Song of Solomon 7:1

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. Song of Solomon 7:1 THY FEET - rather, thy goings (Psalms 17:5). There is evident allusion to this in Isaiah 52:7 - "How beautiful ... are the feet of him ... that publisheth peace" (Shulamite, Song of Solomon 6:13). SHOES - sandals are richly jewelled in the East. She is evidently "upon the mountains," where she was wafted ...

1-9 The similitudes here are different from what they were before, and in the original refer to glorious and splendid clothing. Such honour have all his saints; and having put on Christ, they are distinguished by their beautiful and glorious apparel. They adorn the doctrine of God their Saviour in all things. Consistent believers honour Christ, recommend the gospel, and convince and awaken sinners. The church resembles the stately and spreading palm; while her love for Christ, and the obedience resulting therefrom, are precious fruit of the true Vine. The King is held in the galleries. Christ takes delight in the assemblies and ordinances of his people; and admires the fruit of his grace in them. When applied to the church and to each faithful Christian, all this denotes that beauty of holiness, in which they shall be presented to their heavenly Bridegroom....

CHAPTER VII _A farther description of the bride_, 1-9. _Her invitation to the bridegroom_, 10-13. NOTES ON CHAP. VII Verse Song of Solomon 7:1. _HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THY FEET WITH SHOES_] "How graceful is thy walking." In the _sixth_ chapter the bridegroom praises the _Shulamite_, as we might express it, _from head to foot_. Here he begins a new description, taking her from _foot to head_. The _shoes, sandals_, or _slippers_ of the Eastern ladies are most beautifully formed, and richly embroidered. The _majestic walk_ of a beautiful woman in such shoes is peculiarly grand. And to show that such a walk is intended, he calls her a _prince's daughter_....

THY FEET WITH SHOES - Or, thy steps in the sandals: the bride’s feet are seen in motion in the dance. “Joints” might be rendered circling movements. PRINCE’S DAUGHTER - Or, daughter of a noble; the bride is of honorable though not of kingly birth. LIKE JEWELS - The image suggested is that of large well-formed pearls or other jewels skillfully strung or linked together....

EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 7:1 HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THY FEET IN SANDALS, O PRINCE'S DAUGHTER! THE JOINTS OF THY THIGHS ARE LIKE JEWELS, THE WORK OF THE HANDS OF A CUNNING WORKMAN. To the ladies who are looking on the bride appears simply noble and royal. The word _naudhib _which is used, translated "prince's daughter," means "noble in disposition," and so in birth and rank, as in 1 Samuel 2:8; Psalms 113:8; so in So 6:12, "the princely people." The description, which is perfectly chaste, is intended to bring before the eye the lithe and beautiful movements of an elegant ,lancer; the bendings of the body, full of activity and grace, are compared to the swi

HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THY FEET WITH SHOES,.... It is no unusual thing to describe the comeliness of women by their feet, and the ornaments of them; so Hebe is described by Homer d as having beautiful feet, and Juno by her golden shoes: particular care was taken of, and provision made for, the shoes of queens and princesses in the eastern countries; Herodotus e tells us, that the city of Anthylla was given peculiarly to the wife of the king of Egypt, to provide her with shoes; which custom, he says, obtained when Egypt became subject to Persia; Esther 2:18. Shoes of a red, or scarlet, or purple colour, were in esteem with the Jews; and so the Targum here is, "purple shoes:'' the word used is thought by some f to signify a colour between scarlet and purple; see Ezekiel 16:10; and also wit

CHAPTER 7 The rapturous outburst in praise of the bride, the saved and glorified remnant of Israel, with which this chapter begins, must not be put into the lips of the bridegroom, the Messiah-King. It is the praise of the daughters of Jerusalem, who now recognize her as the beloved of the King. Her highest confession is found in this chapter. He begins to speak of her with Song of Solomon 7:6, “How fair and pleasant art thou, my love, in delights.” She answers His expressions of love. “I am my Beloved's, and His desire is toward me.” This is the highest--to know she possesseth Him and that His heart's delight is in her. This, too, is our happy knowledge. We know He belongs to us; we are Christ's and in us He has, and finds, His delight. Blessed is the scene with which this chapter closes. He calls on her to go forth with Him into the fields, to go to the vineyards, to see

SONG OF SOLOMON 6:13 TO SONG OF SOLOMON 8:4. THE DANCING BRIDE AND THE RAPTURE OF LOVE. This section also is probably composed of different lyrics, though it is difficult to separate them; we have first the description of the loved one or bride in the act of dancing, then the comparison of her figure to a date palm, and finally a song of love and spring, concluding with the repetition of Song of Solomon 2:6 f. In Song of Solomon 7:1 it is possible that we have a descriptive poem setting forth the charms of the bride and sung by a chorus of women at the wedding dance....

WITH SHOES. with sandals. PRINCE'S DAUGHTER. noble maiden. THE JOINTS OF THY THIGHS. thy rounded thighs. THE HANDS OF. CUNNING WORKMAN. hands of steadiness: i.e. work not hastily done. See note on "as one brought up", &c, Proverbs 8:30....

_thy feet with shoes_ Lit. THY STEPS IN SANDALS. Budde emphasises the fact that the feet are not spoken of here, but the steps, i.e. in his view the dancing movements of the feet in the sword dance. Oettli on the other hand emphasises the shoes, pointing out that the country maiden had probably not worn them before, but the ladies say how well she walks, and how well they become her. The latter is the sense which accords best with the view of the poem which we have taken. _O prince's daughter_ This does not mean that the bride was actually of a noble family. Even if Budde's interpretation of the poem were accepted, it would be a strange thing to call the bride a nobleman's daughter, for it would be ridiculous to call a peasant bride, who was a queen only as a bride, a prince's daughter, and even if Abishag were referred to she was not that either. Nor can the phrase be a substitute for q...