Song of Solomon 7:1
in Song of Solomon 7How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master.
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ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Song of Solomon 7
Commentary
10 notes on this verseThe virgin bridegroom, having been praised by the virgin bride, in turn praises the virgin bride and says to her, "How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O daughter of Aminadab," which is, being interpreted, a people that offers itself willingly. For virginity is voluntary, and therefore the steps of the church in the beauty of chastity are praised. This is not the time for me like a commentator to explain all the mysteries of virginity from the Song of Songs. I have no doubt that the fastidious reader will turn up his nose at what has already been said.
This site's exposition
How beautiful are thy feet with shoes
on Song of Solomon 7:1-3
How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter opens the poem's fourth full praise song, and its form is the same the poem set at 4:1-7, images given for their impression rather than their outline, as Delitzsch's reading there already established. Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor, and thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies picture abundance and provision, the wheat a harvest image drawn from the same working world the poem has used throughout. Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins closes the unit with the twin figure the poem had already used of her teeth in 4:2 and 6:6, tenderness and matched pairing carried into a new image.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
In every way, then, [the beauty of her feet] seems to me to be understood to follow the first fruits of praise in this people who are imitators of the footsteps of those who follow Christ to heaven by dying in the [steps of the] …
The Medieval Church2 voices
The joining of your thighs is like a necklace, etc. Scripture often uses the thighs to symbolize the succession of offspring. For it says: All the souls that entered with Jacob into Egypt, and came out from his thigh, apart from the wives of his …
A commentator
Robert of TombelaineCommentary on the Song of Songs, Chapter 7 · Written in the 11th century.
proposed
The daughter of the prince is called the holy Church, because she is regenerated into new life by the preaching of Christ, who through the power of his divinity rules over every creature that he made. What are the shoes of the Church, if not …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
His design to visit the church, with the blessed effect thereof, ver. 8-9. She professes her faith, and desire, ver. 10. She invites him to communion with her, ver. 11.
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How beautiful are thy feet with shoes,....
3 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Thy feet with shoes - Or, thy steps in the sandals: the bride’s feet are seen in motion in the dance. “Joints” might be rendered circling movements. Prince’s daughter - Or, daughter of a noble; the bride is of honorable though not of kingly birth. Like jewels - The image suggested is that of large well-formed pearls or other jewels skillfully strung or linked together.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
2Co 6:18), as well as bride of Jesus Christ. prince's--therefore princely herself, freely giving the word of life to others, not sparing her "feet," as in So 5:3; To act on the offensive is defensive to ourselves. joints--rather, "the rounding"; the full graceful curve of the hips in the female figure; like the rounding of a necklace (as the Hebrew for "jewels" means).
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How beautiful are thy feet with shoes - “How graceful is thy walking.” In the sixth chapter the bridegroom praises the Shulamite, as we might express it, from head to foot. Here he begins a new description, taking her from foot to head. The shoes, sandals, or slippers of the Eastern ladies are most beautifully formed, and richly embroidered. The majestic walk of a beautiful woman in such shoes is peculiarly grand. And to show that such a walk is intended, he calls her a prince’s daughter. The joints of thy thighs - Must refer to the ornaments on the beautiful drawers, which are in general use among ladies of quality in most parts of the East.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
Turn back, turn back [you] perfect one. They say to me, “Turn back, turn back” from following the Omnipresent.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מַה־ | mah- | how! | H4100 → | 752 times |
| יָּפ֧וּ | yafu | they are beautiful | H3302 → | 8 times |
| פְעָמַ֛יִךְ | feamayikh | feet your | H6471 → | |
| בַּנְּעָלִ֖ים | banealim | in <the> sandals | H5275 → | |
| בַּת־ | bat- | O daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| נָדִ֑יב | nadiv | a noble [person] | H5081 → | |
| חַמּוּקֵ֣י | chamukei | [the] curves of | H2542 → | |
| יְרֵכַ֔יִךְ | yerekhayikh | thighs your | H3409 → | |
| כְּמ֣וֹ | kemo | [are] like | H3644 → | |
| חֲלָאִ֔ים | chalaim | jewels | H2481 → | |
| מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה | maaseh | [the] work of | H4639 → | |
| יְדֵ֥י | yedei | [the] hands of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| אָמָּֽן׃ | ʾaman | a master-craftsman | H542 → |
מַה־how!
mah-H4100 →752 times
יָּפ֧וּthey are beautiful
yafuH3302 →8 times
פְעָמַ֛יִךְfeet your
feamayikhH6471 →
בַּנְּעָלִ֖יםin <the> sandals
banealimH5275 →
בַּת־O daughter of
bat-H1323 →588 times
נָדִ֑יבa noble [person]
nadivH5081 →
חַמּוּקֵ֣י[the] curves of
chamukeiH2542 →
יְרֵכַ֔יִךְthighs your
yerekhayikhH3409 →
כְּמ֣וֹ[are] like
kemoH3644 →
חֲלָאִ֔יםjewels
chalaimH2481 →
מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה[the] work of
maasehH4639 →
יְדֵ֥י[the] hands of
yedeiH3027 →1618 times
אָמָּֽן׃a master-craftsman
ʾamanH542 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Corinthians 6:18And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
it leads to
- Revelation 21:7
The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
- John 1:12
But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
- 2 Samuel 7:14
I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
- Romans 8:14–17
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
- Galatians 4:5–7
to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
- Revelation 21:7
Through
Luke 15:22But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
it leads to
- Isaiah 61:10
I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 61:10
Through
Colossians 2:19He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.
it leads to
- Ephesians 4:15–16
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
- John 15:4–6
Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.
- Ephesians 4:15–16
About Song of Solomon
This page draws on 11 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Aponius, EXPOSITION OF SONG OF SONGS 10:4-5; Bede, Commentary on the Song of Songs; Franz Delitzsch, Commentary on the Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Against Jovinianus 1.31; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Robert of Tombelaine, Commentary on the Song of Songs, Chapter 7.