Parallel Verses

King James Version

Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.

New American Standard Bible

“Your navel is like a round goblet
Which never lacks mixed wine;
Your belly is like a heap of wheat
Fenced about with lilies.

Holman Bible

Your navel is a rounded bowl;
it never lacks mixed wine.
Your waist is a mound of wheat
surrounded by lilies.

International Standard Version

Your navel is a rounded goblet that never lacks mixed wine. Your abdomen is a bundle of wheat, enclosed by lilies.

A Conservative Version

Thy body is a round goblet, no mingled wine is wanting. Thy waist is a heap of wheat set about with lilies.

American Standard Version

Thy body is like a round goblet, Wherein no mingled wine is wanting: Thy waist is like a heap of wheat Set about with lilies.

Amplified


“Your navel is a round goblet
Which never lacks mixed wine.
Your belly is like a heap of wheat
Surrounded with lilies.

Bible in Basic English

Your stomach is a store of grain with lilies round it, and in the middle a round cup full of wine.

Darby Translation

Thy navel is a round goblet, which wanteth not mixed wine; Thy belly a heap of wheat, set about with lilies;

Julia Smith Translation

Thy navel a bowl of roundness, it will not want mixed wine; thy belly a heap of wheat enclosed with lilies.

King James 2000

Your navel is like a round goblet, which lacks not blended drink: your belly is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Your navel [is] {a round wine-mixing bowl} that does not lack mixed wine! Your belly [is] a heap of wheat encircled with lilies.

Modern King James verseion

Your navel is like a round goblet, which never lacks mixed wine; your belly is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thy navel is like a round goblet, which is never without drink. Thy womb is like a heap of wheat, set about with lilies;

NET Bible

Your navel is a round mixing bowl -- may it never lack mixed wine! Your belly is a mound of wheat, encircled by lilies.

New Heart English Bible

Your body is like a round goblet, no mixed wine is wanting. Your waist is like a heap of wheat, set about with lilies.

The Emphasized Bible

Thy navel, is a round bowl, may it not lack spiced wine! Thy body, a heap of wheat fenced about with lilies;

Webster

Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies.

World English Bible

Your body is like a round goblet, no mixed wine is wanting. Your waist is like a heap of wheat, set about with lilies.

Youngs Literal Translation

Thy waist is a basin of roundness, It lacketh not the mixture, Thy body a heap of wheat, fenced with lilies,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁרר 
Shorer 
Usage: 1

is like a round
סהר 
Cahar 
Usage: 1

אגּן 
'aggan 
Usage: 3

חסר 
Chacer 
Usage: 22

not liquor
מזג 
mezeg 
Usage: 1

בּטן 
Beten 
Usage: 72

is like an heap
ערמה ערם 
`arem (BR24.50.26) 
Usage: 11

of wheat
חטּה 
Chittah 
Usage: 30

סוּג 
Cuwg 
Usage: 1

References

Verse Info

Context Readings

Solomon's Praise Of His Dancing Maiden

1 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman. 2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies. 3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.

Cross References

Psalm 45:16

Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

Proverbs 3:8

It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

Song of Songs 5:14

His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

Isaiah 46:3

Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:

Jeremiah 1:5

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Romans 7:4

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

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