Song of Solomon 7 · Verse 6

Song of Solomon 7:6

How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
Song of Solomon 7:6, King James Version

Song of Solomon 7:6 in other translations

BSBHow fair and pleasant you are, O love, with your delights!
WEBHow beautiful and how pleasant you are, love, for delights!
ASVHow fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
YLTHow fair and how pleasant hast thou been, O love, in delights.
DARBYHow fair and how pleasant art thou, my love, in delights!
BBEHow beautiful and how sweet you are, O love, for delight.
WebsterHow fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

What does Song of Solomon 7:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. Nearer advance of the daughters to the Church (Ac 2:47; 5:13, end). 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; Is 62:4, Hephzi-bah). Hereafter, too (Zep 3:17; Mal 3:12; Re 21:9).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 How fair and how pleasant - Thou art every way beautiful, and in every respect calculated to inspire pleasure and delight.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Song of Solomon 7:1-9

The graces of the church. (Song 7:1-9) The delight of the church in Christ. (Song 7:10-13) Verses 1-9 The similitudes here are different from what they were before, and in the original refer to glorious and splendid clothing. Such honour have all his saints; and having put on Christ, they are distinguished by their beautiful and glorious apparel. They adorn the doctrine of God their Saviour in all things. Consistent…

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Song of Solomon 7:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מַה\־mah-how!H4100
יָּפִית֙ya.Fityou are beautifulH3302
וּמַה\־u.mah-and how!H4100
נָּעַ֔מְתְּna.'Amtyou are lovelyH5276
אַהֲבָ֖ה'a.ha.VahO loveH160
בַּתַּֽעֲנוּגִֽים\׃ba.Ta.'a.nu.Gimwith <the> delightsH8588

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

Cross references for Song of Solomon 7:6

  • Song of Solomon 4:10

    How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

  • Song of Solomon 1:15-16

    Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes. Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

  • Psalms 45:11

    So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

  • Song of Solomon 2:14

    O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

  • Isaiah 62:4-5

    Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi–bah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

  • Song of Solomon 4:7

    Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.

  • Song of Solomon 7:10

    I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.

  • Zephaniah 3:17

    The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
10; 1:15,16; 2:14; 4:7,10; Ps 45:11; Isa 62:4,5; Zep 3:17

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

Context

  • Song of Solomon 7:5

    Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

  • Song of Solomon 7:6

    How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

  • Song of Solomon 7:7

    This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.

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Song of Solomon 7:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¡Qué hermosa eres, y cuán suave, oh amor deleitoso!
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
ta tête, sur toi, comme le Carmel, et les cheveux de ta tête comme la pourpre. Un roi est enchaîné par tes boucles.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wie schön bist du, und wie lieblich bist du, o Liebe, unter den Wonnen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quam pulchra es, et quam decora, carissima, in deliciis!