Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds tents.
New American Standard Bible
Go forth on the trail of the flock
And pasture your young goats
By the tents of the shepherds.
King James Version
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
Holman Bible
most beautiful of women,
follow
and pasture your young goats
near the shepherds’ tents.
International Standard Version
If you don't know, most beautiful of women, go out after the flock and graze your young goats beside the shepherd's tents.
A Conservative Version
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
Amplified
(The Bridegroom)
“If you do not know [where your lover is],
O you fairest among women,
Run along, follow the tracks of the flock,
And pasture your young goats
By the tents of the shepherds.
Bible in Basic English
If you have not knowledge, O most beautiful among women, go on your way in the footsteps of the flock, and give your young goats food by the tents of the keepers.
Darby Translation
If thou know not, thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds' booths.
Julia Smith Translation
If thou shalt not know for thyself, O fair one among women, come forth for thyself at the heels of the flock, and feed thy kids by the shepherds' tents.
King James 2000
If you know not, O you fairest among women, go your way forth in the footsteps of the flock, and feed your kids beside the shepherds' tents.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow {the tracks} of the flock, and pasture your little lambs beside the tents of the shepherds.
Modern King James verseion
If you know not, most beautiful among women, go in the footsteps of the flock; and feed your kids beside the shepherds' tents.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If thou know not thyself, O thou fairest among women, then go thy way forth after the footsteps of the sheep, and feed thy goats beside the shepherds' tents.
NET Bible
The Lover to His Beloved: If you do not know, O most beautiful of women, simply follow the tracks of my flock, and pasture your little lambs beside the tents of the shepherds.
New Heart English Bible
If you do not know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.
The Emphasized Bible
HEIf thou know not of thyself, most beautiful among women! get thee forth in the footsteps of the flock, and pasture thy kids by the huts of the shepherds. --
Webster
If thou knowest not, O thou fairest among women, go forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds tents.
World English Bible
If you don't know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.
Youngs Literal Translation
If thou knowest not, O fair among women, Get thee forth by the traces of the flock, And feed thy kids by the shepherds' dwellings!
Themes
Goat » The young of » Fed near the shepherds' tents
Shepherds » Dwelt in tents while tending their flocks
Interlinear
Yada`
Tso'n
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 1:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Dialogue Between Shepherdess And Shepherd
7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest thy flock , Where thou makest it to rest at noon: For why should I be as one that is veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions? 8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds tents. 9 I have compared thee, O my love, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.
Cross References
Song of Songs 5:9
What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, That thou dost so adjure us?
Song of Songs 6:1
Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned him, That we may seek him with thee?
Psalm 16:3
As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.
Psalm 45:11
So will the king desire thy beauty; For he is thy lord; and reverence thou him.
Psalm 45:13
The king's daughter within the palace is all glorious: Her clothing is inwrought with gold.
Proverbs 8:34
Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.
Song of Songs 1:15
Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves.
Song of Songs 2:10
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Song of Songs 4:1
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of mount Gilead.
Song of Songs 4:7
Thou art all fair, my love; And there is no spot in thee.
Song of Songs 4:10
How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine oils than all manner of spices!
Song of Songs 6:4-10
Thou art fair, O my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as an army with banners.
Song of Songs 7:1-13
How beautiful are thy feet in sandals, O prince's daughter! Thy rounded thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of a skilful workman.
Jeremiah 6:16
Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk therein .
John 21:15
So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon,'son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
1 Corinthians 11:1
Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Ephesians 5:27
that he might present the church to himself a glorious church , not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Hebrews 6:12
that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Hebrews 11:4-40
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh.
Hebrews 13:7
Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith.
James 2:21
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?
James 2:25
And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?
James 5:10
Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord.
1 Peter 3:6
as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye now are, if ye do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.
Revelation 19:7-8
Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.