Song of Solomon 7:4 — compare English translations
Compare translationsSong of Solomon 7:4 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
צַוָּארֵ֖ךְ
tsavvâʼr
H6677
neck
כְּמִגְדַּ֣ל
migdâl
H4026
tower
הַשֵּׁ֑ן
shên
H8127
tooth
עֵינַ֜יִךְ
ʻayin
H5869
eye
בְּרֵכ֣וֹת
bᵉrêkâh
H1295
pool
בְּחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹן
Cheshbôwn
H2809
Heshbon
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
שַׁ֨עַר֙
shaʻar
H8179
gate
בַּת
Bath Rabbîym
H1337
Bath-rabbim
רַבִּ֔ים
Bath Rabbîym
H1337
Bath-rabbim
אַפֵּךְ֙
ʼaph
H639
nose
כְּמִגְדַּ֣ל
migdâl
H4026
tower
הַלְּבָנ֔וֹן
Lᵉbânôwn
H3844
Lebanon
צוֹפֶ֖ה
tsâphâh
H6822
to keep watch
פְּנֵ֥י
pânîym
H6440
face
דַמָּֽשֶׂק
Dammeseq
H1834
Damascus
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World English Bible Public Domain
Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.
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King James Version Public Domain
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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Your neck like a tower of ivory. Your eyes pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath Rabbim. Your nose like the tower of Lebanon, looking face of Damascus.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).