Song of Solomon 6 – read and compare multiple versions of the Bible
World English Bible
Song of Solomon 6 (WEBP)
[1] Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?
[2] My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
[3] I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine. He browses among the lilies.
[4] You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.
[5] Turn away your eyes from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats, that lie along the side of Gilead.
[6] Your teeth are like a flock of ewes, which have come up from the washing, of which every one has twins; not one is bereaved among them.
[7] Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.
[8] There are sixty queens, eighty concubines, and virgins without number.
[9] My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother’s only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed. The queens and the concubines saw her, and they praised her.
[10] Who is she who looks out as the morning, beautiful as the moon, clear as the sun, and awesome as an army with banners?
[11] I went down into the nut tree grove, to see the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flower.
[12] Without realizing it, my desire set me with my royal people’s chariots.
[13] Return, return, Shulammite! Return, return, that we may gaze at you. Why do you desire to gaze at the Shulammite, as at the dance of Mahanaim?
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King James w/Strong’s #s
Song of Solomon 6 (KJVS)
[1] Whither is thy beloved H1730 gone H1980 (8804), O thou fairest H3303 among women H802? whither is thy beloved H1730 turned aside H6437 (8804)? that we may seek H1245 (8762) him with thee.
[2] My beloved H1730 is gone down H3381 (8804) into his garden H1588, to the beds H6170 of spices H1314, to feed H7462 (8800) in the gardens H1588, and to gather H3950 (8800) lilies H7799.
[3] I [am] my beloved’s H1730, and my beloved H1730 [is] mine: he feedeth H7462 (8802) among the lilies H7799.
[4] Thou [art] beautiful H3303, O my love H7474, as Tirzah H8656, comely H5000 as Jerusalem H3389, terrible H366 as [an army] with banners H1713 (8737).
[5] Turn away H5437 (8685) thine eyes H5869 from me, for they H1992 have overcome H7292 (8689) me: thy hair H8181 [is] as a flock H5739 of goats H5795 that appear H1570 from Gilead H1568.
[6] Thy teeth H8127 [are] as a flock H5739 of sheep H7353 which go up H5927 (8804) from the washing H7367, whereof every one beareth twins H8382 (8688), and [there is] not one barren H7909 among them.
[7] As a piece H6400 of a pomegranate H7416 [are] thy temples H7541 within H1157 thy locks H6777.
[8] There are threescore H8346 queens H4436, and fourscore H8084 concubines H6370, and virgins H5959 without number H4557.
[9] My dove H3123, my undefiled H8535 is [but] one H259; she [is] the [only] one H259 of her mother H517, she [is] the choice H1249 [one] of her that bare H3205 (8802) her. The daughters H1323 saw H7200 (8804) her, and blessed H833 (8762) her; [yea], the queens H4436 and the concubines H6370, and they praised H1984 (8762) her.
[10] Who [is] she [that] looketh forth H8259 (8737) as the morning H7837, fair H3303 as the moon H3842, clear H1249 as the sun H2535, [and] terrible H366 as [an army] with banners H1713 (8737)?
[11] I went down H3381 (8804) into the garden H1594 of nuts H93 to see H7200 (8800) the fruits H3 of the valley H5158, [and] to see H7200 (8800) whether the vine H1612 flourished H6524 (8804), [and] the pomegranates H7416 budded H5132 (8689).
[12] Or ever I was aware H3045 (8804), my soul H5315 made H7760 (8804) me [like] the chariots H4818 of Amminadib H5993.
[13] Return H7725 (8798), return H7725 (8798), O Shulamite H7759; return H7725 (8798), return H7725 (8798), that we may look H2372 (8799) upon thee. What will ye see H2372 (8799) in the Shulamite H7759? As it were the company H4246 of two armies H4264.
Young’s Literal Translation
Song of Solomon 6 (YLT)
[1] Whither hath thy beloved gone, O fair among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned, And we seek him with thee?
[2] My beloved went down to his garden, To the beds of the spice, To delight himself in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
[3] I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine, Who is delighting himself among the lilies.
[4] Fair art thou, my friend, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts.
[5] Turn round thine eyes from before me, Because they have made me proud. Thy hair is as a row of the goats, That have shone from Gilead,
[6] Thy teeth as a row of the lambs, That have come up from the washing, Because all of them are forming twins, And a bereaved one is not among them.
[7] As the work of the pomegranate is thy temple behind thy veil.
[8] Sixty are queens, and eighty concubines, And virgins without number.
[9] One is my dove, my perfect one, One she is of her mother, The choice one she is of her that bare her, Daughters saw, and pronounce her happy, Queens and concubines, and they praise her.
[10] ‘Who is this that is looking forth as morning, Fair as the moon-clear as the sun, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts?’
[11] Unto a garden of nuts I went down, To look on the buds of the valley, To see whither the vine had flourished, The pomegranates had blossomed-
[12] I knew not my soul, It made me-chariots of my people Nadib.
[13] Return, return, O Shulammith! Return, return, and we look upon thee. What do ye see in Shulammith?