KJV King James Version
Thy neck [is] as a tower of ivory; thine eyes [like] the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose [is] as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
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Song of Solomon 7:4
Thy neck [is] as a tower of ivory; thine eyes [like] the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose [is] as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.
WEB World English Bible
Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bathrabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.
ASV American Standard Version
Thy neck is like the tower of ivory; Thine eyes as the pools in Heshbon, By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon Which looketh toward Damascus.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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,
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 7
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 Bathrabbim: 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].
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
צַוָּארֵ֖ךְH6677 · tsav.varneckכְּמִגְדַּ֣לH4026 · mig.dal(Hananel) Towerהַשֵּׁ֑ןH8127 · shentoothעֵינַ֜יִךְH5869 · a.yineyeבְּרֵכ֣וֹתH1295 · be.re.khah(Shelah) Poolבְּחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹןH2809 · chesh.bonHeshbonעַל־H5921 · aluponשַׁ֙עַר֙H8179 · sha.argateבַּת־H1337 · bat rab.bimBath-rabbimרַבִּ֔יםH1337 · bat rab.bimBath-rabbimאַפֵּךְ֙H639 · aphface: angerכְּמִגְדַּ֣לH4026 · mig.dal(Hananel) Towerהַלְּבָנ֔וֹןH3844 · le.va.nonLebanonצוֹפֶ֖הH6822 · tsa.phahto watchפְּנֵ֥יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeדַמָּֽשֶׂק׃H1834 · dam.me.seqDamascus
Cross-references
Song of Solomon 4:4Thy neck [is] like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.Song of Solomon 4:8-9Come with me from Lebanon, [my] spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.Psalm 144:12That our sons [may be] as plants grown up in their youth; [that] our daughters [may be] as corner stones, polished [after] the similitude of a palace:Song of Solomon 5:14-15His hands [are as] gold rings set with the beryl: his belly [is as] bright ivory overlaid [with] sapphires.1 Kings 10:18Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.Song of Solomon 6:5Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair [is] as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.Song of Solomon 4:1Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair; thou [hast] doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair [is] as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.Ephesians 3:18-19May be able to comprehend with all saints what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;Isaiah 54:4Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.2 Samuel 8:6Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, [and] brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.1 Kings 7:2He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof [was] an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.Psalm 45:8All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.Hebrews 5:14But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.Song of Solomon 1:10Thy cheeks are comely with rows [of jewels], thy neck with chains [of gold].1 Kings 22:39Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?Numbers 21:25-26And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.2 Chronicles 8:6And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.Ephesians 1:17-18That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
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