I said, “I will climb up into the palm tree.
I will take hold of its fruit.”
Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
the smell of your breath like apples.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Song of Solomon 7:8 in context
Song of Solomon 7:5–11
5
Your head on you is like Carmel.
The hair of your head like purple.
The king is held captive in its tresses.
6
How beautiful and how pleasant you are,
love, for delights!
7
This, your stature, is like a palm tree,
your breasts like its fruit.
8
Selected verse
I said, “I will climb up into the palm tree.
I will take hold of its fruit.”
Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
the smell of your breath like apples.
9
Your mouth is like the best wine,
that goes down smoothly for my beloved,
gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.
10
I am my beloved’s.
His desire is toward me.
11
Come, my beloved! Let’s go out into the field.
Let’s lodge in the villages.
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