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8 So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember o that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is p vanity. 9 q Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. r Walk in the ways of your heart and s the sight of your eyes.
SUMMARY. The Song of Songs (or Song of Solomon) is a unified collection of poetry on the theme of human love, following the relationship of a man and a woman from courtship and onward. This book has frequently been read as an allegory of God’s love for Israel (in Jewish communities) or of Christ’s love for the church and for individual ...
New International Version. 7 [ a]How beautiful your sandaled feet, O prince’s daughter! Your graceful legs are like jewels, the work of an artist’s hands. 2 Your navel is a rounded goblet. that never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat. encircled by lilies.
The Song sings of lovers who court, then marry, and then work together in an ideal picture of life, family and work. We will explore themes of hardship, beauty, diligence, pleasure, passion, family and joy as they are depicted in the wide variety of work seen in the Song of Songs. In the ancient world all poetry was sung, and the Song is, in ...
Song of Songs (“Shir Hashirim”) is one of the five megillot (scrolls), part of the section of the Hebrew Bible called Writings. Attributed in its opening verse to King Solomon, the book records poetic conversations between two lovers, describing their pursuit of each other through vineyards and fields of blossoming flowers.
Song of Solomon takes its title from the first verse of the book, which mentions who the song comes from: “The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s” (Song of Solomon 1:1). The original Hebrew version of the book took its title from the book’s first two words, shiyr hashiyrim, usually translated as “the song of songs.” This latter title ...
New International Version. He. 5 I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk. Friends. Eat, friends, and drink; drink your fill of love.
