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with lilies.
"Your navel is like a round goblet That never lacks mixed wine; Your belly is like a heap of wheat, Surrounded with lilies.
Your navel is like a round drinking cup always filled with wine. Your stomach is like a pile of wheat surrounded with lilies.
"Your navel is a round goblet Which never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is like a heap of wheat Surrounded with lilies.
Your body is like a round goblet, No mixed wine is wanting. Your waist is like a heap of wheat, Set about with lilies.
Thy nauel is as a round cuppe that wanteth not licour: thy belly is as an heape of wheat compassed about with lilies.
Your navel is like a round basinWhich never lacks mixed wine;Your belly is like a heap of wheatEncircled with lilies.
Your navel is a rounded goblet; it never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies.
your navel is a wine glass filled to overflowing. Your body is full and slender like a bundle of wheat bound together by lilies.
[He]
How beautiful are your feet in sandals, you daughter of princes! The curves of your thighs are like a necklace made by a skilled craftsman.Thy navel is a round goblet, [which] wanteth not mixed wine; Thy belly a heap of wheat, set about with lilies;
Your navel is like a round cup; may it never be without wine. Your belly is like a pile of wheat surrounded by lilies.
Your navel is like a round goblet in which mingled wine is never lacking; your belly is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies.
A bowl is there, that never runs out of spiced wine. A sheaf of wheat is there, surrounded by lilies.
Your navel is a round wine-mixing bowl that does not lack mixed wine! Your belly is a heap of wheat encircled with lilies.
Your navel is like a round goblet; it never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies.
Thy nauell is like a rounde goblett, which is neuer without drynke: Thy wombe is like an heape of wheate, sett aboute with lilies:
Thy body is like a round goblet, Wherein no mingled wine is wanting: Thy waist is like a heap of wheat Set about with lilies.
Your stomach is a store of grain with lilies round it, and in the middle a round cup full of wine.
How beautiful are thy steps in sandals, O prince's daughter! The roundings of thy thighs are like the links of a chain, the work of the hands of a skilled workman.
Thy nauell is like a round goblet, which wanteth not licour: thy belly is like an heape of wheate, set about with lillies.
Thy nauell is lyke a rounde goblet, which is neuer without drynke. Thy wombe is like a heape of wheate that is set about with lilies.
Thy navel is as a turned bowl, not wanting liquor; thy belly is as a heap of wheat set about with lilies.
Thy navel is [like] a round goblet, [wherein] no mingled wine is wanting: thy belly is [like] an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
Thi nawle is as a round cuppe, and wel formed, that hath neuere nede to drynkis; thi wombe is as an heep of whete, biset aboute with lilies.
Your body is [like] a round goblet, [Wherein] no mingled wine is wanting: Your waist is [like] a heap of wheat Set about with lilies.
Thy navel [is like] a round goblet, [which] wanteth not liquor: thy belly [is like] a heap of wheat set about with lilies.
Your navel is a rounded goblet; It lacks no blended beverage. Your waist is a heap of wheat Set about with lilies.
Your navel is perfectly formed like a goblet filled with mixed wine. Between your thighs lies a mound of wheat bordered with lilies.
Your navel is like a beautiful glass full of wine. Your stomach is like gathered grain with lilies around it.
Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with lilies.
Thy navel, is a round bowl, may it not lack spiced wine! Thy body, a heap of wheat fenced about with lilies;
Thy navel is like a round bowl never wanting cups. Thy belly is like a heap of wheat, set about with lilies.
Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with lilies.
Thy waist [is] a basin of roundness, It lacketh not the mixture, Thy body a heap of wheat, fenced with lilies,
"Your navel is like a round goblet Which never lacks mixed wine; Your belly is like a heap of wheat Fenced about with lilies.
Contextual Overview
The Lover to His Beloved:
How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O nobleman's daughter! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a master craftsman. 2 Your navel is a round mixing bowl— may it never lack mixed wine! Your belly is a mound of wheat, encircled by lilies. 3 Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle. 4 Your neck is like a tower made of ivory. Your eyes are the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon overlooking Damascus. 5 Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel. The locks of your hair are like royal tapestries— the king is held captive in its tresses! 6 How beautiful you are! How lovely, O love, with your delights! 7The Lover to His Beloved:
Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like clusters of grapes. 8 I want to climb the palm tree, and take hold of its fruit stalks. May your breasts be like the clusters of grapes, and may the fragrance of your breath be like apples! 9 May your mouth be like the best wine, flowing smoothly for my beloved, gliding gently over our lips as we sleep together.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
navel: Proverbs 3:8
liquor: Heb. mixture
thy belly: Song of Solomon 5:14, Psalms 45:16, Isaiah 46:3, Jeremiah 1:5, Romans 7:4
Cross-References
The Lord said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation.
Pairs of clean animals, of unclean animals, of birds, and of everything that creeps along the ground,
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month—on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life came into the ark to Noah.
The waters completely inundated the earth so that even all the high mountains under the entire sky were covered.
And all living things that moved on the earth died, including the birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all humankind.
