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If you do not know, O fairest among women,
    follow the tracks[a] of the flock,
        and pasture your little lambs[b] beside the tents of the shepherds.

Man’s Poetic Praise of His Beloved

To a mare[c] among the chariots[d] of Pharaoh,
    I compare you, my beloved.
10 Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments,
    your neck with strings of jewels.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 1:8 Literally “in the tracks”
  2. Song of Solomon 1:8 Or “your kids”
  3. Song of Solomon 1:9 Or “my mare”
  4. Song of Solomon 1:9 Or “chariot horses”

Friends

If you do not know, most beautiful of women,(A)
    follow the tracks of the sheep
and graze your young goats
    by the tents of the shepherds.

He

I liken you, my darling, to a mare
    among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.(B)
10 Your cheeks(C) are beautiful with earrings,
    your neck with strings of jewels.(D)

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