Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Turn, turn, O Shulammite! Turn, turn so that we may look upon you! Why do you look upon the Shulammite as [at] a dance of the two armies?
New American Standard Bible
Come back, come back, that we may gaze at you!”
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King James Version
Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.
Holman Bible
Come back, come back, that we may look at you!
as you look at the dance
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International Standard Version
Return, return, Shulammite, return, return, so we may look at you! Why should you look at the Shulammite, like you watch the dance of the two camps?
A Conservative Version
Return, return, O Shulammite, return, return, that we may look upon thee. Why will ye look upon the Shulammite, as upon the dance of two armies?
American Standard Version
Return, return, O Shulammite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. Why will ye look upon the Shulammite, As upon the dance of Mahanaim?
Amplified
(The Chorus)
“Return, return, O Shulammite;
Return, return, that we may gaze at you.”
Bible in Basic English
Come back, come back, O Shulammite; come back, come back, so that our eyes may see you. What will you see in the Shulammite? A sword-dance.
Darby Translation
Return, return, O Shulamite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. What would ye look upon in the Shulamite? As it were the dance of two camps.
Julia Smith Translation
Turn back, turn back, thou Shulamite; turn back, turn back, and we will look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As the stringed instrument of the camps.
King James 2000
Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon you. Why will you look upon the Shulamite? As upon a dance before two armies?.
Modern King James verseion
Return, return, O Shulamite! Return, return, that we may look on you. What will you see in the Shulamite? As it were the dance of two camps.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Turn again, turn again, O thou Shulamite; turn again, turn again, that we may look upon thee. What pleasure have ye more in the Shulamite, than when she danceth among the men of war?
NET Bible
The Lover to His Beloved: Turn, turn, O Perfect One! Turn, turn, that I may stare at you! The Beloved to Her Lover: Why do you gaze upon the Perfect One like the dance of the Mahanaim?
New Heart English Bible
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?
The Emphasized Bible
THEYReturn, return, O Shulamite, Return, return, that we may look on thee! SHEWhat would ye look on in the Shulamite? THEYAs it were the dance of a double camp --
Webster
Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.
World English Bible
Return, return, Shulammite! Return, return, that we may gaze at you. Lover Why do you desire to gaze at the Shulammite, as at the dance of Mahanaim?
Youngs Literal Translation
Return, return, O Shulammith! Return, return, and we look upon thee. What do ye see in Shulammith?
Topics
Interlinear
Shuwb
Shuwb
שׁוּב
Shuwb
שׁוּב
Shuwb
return, ...again, turn, ...back, ...away, restore, bring, render, answer, recompense, recover, deliver, put, withdraw, requite,
return, ...again, turn, ...back, ...away, restore, bring, render, answer, recompense, recover, deliver, put, withdraw, requite,
Usage: 1058
Usage: 1058
References
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Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 6:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Friends Call To The Woman
12 I did not know my {heart} set me [in] a chariot of my princely people. 13 Turn, turn, O Shulammite! Turn, turn so that we may look upon you! Why do you look upon the Shulammite as [at] a dance of the two armies?
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 32:2
And when he saw them, Jacob said, "This [is] the camp of God!" And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Genesis 49:10
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff between his feet, until Shiloh comes. And to him shall be the obedience of nations.
Judges 21:21
and watch and look; when the daughters of Shiloh dance in the dances, come out from the vineyards and seize for yourselves a wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
2 Samuel 17:24
Now David had come to Mahanaim, and Absalom had crossed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
Psalm 76:2
His den has been in Salem, his lair in Zion.
Song of Songs 1:6
Do not gaze at me because I am black, because the sun has stared [at] me. The sons of my mother were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, [but] my own "vineyard" I did not keep.
Song of Songs 2:14
My dove, in the clefts of the rock, {in the secluded place} {in the mountain}, Let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice [is] sweet and your face [is] lovely.
Isaiah 8:6
"Because this people has refused the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoices [over] Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
Jeremiah 3:12-14
Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, 'Return, apostate Israel,' {declares} Yahweh. 'I will not cause my {anger} to fall on you. For I [am] loyal,' {declares} Yahweh. 'I will not be angry {forever}.
Jeremiah 3:22
Return, apostate children, I will heal your backsliding. 'Look, we come to you, for you are Yahweh our God.
Hosea 14:1-4
Return to Yahweh your God, Israel, for you have stumbled because of your sin.
Luke 7:44
And turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered into your house. You did not give me water for [my] feet, but she wet my feet with [her] tears and wiped [them] with her hair.
Luke 15:10
In the [same] way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."
John 9:7
And he said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which is translated "sent"). So he went and washed and came back seeing.
John 10:16
And I have other sheep which are not from this fold. I must bring these also, and they will hear my voice, and they will become one flock--one shepherd.
Romans 3:29
Or [is God] the God of the Jews only? [Is he] not also [the God] of the Gentiles? Yes, also of the Gentiles,
Romans 7:23
but I observe another law in my members, at war with the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that exists in my members.
Galatians 5:17
For the flesh desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh, for these are in opposition to one another, so that whatever you want, you may not do these [things].
Ephesians 2:14-17
For he himself is our peace, who made both one and broke down the dividing wall of the partition, the enmity, in his flesh,
Ephesians 6:10-19
Finally, become strong in the Lord and in the might of his strength.
2 Thessalonians 1:10
whenever he should come to be glorified on that day by his saints and to be marveled at by all who believe, because our testimony was believed among you,
Hebrews 7:2
to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth of everything--in the first place, [his name] is translated "king of righteousness," and then also "king of Salem," that is, "king of peace";