Song of Solomon 7:1
New International Version
How beautiful your sandaled feet, O prince’s daughter! Your graceful legs are like jewels, the work of an artist’s hands.

New Living Translation
How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O queenly maiden. Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a skilled craftsman.

English Standard Version
How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O noble daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a master hand.

Berean Standard Bible
How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O prince’s daughter! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of a skillful workman.

New American Standard Bible
“How beautiful are your feet in sandals, Prince’s daughter! The curves of your hips are like jewels, The work of the hands of an artist.

NASB 1995
“How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O prince’s daughter! The curves of your hips are like jewels, The work of the hands of an artist.

NASB 1977
“How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O prince’s daughter! The curves of your hips are like jewels, The work of the hands of an artist.

Legacy Standard Bible
“How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O noble’s daughter! The curves of your thighs are like ornaments, The work of the hands of an artist.

Amplified Bible
“How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O prince’s daughter! The curves of your hips are like jewels, The work of the hands of an artist.

Christian Standard Bible
How beautiful are your sandaled feet, princess! The curves of your thighs are like jewelry, the handiwork of a master.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
How beautiful are your sandaled feet, princess! The curves of your thighs are like jewelry, the handiwork of a master.

American Standard Version
How beautiful are thy feet in sandals, O prince's daughter! Thy rounded thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of a skilful workman.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
How beautiful are your feet in sandals, daughter of preparation, and the form of your thighs as a necklace, the work of the hands of a Craftsman!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thy steps are beautiful in shoes, O daughter of the prince: the joints of thy thighs are like chains, the work of the craftsman.

Contemporary English Version
You are a princess, and your feet are graceful in their sandals. Your thighs are works of art, each one a jewel;

Douay-Rheims Bible
What shalt thou see in the Sulamitess but the companies of camps? How beautiful are thy steps in shoes, O prince's daughter! The joints of thy thighs are like jewels, that are made by the hand of a skilful workman.

English Revised Version
How beautiful are thy feet in sandals, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
How beautiful are your feet in their sandals, noble daughter! The curves of your thighs are like ornaments, like the work of an artist's hands.

Good News Translation
What a magnificent young woman you are! How beautiful are your feet in sandals. The curve of your thighs is like the work of an artist.

International Standard Version
How beautiful are your feet in sandals, noble lady. The curves of your thighs are like ornaments, the work of a skilled artist's hands.

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
As the chorus of “Mahanaim.” How beautiful were your feet with sandals, O daughter of Nadib. The turnings of your sides [are] as ornaments, | Work of the hands of a craftsman.

Majority Standard Bible
How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master.

New American Bible
How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O noble daughter! Your curving thighs like jewels, the product of skilled hands.

NET Bible
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.

New Revised Standard Version
How graceful are your feet in sandals, O queenly maiden! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a master hand.

New Heart English Bible
How beautiful are your feet in sandals, prince's daughter. Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a skillful workman.

Webster's Bible Translation
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 skillful workman.

World English Bible
How beautiful are your feet in sandals, prince’s daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a skillful workman.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Admiration by the Bridegroom
1How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master. 2Your navel is a rounded goblet; it never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies.…

Cross References
Exodus 28:42
Make linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from waist to thigh.

Psalm 45:13
All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold.

Song of Solomon 7:2
Your navel is a rounded goblet; it never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies.


Treasury of Scripture

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.

thy feet

Luke 15:22
But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

Ephesians 6:15
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

Philippians 1:27
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

o prince's

Psalm 45:13
The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.

2 Corinthians 6:18
And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

the joints

Daniel 2:32
This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,

Ephesians 4:15,16
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: …

Colossians 2:19
And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

the work

Exodus 28:15
And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.

Exodus 35:35
Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.

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Song of Solomon 7
1. a further description of the church's graces.
10. The church professes her faith and desire














VII.

(1) How beautiful . . .--Literally, How beautiful are thy feet (or thy steps) in the sandals. This description of the beauty of the bride--

"From the delicate Arab arch of her feet

To the grace that, bright and light as the crest

Of a peacock, sits on her shining head"--

is plainly connected with the dance mentioned in the last verse, and possibly proceeds in this order, instead of from the head downwards, because the feet of a dancer would first attract attention. See end of Excursus III.

O prince's daughter!--Heb. Bath-nadib (the LXX. keep ?????)--evidently again suggested by Amminadib, in Song of Solomon 6:12. But as the allusion there cannot be recovered, nothing relating to the rank of the heroine can be deduced from the recurrence of nadib (= noble) here. The reference may be to character rather than descent, just as in the opposite expression, "daughter of Belial" (1Samuel 1:16).

Joints.--Heb. cham-k, from chamah--went away, probably refers to the rapid movements in dancing, and the image is suggested by the graceful curves formed by a chain or pendulous ornament when in motion. Or the reference may be to the contour of the person. . . .

Verse 1. - How beautiful are thy feet in sandals, O prince's daughter! The joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman. To the ladies who are looking on the bride appears simply noble and royal. The word naudhib which is used, translated "prince's daughter," means "noble in disposition," and so in birth and rank, as in 1 Samuel 2:8; Psalm 113:8; so in Song of Solomon 6:12, "the princely people." The description, which is perfectly chaste, is intended to bring before the eye the lithe and beautiful movements of an elegant dancer; the bendings of the body, full of activity and grace, are compared to the swinging to and fro of jewelled ornaments made in chains. The cunning workman or artist is one who is master of that which abides beautiful. אָמָּן, like, יָמִין, "whose truthful work can be trusted." The description passes from the thighs or loins to the middle part of the body, because in the mode of dancing prevailing in the East the breast and the body, are raised, and the outlines of the form appear through the clothing, which is of a light texture. We must not expect to find a symbolical meaning for all the details of such a description. The general intention is to set forth the beauty and glory of the bride. The Church of Christ is most delightful in his sight when it is most full of activity and life, and every portion of it is called forth into manifest excellence. "Arise, shine," is the invitation addressed to the whole Church, "shake thyself from the dust," "put on thy beautiful garments," be ready for thy Lord.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
How
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

beautiful
יָּפ֧וּ (yā·p̄ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3303: Fair, beautiful

are your sandaled
בַּנְּעָלִ֖ים (ban·nə·‘ā·lîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 5275: A sandal tongue, a sandal, slipper

feet,
פְעָמַ֛יִךְ (p̄ə·‘ā·ma·yiḵ)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 6471: A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence

O daughter
בַּת־ (baṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 1323: A daughter

of the prince!
נָדִ֑יב (nā·ḏîḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 5081: Voluntary, generous, magnanimous, a grandee

The curves
חַמּוּקֵ֣י (ḥam·mū·qê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2542: A wrapping, drawers

of your thighs
יְרֵכַ֔יִךְ (yə·rê·ḵa·yiḵ)
Noun - fdc | second person feminine singular
Strong's 3409: Thigh,loin, flank, side

are like
כְּמ֣וֹ (kə·mōw)
Preposition
Strong's 3644: Like, as, when

jewels,
חֲלָאִ֔ים (ḥă·lā·’îm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2481: An ornament

the handiwork
מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה (ma·‘ă·śêh)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property

of a master.
אָמָּֽן׃ (’ām·mān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 542: A masterworkman, artist


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