Song Of Songs 6
NIRV — New International Reader's Version Bible (NIRV)
NLT — New Living Translation Bible (NLT)
Verse 1
“You are the most beautiful woman of all.
Where has the one who loves you gone?
Which way did he turn?
We’ll help you look for him.”
Where has the one who loves you gone?
Which way did he turn?
We’ll help you look for him.”
The woman says
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
“My love has gone down to his garden.
He’s gone to the beds of spices.
He’s eating in the gardens.
He’s gathering lilies.
He’s gone to the beds of spices.
He’s eating in the gardens.
He’s gathering 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 belong to my love, and he belongs to me.
He’s eating among the lilies.”
He’s eating among the lilies.”
The king says
I am my lover’s, and my lover is mine.
He browses among the lilies.
He browses among the lilies.
Young Man
Verse 4
“My love, you are as beautiful as the city of Tirzah.
You are as lovely as Jerusalem.
You are as majestic as troops carrying their banners.
You are as lovely as Jerusalem.
You are as majestic as troops carrying their 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.
They overpower me.
Your hair flows like a flock of black goats
coming down from the hills of Gilead.
They overpower me.
Your hair flows like a flock of black goats
coming down from the hills of 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 as clean as a flock of sheep
coming up from being washed.
Each of your teeth has its twin.
Not one of them is missing.
coming up from being washed.
Each of your teeth has its twin.
Not one of them is missing.
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 cheeks behind your veil
are like the halves of a pomegranate.
are like the halves of a pomegranate.
Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates
behind your veil.
behind your veil.
Verse 8
There might be 60 queens and 80 concubines.
There might be more virgins than anyone can count.
There might be more virgins than anyone can count.
Even among sixty queens
and eighty concubines
and countless young women,
and eighty concubines
and countless young women,
Verse 9
But you are my perfect dove.
There isn’t anyone like you.
You are your mother’s favorite daughter.
The young women see you and call you blessed.
The queens and concubines praise you.”
There isn’t anyone like you.
You are your mother’s favorite daughter.
The young women see you and call you blessed.
The queens and concubines praise you.”
The other women say
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 woman?
She is like the sunrise in all its glory.
She is as beautiful as the moon.
She is as bright as the sun.
She is as majestic as the stars traveling across the sky.”
She is like the sunrise in all its glory.
She is as beautiful as the moon.
She is as bright as the sun.
She is as majestic as the stars traveling across the sky.”
The king says
“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 a grove of nut trees.
I wanted to look at the new plants growing in the valley.
I wanted to find out whether the vines had budded.
I wanted to see if the pomegranate trees had bloomed.
I wanted to look at the new plants growing in the valley.
I wanted to find out whether the vines had budded.
I wanted to see if the pomegranate trees 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 realized it,
I was among the royal chariots of my people.”
I was among the royal chariots of my people.”
The other women say
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
“Come back to us.
Come back, Shulammite woman.
Come back to us.
Come back. Then we can look at you.”
Come back, Shulammite woman.
Come back to us.
Come back. Then we can look at you.”
The king says to the women
“Why do you want to look at the Shulammite woman
as you would watch a dancer at Mahanaim?”
Young Man
Why do you stare at this young woman of Shulam,
as she moves so gracefully between two lines of dancers?[d]