Song of Solomon 7:6How beautiful and how pleasant you are, love, for delights!
The setting
Ancient Israel, ~950 BC. This is pure exclamation — Solomon can't contain his joy and wonder at his beloved's beauty and character...
The emotion here: bursting with joy and unable to contain admiration
The original word
ta'anugim (תענוגים) — exquisite delights, pleasures; plural suggests endless sources of joy
Why it matters
This verse uses both 'beautiful' (physical) and 'pleasant' (character) — Hebrew culture valued both equally
Read with care
What most readers miss in Song of Solomon 7:6
The word 'love' here is the person herself — he's saying 'you are love incarnate, you are delight itself'
Common misconceptionPeople think passionate love language like this is inappropriate for Christians, but God included this celebration of marital love and delight in Scripture.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Song of Solomon 7:6
Bible Genome reading
Song of Solomon 7:6 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Song of Solomon 7:6 comes from the book of Song of Solomon, written during the United Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Beloved. The dominant emotion in this verse is joyful, with a comfort power of 70% and a tone that is celebratory. It belongs to the poetry genre of biblical literature. Key themes include beauty, delight, love. Notable phrases: how beautiful; how pleasant; love for delights.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same joyful
“For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, …”
— Isaiah 9:6
“For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.”
— 1 Corinthians 15:22
“"Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?"”
— 1 Corinthians 15:55
“Rejoice always.”
— 1 Thessalonians 5:16
“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.”
— 2 Corinthians 5:17
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