Noah built an altar to the Lord . He then took some of every kind of clean animal and clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
as well as to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean,
Moreover, they will teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to distinguish between the ceremonially unclean and the clean.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thy navel [is like] a round goblet,.... According to some, not the navel itself is meant; but a covering of it, a jewel or plate of gold in the shape of it; and because the word for "round", in the Chaldee language, signifies the "moon", and so Ben Melech interprets it, some have thought of the "round tire like the moon", Isaiah 3:18; though that was rather an ornament about the neck. Bishop Patrick is of opinion that it refers to "the clothing of wrought gold", Psalms 45:13; which had, on the part that covered the belly, a raised embossed work, resembling a heap or sheaves of wheat; about which was an embroidery of curious flowers, particularly lilies; and, in the midst of the whole, a fountain or conduit, running with several sorts of liquor, into a great bowl or basin: and Fortunatus Scacchus n interprets it of a garment, covering this part, embroidered with lilies. All which may represent the beautiful robe of Christ's righteousness the church is adorned with. But rather the part itself is meant, and designs the ministers of the Gospel; who, in the administration of the word and ordinances, are that to the church as the navel is to a human body; that is in an eminent part of it, is the strength of the intestines, conduces much to the health of the body, and by which the child in the womb is supposed to receive its nourishment: ministers are set in the highest place in the church; are strong in themselves, through the grace and power of Christ and the means of strengthening others; and of keeping the church a good plight and healthful state, by the wholesome words and sound doctrines they preach; and also of nourishing souls in embryo, and when new born, with the sincere milk of the word: and as the navel is said to be like a "round goblet", cup, bowl, or basin, this aptly describes that part; and may express the perfection of Gospel ministers, their gifts and grace, not in an absolute, but comparative sense, the round or circular form being reckoned the most perfect; and also the workmanship bestowed on them, the gifts and grace of the Spirit, a round goblet being turned and formed by some curious artist; and likewise their capacity to hold and retain Gospel truths. And they are compared, not to an empty one, but to one
[which] wanteth not liquor; meaning the large and never failing supplies of gifts and grace from Christ; so that they never want the liquor, the oil and wine of Gospel truths, to communicate to others, Zechariah 4:12. The word used signifies a "mixture", or a "mixed liquor" o, as of wine and milk, Song of Solomon 5:1; or rather of wine and water, much used in the eastern countries; so the wine of Sharon used to be mixed, two parts water and one wine p: and this designs, not a mixture of divine truths and human doctrines, which ought not to be made; but the variety of Gospel truths ministers deliver to others, and that in a manner they are most capable of receiving them. Some q render the words as a wish, "let there not want", c. and so they declare the tender concern of Christ, that his church might have a continual supply in the ministry of the word
thy belly [is like] a heap of wheat; which denotes the fruitfulness of the church in bringing souls to Christ, comparable to a pregnant woman; and whose fruit, young converts born in her, are compared to "a heap of wheat" for their number, choiceness, and solidity, being able to bear the fan of persecution: it was usual with the Jews to scatter wheat on the heads of married persons at their weddings, three times, saying, "increase and multiply" r; see Isaiah 66:8. This heap of wheat is said to be "set about", or "hedged, with lilies" s; which suggests, that it was not a heap of wheat on the corn floor which is meant, but a field of standing wheat, enclosed and fenced, not with thorns, but lilies; and these lilies may signify grown saints, who are often compared to lilies in this book, by whom young converts are encompassed and defended; or the beauties of holiness, in which they appear as soon as born again, Psalms 110:3.
n Eleochrysm. Sacr. l. 3. p. 1016. o המזג κραμα, Sept. "mixtio", Mercerus, Junius Tremellius, Piscator "mixtura", Marckius, Michaelis. p T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 77. 1. Nidda, fol. 19. 1. q So Junius Tremellius, Ainsworth. r Vid. Selden. Uxor. Heb. l. 2. c. 15. p. 195. s סוגה πεφραγμηνη, Sept. "vallatus", V. L. "circumseptus", Tigurine version, Michaelis "septus", Pagninus, Montanus, Brightman, Cocceius, Marckius, & alii.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Or, Thy lap is like a moon-shaped bowl where mixed wine faileth not.” The wine in the bowl rising to the brim adds to the beauty of the vessel, and gives a more pleasing image to the eye. Some interpret, “thy girdle is like a moon-shaped bowl,” or “bears a moon-shaped ornament” (compare Isaiah 3:18).
Set about with lilies - The contrast is one of colors, the flowers, it may be, representing the purple of the robe. “The heap of wheat is not seen because covered by the lilies.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Song of Solomon 7:2. Thy navel is like a round goblet — This may also refer to some ornamental dress about the loins. These suppositions are rendered very probable from hundreds of the best finished and highly decorated drawings of Asiatic ladies in my own collection, where every thing appears in the drawings, as in nature.
A heap of wheat set about with lilies. — This is another instance of the same kind. The richly embroidered dresses in the above drawings may amply illustrate this also. Ainsworth supposes the metaphor is taken from a pregnant woman; the child in the womb being nourished by means of the umbilical cord or navel string, till it is brought into the world. After which it is fed by means of the mother's breasts, which are immediately mentioned. Possibly the whole may allude to the bride's pregnancy.
