Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Return, return, O Shulammith! Return, return, and we look upon thee. What do ye see in Shulammith?
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?.
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?
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?
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
American
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 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?
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 32:2
and Jacob saith, when he hath seen them, 'This is the camp of God;' and he calleth the name of that place 'Two Camps.'
Genesis 49:10
The sceptre turneth not aside from Judah, And a lawgiver from between his feet, Till his Seed come; And his is the obedience of peoples.
Judges 21:21
and have seen, and lo, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances -- then ye have gone out from the vineyards, and caught for you each his wife out of the daughters of Shiloh, and gone to the land of Benjamin;
2 Samuel 17:24
And David came to Mahanaim, and Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him;
Psalm 76:2
And His tabernacle is in Salem, And His habitation in Zion.
Song of Songs 1:6
Fear me not, because I am very dark, Because the sun hath scorched me, The sons of my mother were angry with me, They made me keeper of the vineyards, My vineyard -- my own -- I have not kept.
Song of Songs 2:14
My dove, in clefts of the rock, In a secret place of the ascent, Cause me to see thine appearance, Cause me to hear thy voice, For thy voice is sweet, and thy appearance comely.
Isaiah 8:6
'Because that this people hath refused The waters of Shiloah that go softly, And is rejoicing with Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
Jeremiah 3:12-14
Go, and thou hast proclaimed these words toward the north, and hast said, Turn back, O backsliding Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah! I cause not Mine anger to fall upon you, For I am kind, an affirmation of Jehovah, I watch not to the age.
Jeremiah 3:22
Turn back, O backsliding sons, I cause your backslidings to cease. -- Behold us, we have come to Thee, For Thou art Jehovah our God.
Hosea 14:1-4
Turn back, O Israel, unto Jehovah thy God, For thou hast stumbled by thine iniquity.
Luke 7:44
And having turned unto the woman, he said to Simon, 'Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; water for my feet thou didst not give, but this woman with tears did wet my feet, and with the hairs of her head did wipe;
Luke 15:10
'So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'
John 9:7
'Go away, wash at the pool of Siloam,' which is, interpreted, Sent. He went away, therefore, and did wash, and came seeing;
John 10:16
and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock -- one shepherd.
Romans 3:29
The God of Jews only is He, and not also of nations?
Romans 7:23
and I behold another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of the sin that is in my members.
Galatians 5:17
for the flesh doth desire contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed one to another, that the things that ye may will -- these ye may not do;
Ephesians 2:14-17
for he is our peace, who did make both one, and the middle wall of the enclosure did break down,
Ephesians 6:10-19
As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might;
2 Thessalonians 1:10
when He may come to be glorified in his saints, and to be wondered at in all those believing -- because our testimony was believed among you -- in that day;
Hebrews 7:2
to whom also a tenth of all did Abraham divide, (first, indeed, being interpreted, 'King of righteousness,' and then also, King of Salem, which is, King of Peace,)