Song of Solomon 7:6
in Song of Solomon 7How fair and pleasant you are, O love, with your delights!
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How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
KJV
How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
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This verse in Song of Solomon 7
Commentary
10 notes on this verseThe church is beautiful in [those recently baptized]. So that God the Word says to her: "You are all fair, my love, and there is no blemish in you," for guilt has been washed away. "Come here from Lebanon, my spouse, come here from Lebanon, from the beginning of faith you will pass through and pass on," because, renouncing the world, she passed through things temporal and passed on to Christ. And again, God the Word says to her, "How beautiful and sweet are you made, O love, in your delights!
This site's exposition
How fair and pleasant you are
on Song of Solomon 7:6-7
"How fair and pleasant you are, O love, with your delights" breaks into the description with the poem's own summary. "Your stature is like a palm tree" moves to one tall image, the palm's upright bearing, stature and grace together, and prepares verse 8.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
A commentator
Robert of TombelaineCommentary on the Song of Songs, Chapter 7 · Written in the 11th century.
proposed
It should be noted that she is called "most dear" in delights, because no one arrives at the love and intimacy of Christ who does not strive to abound in the delights of Holy Scripture. For thus it is said: 'For whosoever hath, to him …
How beautiful you are, etc.! Previously, in the praise of the bride, it was said, You are beautiful, my friend, sweet and lovely like Jerusalem, terrible like an army set in array. There, therefore, along with beauty and loveliness, she is said to be terrible …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
How art thou made fair! (so the word is), "not born so, but made so with the comeliness which I have put upon thee." Holiness is a beauty beyond expression; the Lord Jesus is wonderfully pleased with it; the outward aspect of it is fair; the inward disposition of it is pleasant and highly agreeable, and the complacency he has in it is inexpressible.
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 fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
3 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Nearer advance of the daughters to the Church (Ac 2:47; Love to her is the first token of love to Him (1Jo 5:1, end). delights--fascinating charms to them and to the King (So 7:5;
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How fair and how pleasant - Thou art every way beautiful, and in every respect calculated to inspire pleasure and delight.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
A brief dialogue; Son 7:6-9 are spoken by the king, Son 7:9 and Son 7:10 by the bride. Son 7:6 A general sentiment. How fair, and what a charm hast thou, O love! Among delightsome things! Compare Son 2:7, note; Son 8:6-7, note. Son 7:7 This thy stature - The king now addresses the bride, comparing her to palm, vine, and apple-tree for nobility of form and pleasantness of fruit; and the utterances of her mouth to sweetest wine. Son 7:9 For my beloved, that goeth down sweetly - Words of the bride interrupting the king, and finishing his sentence, that goeth smoothly or pleasantly for my beloved. Compare Pro 23:31. Son 7:10 His desire is toward me - All his affection has me for its object. The bride proceeds to exercise her power over his loving will.
The words behind it
6 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 |
| יָּפִית֙ | yafit | you are beautiful | H3302 → | 8 times |
| וּמַה־ | umah- | and how! | H4100 → | 752 times |
| נָּעַ֔מְתְּ | naamt | you are lovely | H5276 → | |
| אַהֲבָ֖ה | ʾahavah | O love | H160 → | 38 times |
| בַּתַּֽעֲנוּגִֽים׃ | bataanugim | with <the> delights | H8588 → |
מַה־how!
mah-H4100 →752 times
יָּפִית֙you are beautiful
yafitH3302 →8 times
וּמַה־and how!
umah-H4100 →752 times
נָּעַ֔מְתְּyou are lovely
naamtH5276 →
אַהֲבָ֖הO love
ʾahavahH160 →38 times
בַּתַּֽעֲנוּגִֽים׃with <the> delights
bataanugimH8588 →
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
Psalms 45:11and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.
it leads to
- Psalms 95:6
O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
- Isaiah 54:5
For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
- Song of Solomon 4:1–5
How beautiful you are, my darling—how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.
- Zephaniah 3:17
The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
- Philippians 2:10–11
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
- Psalms 95:6
Through
Song of Solomon 4:10How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.
it leads to
- Song of Solomon 1:2–4
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.
- Song of Solomon 1:2–4
Through
Song of Solomon 2:14O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is…
it leads to
- Song of Solomon 5:2
I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with…
- Ezra 9:5–6
At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,
- Song of Solomon 5:2
About Song of Solomon
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ambrose of Milan, On the Mysteries 7:39; 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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Robert of Tombelaine, Commentary on the Song of Songs, Chapter 7.