Song of Solomon 6:4-10
Holman Christian Standard Bible
4 M You are as beautiful as Tirzah,[a] my darling,
lovely as Jerusalem,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners.(A)
5 Turn your eyes away from me,
for they captivate me.(B)
Your hair is like a flock of goats
streaming down from Gilead.(C)
6 Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
coming up from washing,
each one having a twin,
and not one missing.[b](D)
7 Behind your veil,(E)
your brow[c] is like a slice of pomegranate.
8 There are 60 queens
and 80 concubines(F)
and young women[d] without number.
9 But my dove,(G) my virtuous one, is unique;(H)
she is the favorite of her mother,
perfect to the one who gave her birth.
Women see her and declare her fortunate;(I)
queens and concubines also, and they sing her praises:
10 Y[e] Who is this[f](J) who shines like the dawn—
as beautiful as the moon,
bright as the sun,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners?(K)
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 6:4 = a mountain city in Manasseh
- Song of Solomon 6:6 Lit and no one bereaved among them
- Song of Solomon 6:7 Or temple, or cheek, or lips
- Song of Solomon 6:8 Or and virgins; Sg 1:3
- Song of Solomon 6:10 Some see v. 10 as spoken by M.
- Song of Solomon 6:10 In Hb, the word for “this” is feminine.
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