Song Of Songs 6
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Verse 1
Where has your beloved gone,
most beautiful of women?
Which way did your beloved turn,
that we may look for him with you?
most beautiful of women?
Which way did your beloved turn,
that we may look for him with you?
She
“[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?”
Verse 2
My beloved has gone down to his garden,
to the beds of spices,
to browse in the gardens
and to gather lilies.
to the beds of spices,
to browse in the gardens
and to gather lilies.
“[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.
Verse 3
I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;
he browses among the lilies.
he browses among the lilies.
He
“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.”
Verse 4
You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling,
as lovely as Jerusalem,
as majestic as troops with banners.
as lovely as Jerusalem,
as majestic as troops with banners.
Verse 5
Turn your eyes from me;
they overwhelm me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
descending from Gilead.
they overwhelm me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
descending from Gilead.
“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.
Verse 6
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep
coming up from the washing.
Each has its twin,
not one of them is missing.
coming up from the washing.
Each has its twin,
not one of them is missing.
“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.
Verse 7
Your temples behind your veil
are like the halves of a pomegranate.
are like the halves of a pomegranate.
“Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate
Behind your veil.
Behind your veil.
Verse 8
Sixty queens there may be,
and eighty concubines,
and virgins beyond number;
and eighty concubines,
and virgins beyond number;
Verse 9
but my dove, my perfect one, is unique,
the only daughter of her mother,
the favorite of the one who bore her.
The young women saw her and called her blessed;
the queens and concubines praised her.
the only daughter of her mother,
the favorite of the one who bore her.
The young women saw her and called her blessed;
the queens and concubines praised her.
Friends
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,
Verse 10
Who is this that appears like the dawn,
fair as the moon, bright as the sun,
majestic as the stars in procession?
fair as the moon, bright as the sun,
majestic as the stars in procession?
He
Verse 11
I went down to the grove of nut trees
to look at the new growth in the valley,
to see if the vines had budded
or the pomegranates were in bloom.
to look at the new growth in the valley,
to see if the vines had budded
or the pomegranates were in bloom.
“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.
Verse 12
Before I realized it,
my desire set me among the royal chariots of my people.[a]
my desire set me among the royal chariots of my people.[a]
Friends
“Before I was aware, my soul set me
Over the chariots of [l]my noble people.”
Over the chariots of [l]my noble people.”
Verse 13
Come back, come back, O Shulammite;
come back, come back, that we may gaze on you!
come back, come back, that we may gaze on you!
He
Why would you gaze on the Shulammite
as on the dance of Mahanaim?[b]