Apologetics Bible

SongofSolomon 7:1

Hebrew

שׁוּבִי שׁוּבִי הַשּׁוּלַמִּית שׁוּבִי שׁוּבִי וְנֶחֱזֶה־בָּךְ מַֽה־תֶּחֱזוּ בַּשּׁוּלַמִּית כִּמְחֹלַת הַֽמַּחֲנָֽיִם׃

shvviy-shvviy-hashvlamiyt-shvviy-shvviy-venechezeh-vakhe-mah-techezv-vashvlamiyt-khimecholat-hamachanayim

KJV: 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.

AKJV: How beautiful are your feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of your thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.

ASV: How beautiful are thy feet in sandals, O prince’s daughter!

YLT: As the chorus of `Mahanaim.' How beautiful were thy feet with sandals, O daughter of Nadib. The turnings of thy sides are as ornaments, Work of the hands of an artificer.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 7:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 7:2

Hebrew

מַה־יָּפוּ פְעָמַיִךְ בַּנְּעָלִים בַּת־נָדִיב חַמּוּקֵי יְרֵכַיִךְ כְּמוֹ חֲלָאִים מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי אָמָּֽן׃

mah-yafv-fe'amayikhe-vane'aliym-vat-nadiyv-chamvqey-yerekhayikhe-khemvo-chala'iym-ma'asheh-yedey-'aman

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

AKJV: Your navel is like a round goblet, which wants not liquor: your belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.

ASV: Thy body islikea round goblet,

YLT: Thy waist is a basin of roundness, It lacketh not the mixture, Thy body a heap of wheat, fenced with lilies,

Exposition: SongofSolomon 7:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 7:3

Hebrew

שָׁרְרֵךְ אַגַּן הַסַּהַר אַל־יֶחְסַר הַמָּזֶג בִּטְנֵךְ עֲרֵמַת חִטִּים סוּגָה בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃

sharerekhe-'agan-hasahar-'al-yechesar-hamazeg-vitenekhe-'aremat-chitiym-svgah-vashvoshaniym

KJV: Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.

AKJV: Your two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.

ASV: Thy two breasts are like two fawns

YLT: Thy two breasts as two young ones, twins of a roe,

Exposition: SongofSolomon 7:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 7:4

Hebrew

שְׁנֵי שָׁדַיִךְ כִּשְׁנֵי עֳפָרִים תָּאֳמֵי צְבִיָּֽה׃

sheney-shadayikhe-khisheney-'ofariym-ta'omey-tzeviyah

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.

AKJV: Your neck is as a tower of ivory; your eyes like the fish pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: your nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.

ASV: Thy neck is like the tower of ivory;

YLT: Thy neck as a tower of the ivory, Thine eyes pools in Heshbon, near the gate of Bath-Rabbim, Thy face as a tower of Lebanon looking to Damascus,

Exposition: SongofSolomon 7:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 7:5

Hebrew

צַוָּארֵךְ כְּמִגְדַּל הַשֵּׁן עֵינַיִךְ בְּרֵכוֹת בְּחֶשְׁבּוֹן עַל־שַׁעַר בַּת־רַבִּים אַפֵּךְ כְּמִגְדַּל הַלְּבָנוֹן צוֹפֶה פְּנֵי דַמָּֽשֶׂק׃

tzava'rekhe-khemigedal-hashen-'eynayikhe-verekhvot-vecheshevvon-'al-sha'ar-vat-raviym-'afekhe-khemigedal-halevanvon-tzvofeh-feney-damasheq

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

AKJV: Your head on you is like Carmel, and the hair of your head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

ASV: Thy head upon thee is like Carmel,

YLT: Thy head upon thee as Carmel, And the locks of thy head as purple, The king is bound with the flowings!

Exposition: SongofSolomon 7:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 7:6

Hebrew

רֹאשֵׁךְ עָלַיִךְ כַּכַּרְמֶל וְדַלַּת רֹאשֵׁךְ כָּאַרְגָּמָן מֶלֶךְ אָסוּר בָּרְהָטִֽים׃

ro'shekhe-'alayikhe-khakharemel-vedalat-ro'shekhe-kha'aregaman-melekhe-'asvr-varehatiym

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

AKJV: How fair and how pleasant are you, O love, for delights!

