Song of Solomon 6 · Verse 7

Song of Solomon 6:7

As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.
Song of Solomon 6:7, King James Version

Song of Solomon 6:7 in other translations

BSBYour brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
WEBYour temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.
ASVThy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil.
YLTAs the work of the pomegranate is thy temple behind thy veil.
DARBYAs a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples Behind thy veil.
BBELike pomegranate fruit are the sides of your head under your veil.
WebsterAs a piece of pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.

What does Song of Solomon 6:7 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 As a piece of a pomegranate - See on Sol 4:3 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Song of Solomon 6:4-10

All the real excellence and holiness on earth centre in the church. Christ goes forth subduing his enemies, while his followers gain victories over the world, the flesh, and the devil. He shows the tenderness of a Redeemer, the delight he takes in his redeemed people, and the workings of his own grace in them. True believers alone can possess the beauty of holiness. And when their real character is known, it will be…

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Song of Solomon 6:7 in the original Hebrew

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כְּפֶ֤לַחke.Fe.lach[is] like [the] slice ofH6400
הָרִמּוֹן֙ha.ri.mOn<the> pomegranateH7416
רַקָּתֵ֔ךְra.ka.Tekhtemple yourH7541
מִבַּ֖עַדmi.Ba.'adfrom behindH1157
לְצַמָּתֵֽךְ\׃le.tza.ma.Tekhto veil yourH6777

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Song of Solomon 6:7

  • Song of Solomon 4:3

    Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
4:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Song of Solomon 6:6

    Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.

  • Song of Solomon 6:7

    As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.

  • Song of Solomon 6:8

    There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

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Song of Solomon 6:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Como cachos de granada son tus sienes entre tus guedejas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
ta joue est comme un quartier de grenade derrière ton voile.
German
Elberfelder 1871
wie ein Schnittstück einer Granate ist deine Schläfe hinter deinem Schleier.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sexaginta sunt reginæ, et octoginta concubinæ, et adolescentularum non est numerus.