Song of Solomon 6

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Song of Solomon 6

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Y Where has your love gone,
most beautiful of women?
Which way has he^(a) turned?
We will seek him with you.

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W My love has gone down to his garden,^(A)
to beds of spice,^(B)
to feed in the gardens^(C)
and gather lilies.^(D)

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I am my love’s and my love is mine;^(E)
he feeds among the lilies.

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M You are as beautiful as Tirzah,^(b) my darling,
lovely as Jerusalem,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners.^(F)

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Turn your eyes away from me,
for they captivate me.^(G)
Your hair is like a flock of goats
streaming down from Gilead.^(H)

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Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
coming up from washing,
each one having a twin,
and not one missing.^(c)^(I)

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Behind your veil,^(J)
your brow^(d) is like a slice of pomegranate.

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There are 60 queens
and 80 concubines^(K)
and young women^(e) without number.

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But my dove,^(L) my virtuous one, is unique;^(M)
she is the favorite of her mother,
perfect to the one who gave her birth.
Women see her and declare her fortunate;^(N)
queens and concubines also, and they sing her praises:

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Y^(f) Who is this^(g)^(O) who shines like the dawn—
as beautiful as the moon,
bright as the sun,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners?^(P)

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W I came down to the walnut grove
to see the blossoms of the valley,
to see if the vines were budding^(Q)
and the pomegranates blooming.

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Before I knew it,
my desire put me
among the chariots of my noble people.^(h)

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⁽ⁱ⁾Y Come back, come back, Shulammite!^(j)^(k)
Come back, come back, that we may look at you!

M Why are you looking at the Shulammite,
as you look at the dance^(R) of the two camps?^(l)^(S)

Footnotes:

a. Song of Solomon 6:1: Lit your love

b. Song of Solomon 6:4: a mountain city in Manasseh

c. Song of Solomon 6:6: Lit and no one bereaved among them

d. Song of Solomon 6:7: Or temple, or cheek, or lips

e. Song of Solomon 6:8: Or and virgins; Sg 1:3

f. Song of Solomon 6:10: Some see v. 10 as spoken by M.

g. Song of Solomon 6:10: In Hb, the word for “this” is feminine.

h. Song of Solomon 6:12: Or of Amminadib, or of my people of a prince; Hb obscure

i. Song of Solomon 6:13: Sg 7:1 in Hb

j. Song of Solomon 6:13: Or the peaceable one

k. Song of Solomon 6:13: Perhaps an inhabitant of the town of Shunem, or a feminine form of Solomon’s name

l. Song of Solomon 6:13: Or dance of Mahanaim

Cross references:

A. Song of Solomon 6:2: Song of Solomon 4:16; Song of Solomon 5:1

B. Song of Solomon 6:2: Song of Solomon 5:13

C. Song of Solomon 6:2: Song of Solomon 1:7

D. Song of Solomon 6:2: Song of Solomon 2:1

E. Song of Solomon 6:3: Song of Solomon 2:16; Song of Solomon 7:10; Song of Solomon 8:6

F. Song of Solomon 6:4: Numbers 2:2-3

G. Song of Solomon 6:5: Song of Solomon 4:9

H. Song of Solomon 6:5: Song of Solomon 4:1

I. Song of Solomon 6:6: Song of Solomon 4:2

J. Song of Solomon 6:7: Song of Solomon 4:3

K. Song of Solomon 6:8: 1 Kings 11:3

L. Song of Solomon 6:9: Song of Solomon 2:14; Song of Solomon 5:2

M. Song of Solomon 6:9: Proverbs 31:29

N. Song of Solomon 6:9: Genesis 30:13

O. Song of Solomon 6:10: Song of Solomon 3:6; Song of Solomon 8:5

P. Song of Solomon 6:10: Song of Solomon 6:4

Q. Song of Solomon 6:11: Song of Solomon 7:12

R. Song of Solomon 6:13: Judges 21:21

S. Song of Solomon 6:13: Genesis 32:2