Parallel Verses

NET Bible

The Beloved to the Maidens: My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the flowerbeds of balsam spices, to graze in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

New American Standard Bible

My beloved has gone down to his garden,
To the beds of balsam,
To pasture his flock in the gardens
And gather lilies.

King James Version

My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

Holman Bible

W My love has gone down to his garden,
to beds of spice,
to feed in the gardens
and gather lilies.

International Standard Version

My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to graze his flock in the gardens and gather lilies.

A Conservative Version

My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

American Standard Version

My beloved is gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

Amplified

(The Shulammite Bride)
“My beloved has gone down to his garden,
To the beds of balsam,
To feed his flock in the gardens
And gather lilies.

Bible in Basic English

My loved one is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to take food in the gardens, and to get lilies.

Darby Translation

My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens and to gather lilies.

Julia Smith Translation

My beloved went down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

King James 2000

My beloved has gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

Lexham Expanded Bible

My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the garden bed of the spice, to pasture his flock and to gather lilies in the garden.

Modern King James verseion

My Beloved has gone down to His garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens and to gather lilies.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

My love is gone down into his garden, unto the sweet smelling beds, that he may refresh himself in the garden, and gather flowers.

New Heart English Bible

My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

The Emphasized Bible

SHEMy beloved, is gone down to his garden, to the beds of balsam, - to pasture in the gardens, and to gather lilies,

Webster

My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

World English Bible

My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

Youngs Literal Translation

My beloved went down to his garden, To the beds of the spice, To delight himself in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
My beloved
דּד דּוד 
Dowd 
Usage: 61

is gone down
ירד 
Yarad 
Usage: 378

גּן 
Gan 
Usage: 43

to the beds
ערגה ערוּגה 
`aruwgah 
Usage: 4

of spices
בּשׂם בּשׂם 
Besem 
Usage: 29

to feed
רעה 
Ra`ah 
Usage: 171

in the gardens
גּן 
Gan 
Usage: 43

and to gather
לקט 
Laqat 
Usage: 37

References

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Hastings

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Watsons

Verse Info

Context Readings

Maiden's Praise Of Her Beloved

1 The Maidens to the Beloved: Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned? Tell us, that we may seek him with you. 2 The Beloved to the Maidens: My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the flowerbeds of balsam spices, to graze in the gardens, and to gather lilies. 3 The Beloved about Her Lover: I am my lover's and my lover is mine; he grazes among the lilies.



Cross References

Song of Songs 5:13

His cheeks are like garden beds full of balsam trees yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with drops of myrrh.

Song of Songs 1:7-8

The Beloved to Her Lover: Tell me, O you whom my heart loves, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest your sheep during the midday heat? Tell me lest I wander around beside the flocks of your companions!

Song of Songs 2:1-2

The Beloved to Her Lover: I am a meadow flower from Sharon, a lily from the valleys.

Song of Songs 4:12-1

The Lover to His Beloved: You are a locked garden, my sister, my bride; you are an enclosed spring, a sealed-up fountain.

Song of Songs 6:11

The Lover to His Beloved: I went down to the orchard of walnut trees, to look for the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines had budded or if the pomegranates were in bloom.

Isaiah 40:11

Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.

Isaiah 57:1

The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.

Isaiah 58:11

The Lord will continually lead you; he will feed you even in parched regions. He will give you renewed strength, and you will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that continually produces water.

Isaiah 61:11

For just as the ground produces its crops and a garden yields its produce, so the sovereign Lord will cause deliverance to grow, and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations.

Ezekiel 34:23

I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them -- namely, my servant David. He will feed them and will be their shepherd.

Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord your God is in your midst; he is a warrior who can deliver. He takes great delight in you; he renews you by his love; he shouts for joy over you."

Matthew 18:20

For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them."

Matthew 28:20

teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

John 4:34-35

Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.

John 14:3

And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too.

John 17:24

"Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

Philippians 1:21-23

For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-14

Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.

Revelation 7:17

because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

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