Song of Solomon 6:4-10
New Living Translation
Young Man
4 You are beautiful, my darling,
like the lovely city of Tirzah.
Yes, as beautiful as Jerusalem,
as majestic as an army with billowing banners.
5 Turn your eyes away,
for they overpower me.
Your hair falls in waves,
like a flock of goats winding down the slopes of Gilead.
6 Your teeth are as white as sheep
that are freshly washed.
Your smile is flawless,
each tooth matched with its twin.[a]
7 Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates
behind your veil.
8 Even among sixty queens
and eighty concubines
and countless young women,
9 I would still choose my dove, my perfect one—
the favorite of her mother,
dearly loved by the one who bore her.
The young women see her and praise her;
even queens and royal concubines sing her praises:
10 “Who is this, arising like the dawn,
as fair as the moon,
as bright as the sun,
as majestic as an army with billowing banners?”
Footnotes
- 6:6 Hebrew Not one is missing; each has a twin.
Song of Solomon 6:4-10
English Standard Version
Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other
He
4 You are beautiful as (A)Tirzah, (B)my love,
(C)lovely as (D)Jerusalem,
(E)awesome as an army with banners.
5 Turn away your eyes from me,
for they overwhelm me—
(F)Your hair is like a flock of goats
leaping down the slopes of Gilead.
6 (G)Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
that have come up from the washing;
all of them bear twins;
not one among them has lost its young.
7 (H)Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
behind your veil.
8 There are (I)sixty (J)queens and eighty (K)concubines,
and (L)virgins without number.
9 My (M)dove, my (N)perfect one, is the only one,
the only one of her mother,
pure to (O)her who bore her.
(P)The young women saw her and called her blessed;
(Q)the queens and (R)concubines also, and they praised her.
10 (S)“Who is this who looks down like the dawn,
beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun,
(T)awesome as an army with banners?”
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