Song of Songs 6:4-12
Tree of Life Version
Acclaiming the Bride’s Beauty
4 You are beautiful, my darling,
like Tirzah,
lovely as Jerusalem,
awesome as an army with banners.
5 Turn your eyes away from me,
for they overwhelm me!
Your hair is like a flock of ewe goats
descending down from Gilead.
6 Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
that have come up from the washing.
Each of them has a twin,
and none among them is missing.
7 Your temple is like a slice of pomegranate
behind your veil.
8 There are sixty queens, eighty concubines,
and young women beyond number.
9 Yet my dove, my perfect one is unique.
She is her mother’s only one—
a virtuous child of the one who bore her.
Maidens saw her and called her blessed.
Queens and concubines praised her.
10 Who is this that appears like dawn?
As beautiful as the moon,
bright as the sun,
awesome as an army with banners.
11 I went down into the garden of nut trees
to look at the fruit of the valley,
to see if the vine had budded,
or the pomegranates had bloomed.
12 Before I was aware, my soul set me
among the chariots of my princely people.
Song of Solomon 6:4-12
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?”
She
11 I went down to the nut orchard
to look at (U)the blossoms of the valley,
(V)to see whether the vines had budded,
whether the pomegranates were in bloom.
12 (W)Before I was aware, my desire set me
among (X)the chariots of my kinsman, a prince.[a]
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 6:12 Or chariots of Ammi-Nadib
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