Song of Songs, Chapter 7
Introduction
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- English translation: King James Version (1611), public domain, retrieved verbatim from bible-api.com (KJV).
Survival: Only the end of Song of Songs survives in Codex Sinaiticus (the folio that also begins Wisdom of Solomon). Chapters not on a surviving folio are not in the library.
Numbering: Greek verse 14 has no English counterpart under that number. Compare by content.
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1ο νυμφιοϲ προϲ την νυμφην επιϲτρεφε επιϲτρεφε η ϲουλαμιτιϲ επιϲτρεφε επιϲτρεφε · και οψομεθα εν ϲοι ταιϲ βαϲιλιϲϲαιϲ και ταιϲ θυγατραϲιν ο νυμφιοϲ ταδε τι οψεϲθαι · εν τη ϲουλαμιτιδι η ερχομενη · ωϲ χοροι των παρεμβολων 2ωραιωθηϲαν διαβηματα ϲου . εν ϋποδημαϲιν θυγατερ ναδαβ ρυθμοι μηρων ϲου . ομοιοι ορμιϲκοιϲ · εργων τεχνιτου 3ομφαλοϲ ϲου · κρατηρ τορευτοϲ μη ϋϲτερουμενοϲ κραματοϲ ˙ κοιλια ϲου . θειμωνια ϲιτου · πεφραγμενη εν κρινοιϲ 4δυο μαϲτοι ϲου . ωϲ δυο νεβροι διδυμοι δορκαδοϲ 5τραχηλοϲ ϲου . ωϲ πυργοϲ ελεφαντινοϲ οφθαλμοι ϲου . ωϲ λιμναι εν εϲεβω εν πυλαιϲ · θυγατροϲ πολλων μυκτηρ ϲου . ωϲ πυργοϲ του λιβανου ϲκοπευων · προϲωπον δαμαϲκου
1How 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. 2Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies. 3Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins. 4Thy 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. 5Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
6κεφαλη ϲου επι ϲε · ωϲ καρμηλοϲ και πλοκιον κεφαληϲ ϲου . ωϲ πορφυρα βαϲιλευϲ δεδεμενοϲ · εν παραδρομαιϲ 7τι ωραιωθηϲ · και τι ηδυνηθηϲ · αγαπη εν τρυφαιϲ ϲου · 8τουτο μεγεθοϲ ϲου ομοιωθητι · τω φοινικει και οι μαϲτοι ϲου · τοιϲ βοτρυϲιν 9ειπα · αναβηϲομαι επι τω φοινικει και κρατηϲω των ϋψεων αυτου εϲονται δη μαϲτοι ϲου . ωϲ βοτρυεϲ τηϲ αμπελου και οϲμη ρινοϲ ϲου . ωϲ μηλα 10και λαρυγξ ϲου . ωϲ οινοϲ ο αγαθοϲ η νυμφη πορευομενοϲ τω αδελφιδω μου . ειϲ ευθυτητα ϊκανουμενοϲ · χιλεϲιν μου και οδουϲιν
6How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! 7This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes. 8I 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; 9And 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. 10I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.
11εγω τω αδελφιδω μου · και επ εμε η επιϲτροφη αυτου 12ελθε αδελφιδε μου · εξελθωμεν ειϲ αγρον αυλιϲθωμεν · εν κωμαιϲ ˙ 13ορθριϲωμεν · ειϲ αμπελωναϲ ειδωμεν · ει ηνθηϲεν η αμπελοϲ ηνθηϲεν · ο κυπριϲμοϲ ηνθηϲαν · αι ροαι εκει δωϲω τουϲ μαϲτουϲ μου ϲοι 14οι μανδραγοραι · εδωκαν οϲμην αυτω και επι θυραιϲ ημων · παντα ακροδρυα νεα προϲ παλαια αδελφιδε μου . ετηρηϲα ϲοι
11Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. 12Let 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. 13The 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.
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Source & Cross-References
- Source text: Codex Sinaiticus folio + transcription (codexsinaiticus.org) + King James Version (1611) — view original
- Critical edition: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869) / Codex Sinaiticus transcription
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