8I 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, Beloved


In Context

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 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, Beloved

9 Your mouth 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.

Song of Solomon 7:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:8I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:8I said, "I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit." May your breasts be like the clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:8I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also your breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of your nose like apples;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:8I said: I will go up into the palm tree, and will take hold of the fruit thereof: and thy breasts shall be as the clusters of the vine: and the odour of thy mouth like apples.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:8I said, I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof: Let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, And the smell of thy breath like apples,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8I said, I will go up to the palm-tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof; And thy breasts shall indeed be like clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of thy nose like apples,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:8I said, I will climb up into the palm tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof: let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy breath like apples;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of its boughs: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8I said, 'Let me go up on the palm, Let me lay hold on its boughs, Yea, let thy breasts be, I pray thee, as clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of thy face as citrons,