ASV: How fair and how pleasant art thou,

YLT: How fair and how pleasant hast thou been, O love, in delights.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 7:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 7:7

Hebrew

מַה־יָּפִית וּמַה־נָּעַמְתְּ אַהֲבָה בַּתַּֽעֲנוּגִֽים׃

mah-yafiyt-vmah-na'amete-'ahavah-vata'anvgiym

KJV: This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.

AKJV: This your stature is like to a palm tree, and your breasts to clusters of grapes.

ASV: This thy stature is like to a palm-tree,

YLT: This thy stature hath been like to a palm, And thy breasts to clusters.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 7:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 7:8

Hebrew

זֹאת קֽוֹמָתֵךְ דָּֽמְתָה לְתָמָר וְשָׁדַיִךְ לְאַשְׁכֹּלֽוֹת׃

zo't-qvomatekhe-dametah-letamar-veshadayikhe-le'ashekholvot

KJV: 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;

AKJV: I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also your breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of your nose like apples;

ASV: I said, I will climb up into the palm-tree,

YLT: I said, `Let me go up on the palm, Let me lay hold on its boughs, Yea, let thy breasts be, I pray thee, as clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of thy face as citrons,

Exposition: SongofSolomon 7:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 7:9

Hebrew

אָמַרְתִּי אֶעֱלֶה בְתָמָר אֹֽחֲזָה בְּסַנְסִנָּיו וְיִֽהְיוּ־נָא שָׁדַיִךְ כְּאֶשְׁכְּלוֹת הַגֶּפֶן וְרֵיחַ אַפֵּךְ כַּתַּפּוּחִֽים׃

'amaretiy-'e'eleh-vetamar-'ochazah-vesanesinayv-veyiheyv-na'-shadayikhe-khe'eshekhelvot-hagefen-vereycha-'afekhe-khatafvchiym

KJV: 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.

AKJV: And the roof of your mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goes down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. ¶

ASV: And thy mouth like the best wine,

YLT: And thy palate as the good wine--'Flowing to my beloved in uprightness, Strengthening the lips of the aged!

Exposition: SongofSolomon 7:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 7:10

Hebrew

וְחִכֵּךְ כְּיֵין הַטּוֹב הוֹלֵךְ לְדוֹדִי לְמֵישָׁרִים דּוֹבֵב שִׂפְתֵי יְשֵׁנִֽים׃

vechikhekhe-kheyeyn-hatvov-hvolekhe-ledvodiy-lemeyshariym-dvovev-shifetey-yesheniym

KJV: I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.

AKJV: I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.

ASV: I am my beloved’s;

YLT: I am my beloved's, and on me is his desire.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 7:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 7:11

Hebrew

אֲנִי לְדוֹדִי וְעָלַי תְּשׁוּקָתֽוֹ׃

'aniy-ledvodiy-ve'alay-teshvqatvo

KJV: Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

AKJV: Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

ASV: Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field;

YLT: Come, my beloved, we go forth to the field,

Exposition: SongofSolomon 7:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 7:12

Hebrew

לְכָה דוֹדִי נֵצֵא הַשָּׂדֶה נָלִינָה בַּכְּפָרִֽים׃

lekhah-dvodiy-netze'-hashadeh-naliynah-vakhefariym

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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 you my loves.

ASV: Let us get up early to the vineyards;

YLT: We lodge in the villages, we go early to the vineyards, We see if the vine hath flourished, The sweet smelling-flower hath opened. The pomegranates have blossomed, There do I give to thee my loves;

Exposition: SongofSolomon 7:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 7:13

Hebrew

נַשְׁכִּימָה לַכְּרָמִים נִרְאֶה אִם פָּֽרְחָה הַגֶּפֶן פִּתַּח הַסְּמָדַר הֵנֵצוּ הָרִמּוֹנִים שָׁם אֶתֵּן אֶת־דֹּדַי לָֽךְ׃

nashekhiymah-lakheramiym-nire'eh-'im-farechah-hagefen-fitach-hasemadar-henetzv-harimvoniym-sham-'eten-'et-doday-lakhe

KJV: 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.

AKJV: The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.

ASV: The mandrakes give forth fragrance;

YLT: The mandrakes have given fragrance, And at our openings all pleasant things, New, yea, old, my beloved, I laid up for thee!

Exposition: SongofSolomon 7:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.