Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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, [you] whom my {heart} loves, where do you pasture your flock, where do your sheep lie down at the noon? {For why should I be like} one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions? 8 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. 9 To a mare among the chariots of Pharaoh, I compare you, my beloved.
Cross References
Song of Songs 5:9
{How is your beloved better than another lover}, O most beautiful among women? {How is your beloved better than another lover}, that you adjure us thus?
Song of Songs 6:1
Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned that we may seek him with you?
Psalm 16:3
With regard to [the] saints who [are] in the land, they [are the] noble ones in [whom is] all my desire.
Psalm 45:11
Let the king desire your beauty. Because he [is] your lord, therefore bow down to him.
Psalm 45:13
The king's daughter is all glorious within; her garment [is] of gold embroidered cloth.
Proverbs 8:34
Happy [is the] person who listens to me, [in order] to keep watch at my doors day by day, [in order] to guard the frames of my entrances.
Song of Songs 1:15
Look! You [are] beautiful, my beloved. Look! You [are] beautiful; your eyes [are] doves.
Song of Songs 2:10
My beloved answered and said to me, "{Arise}, my beloved! {Come, my beauty}!
Song of Songs 4:1
{Oh my}! You [are] beautiful, my beloved! {Oh my}! You [are] beautiful! Your eyes [are] doves from behind your veil. Your hair [is] like a flock of goats that move down from the mountains of Gilead.
Song of Songs 4:7
You [are] completely beautiful, my beloved! {You are flawless}!
Song of Songs 4:10
How beautiful is your love, my sister bride! How better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!
Song of Songs 6:4-10
You [are] beautiful, my beloved, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, {overwhelming as an army with banners}.
Song of Songs 7:1-13
How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O royal princess! The curves of your {thighs} [are] like {jewels}, the work of the hands of a craftsman.
Jeremiah 6:16
Thus says Yahweh: "Stand at [the] roads and look, and ask for [the] ancient paths, where the way of the good [is], and walk in it, and find rest for your inner selves. But they said, 'We will not walk [in it].'
John 21:15
Now when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon [son] of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs!"
1 Corinthians 11:1
Become imitators of me, just as I also [am] of Christ.
Ephesians 5:27
in order that he might present to himself the church glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any such [thing], but that she may be holy and blameless.
Hebrews 6:12
in order that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and patience.
Hebrews 11:4-40
By faith Abel offered to God a greater sacrifice than Cain, by which he was approved that he was righteous, [because] God approved [him] for his gifts, and through it he still speaks, [although he] is dead.
Hebrews 13:7
Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you; {considering the outcome of their way of life}, imitate their faith.
James 2:21
Was not Abraham our father justified by works [when he] offered up his son Isaac on the altar?
James 2:25
And likewise was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works [when she] welcomed the messengers and sent [them] out by a different route?
James 5:10
Brothers, take [as an] example of perseverance and endurance the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
1 Peter 3:6
like Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you have become [when you] do good and are not frightened with respect to any terror.
Revelation 19:7-8
Let us rejoice and be glad and give him the glory, because the wedding celebration of the Lamb has come, and his bride has prepared herself.