Song Of Solomon 6
NASB — New American Standard Bible (NASB)
NLT — New Living Translation Bible (NLT)
Verse 1
“[a]Where has your beloved gone,
O most beautiful among women?
Where has your beloved turned,
That we may seek him with you?”
O most beautiful among women?
Where has your beloved turned,
That we may seek him with you?”
Where has your lover gone,
O woman of rare beauty?
Which way did he turn
so we can help you find him?
O woman of rare beauty?
Which way did he turn
so we can help you find him?
Young Woman
Verse 2
“[b]My beloved has gone down to his garden,
To the beds of balsam,
To pasture his flock in the gardens
And gather lilies.
To the beds of balsam,
To pasture his flock in the gardens
And gather lilies.
My lover has gone down to his garden,
to his spice beds,
to browse in the gardens
and gather the lilies.
to his spice beds,
to browse in the gardens
and gather the lilies.
Verse 3
“I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine,
He who pastures his flock among the lilies.”
He who pastures his flock among the lilies.”
I am my lover’s, and my lover is mine.
He browses among the lilies.
He browses among the lilies.
Young Man
Verse 4
“[c]You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling,
As lovely as Jerusalem,
As awesome as [d]an army with banners.
As lovely as Jerusalem,
As awesome as [d]an army with banners.
You are beautiful, my darling,
like the lovely city of Tirzah.
Yes, as beautiful as Jerusalem,
as majestic as an army with billowing banners.
like the lovely city of Tirzah.
Yes, as beautiful as Jerusalem,
as majestic as an army with billowing banners.
Verse 5
“Turn your eyes away from me,
For they have confused me;
Your hair is like a flock of goats
That have descended from Gilead.
For they have confused me;
Your hair is like a flock of goats
That have descended from Gilead.
Turn your eyes away,
for they overpower me.
Your hair falls in waves,
like a flock of goats winding down the slopes of Gilead.
for they overpower me.
Your hair falls in waves,
like a flock of goats winding down the slopes of Gilead.
Verse 6
“Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
Which have come up from their washing,
All of which bear twins,
And not one among them has [e]lost her young.
Which have come up from their washing,
All of which bear twins,
And not one among them has [e]lost her young.
Your teeth are as white as sheep
that are freshly washed.
Your smile is flawless,
each tooth matched with its twin.[a]
that are freshly washed.
Your smile is flawless,
each tooth matched with its twin.[a]
Verse 7
“Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate
Behind your veil.
Behind your veil.
Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates
behind your veil.
behind your veil.
Verse 8
Even among sixty queens
and eighty concubines
and countless young women,
and eighty concubines
and countless young women,
Verse 9
But my dove, my perfect one, is [g]unique:
She is her mother’s [h]only daughter;
She is the pure child of the one who bore her.
The [i]maidens saw her and called her blessed,
The queens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying,
She is her mother’s [h]only daughter;
She is the pure child of the one who bore her.
The [i]maidens saw her and called her blessed,
The queens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying,
I would still choose my dove, my perfect one—
the favorite of her mother,
dearly loved by the one who bore her.
The young women see her and praise her;
even queens and royal concubines sing her praises:
the favorite of her mother,
dearly loved by the one who bore her.
The young women see her and praise her;
even queens and royal concubines sing her praises:
Verse 10
‘Who is this that [j]grows like the dawn,
As beautiful as the full moon,
As pure as the sun,
As awesome as [k]an army with banners?’
As beautiful as the full moon,
As pure as the sun,
As awesome as [k]an army with banners?’
“Who is this, arising like the dawn,
as fair as the moon,
as bright as the sun,
as majestic as an army with billowing banners?”
as fair as the moon,
as bright as the sun,
as majestic as an army with billowing banners?”
Young Woman
Verse 11
“I went down to the orchard of nut trees
To see the blossoms of the valley,
To see whether the vine had budded
Or the pomegranates had bloomed.
To see the blossoms of the valley,
To see whether the vine had budded
Or the pomegranates had bloomed.
I went down to the grove of walnut trees
and out to the valley to see the new spring growth,
to see whether the grapevines had budded
or the pomegranates were in bloom.
and out to the valley to see the new spring growth,
to see whether the grapevines had budded
or the pomegranates were in bloom.
Verse 12
“Before I was aware, my soul set me
Over the chariots of [l]my noble people.”
Over the chariots of [l]my noble people.”
Before I realized it,
my strong desires had taken me to the chariot of a noble man.[b]
my strong desires had taken me to the chariot of a noble man.[b]
Young Women of Jerusalem
Verse 13
Young Man
Why do you stare at this young woman of Shulam,
as she moves so gracefully between two lines of dancers?[d]