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Your neck is like a tower of ivory.
    Your eyes are like the[a] pools in Heshbon,
        beside the gate of Beth-rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon,
    which faces Damascus.
Your head crowns you[b] like Mount Carmel.
    Your flowing locks[c] are like purple,
        and a king could be captured in the dangling tresses.
How beautiful and lovely you are,
    you are love with its exquisite delights.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 7:4 The Heb. lacks like the
  2. Song of Solomon 7:5 Lit. is on you
  3. Song of Solomon 7:5 Lit. the hair of your head
  4. Song of Solomon 7:6 Or my love with exquisite delights; Lit. Love with exquisite delights

Your neck is like an ivory tower.(A)
Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon(B)
    by the gate of Bath Rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon(C)
    looking toward Damascus.
Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel.(D)
    Your hair is like royal tapestry;
    the king is held captive by its tresses.
How beautiful(E) you are and how pleasing,
    my love, with your delights!(F)

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