SNG 7:3 Parallel Verse View

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Original SNG 7:4: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=The groom (All still tentative.)

BrLXX (SNG 7:4) Δύο μαστοί σου, ὡς δύο νεβροὶ δίδυμοι δορκάδος.
(Duo mastoi sou, hōs duo nebroi didumoi dorkados.)

ULT Your two breasts, are like two fawns,
⇔ twins of a gazelle.

UST Your breasts are as delicate as two young twin gazelles.

BSB & MSB Your breasts are like two fawns,
⇔ twins of a gazelle.

OEB No OEB SNG 7:3 book available

WEBBE & WMBB Your two breasts are like two fawns,
⇔ that are twins of a roe.

MSG ^(1-12)Shapely and graceful your sandaled feet,
  and queenly your movement—
Your limbs are lithe and elegant,
  the work of a master artist.
Your body is a chalice,
  wine-filled.
Your skin is silken and tawny
  like a field of wheat touched by the breeze.
Your breasts are like fawns,
  twins of a gazelle.
Your neck is carved ivory, curved and slender.
  Your eyes are wells of light, deep with mystery.
  Quintessentially feminine!
Your profile turns all heads,
  commanding attention.
The feelings I get when I see the high mountain ranges
  —stirrings of desire, longings for the heights—
Remind me of you,
  and I’m spoiled for anyone else!
Your beauty, within and without, is absolute,
  dear lover, close companion.
You are tall and supple, like the palm tree,
  and your full breasts are like sweet clusters of dates.
I say, “I’m going to climb that palm tree!
  I’m going to caress its fruit!”
Oh yes! Your breasts
  will be clusters of sweet fruit to me,
Your breath clean and cool like fresh mint,
  your tongue and lips like the best wine.
The Woman

NET Your two breasts are like two fawns,
⇔ twins of a gazelle.

LSV Your two breasts as two young ones, twins of a roe,

FBV Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.

T4T Your breasts are as as beautiful as [SIM] two ◄fawns/young gazelles►.

LEB • Your two breasts are like two fawns,
• twins of a gazelle.

BBE Your two breasts are like two young roes of the same birth.

Moff your breasts like a pair of fawns
⇔ twins of a roe-deer;

JPS (SNG 7:4) (7-5) Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes as the pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim; thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

ASV Thy two breasts are like two fawns
⇔ That are twins of a roe.

DRA Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.

YLT Thy two breasts as two young ones, twins of a roe,

Drby Thy two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle;

RV Thy two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a roe.
(Thy/Your two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a roe.)

SLT Thy two breasts as two fawns, twins of the roe-deer.

Wbstr Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.

KJB-1769 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
(Thy/Your two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.)

KJB-1611 Thy two breasts are like two yong Roes that are twinnes.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps Thy two breastes are lyke two twinnes of young roes.
(Thy/Your two breasts are like two twins of young roes.)

Gnva Thy two breastes are as two young roes that are twinnes.
(Thy/Your two breasts are as two young roes that are twins.)

Cvdl Thy two brestes are like two twyns of yonge roes:
(Thy/Your two breasts are like two twins of young roes:)

Wycl Thi twei teetis ben as twei kidis, twynnes of a capret.
(Thy/Your two teats/nipples been as two kids/young_goats, twins of a she-goat.)

Luth (SNG 7:4) Deine zwo Brüste sind wie zwei junge Rehzwillinge.
(Your(s) two breasts are as/like two young deer_twins.)

ClVg Duo ubera tua sicut duo hinnuli, gemelli capreæ.[fn]
(Duo breasts your like two fawn, twin goat.)

7.3 Duo ubera. Quia doctores rudium non sua prædicant, sed ex eloquiis utriusque Testamenti sumunt quæ ab uno auctore sunt edita: ut ipse unus pastor ex duobus gregibus ovium unum ovile impleat; qui capreæ comparantur, quia mundum est animal, visu et cursu insigne, et findens ungulam, quod ad discretionem boni et mali pertinet; et ruminat, quod post discretionem est faciendum; gemelli propter unam concordiam.

7.3 Duo breasts. Because teachers of_sticks not/no his_own they_preach, but from speeches of_both Testament they_take which away one author are ejected: as exactly_that/himself one pastor from for_two flocks sheep one sheepfold fill; who/which goat are_compared, because the_world it_is animal, by_sight and in_a_hurry emblem/badge, and splitting hoof, that to discretion good and evil belongs; and ruminates, that after discretion it_is to_be_done; twin because one harmony.

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 6:4–8:4: The man praised the woman and sang about springtime

In this section the man described the woman in two separate speeches (6:4–10 and 7:1–10). Some verses are difficult to understand, especially 6:11–13, and it is important to think about them carefully. The woman responded to the man in 7:11 and continued to speak to the end of the section at 8:4.

The verse numbering in the Hebrew text is different from the BSB and a majority of English versions. The Hebrew text begins chapter 7 where the BSB begins 6:13, so in chapter 7 the verses in the Hebrew text are one number higher than the verse numbers in the BSB. For example, 6:13–7:13 in the BSB is 7:1–14 in the Hebrew text (and also in the NJB and NJPS). It is helpful to be aware that some commentaries follow the Hebrew verse numbering. The Notes will follow the verse numbers in the BSB (along with the majority of English versions).

Paragraph 7:1–10 The man praised the woman and she responded

In 7:1–9a the man sang another praise song to the woman, and then she responded in 7:9b–10. Here the man used a different order to describe her beauty. He began with her feet and moved upward to her head as the final focus. In other descriptions (4:1–5, 5:10–16, and 6:4–7) he began with the head and moved downward. Here, he described several parts of her body that he described earlier in the book (neck, eyes, breasts, hair, and head), and he mentioned some other parts for the first time. Notice that 7:3 is identical to 4:5a.

Scholars differ about whether the woman was dancing in this section. In 6:13 the woman said that she did not want spectators to look at her as though she were a dancer. In 7:1–10 the man did not describe her movements, but only her physical features. So, she was probably not dancing in this unit. Some scholars think that she was naked or dressed in transparent clothing, but that idea is not supported in the text.

These verses have many metaphors and similes, and scholars differ about how to interpret some of them. The Notes will discuss each one and give translation suggestions.

7:3a

Your breasts are like two fawns,

Your breasts are like two, young deer.
Your breasts remind me of fawns.

7:3b

twins of a gazelle.

They are like twins of a gazelle.
They are as beautiful and delicate as twin gazelles.

7:3

In 7:3 the author repeated 4:5a exactly. You should translate it in the same way as you translated 4:5a. Refer to the notes on 4:5a for more information. Here in 7:3, the author did not repeat the clause in 4:5c, which says, “grazing among the lilies.” The reason for this difference may be that he already mentioned lilies in 7:2d in a different comparison.

Parallel SNG 7:3

Section 6:4–8:4: The man praised the woman and sang about springtime

Paragraph 7:1–10 The man praised the woman and she responded

7:3a

7:3b

7:3