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Song of Songs 6-7
Christian Standard Bible
Song of Songs 6-7
Christian Standard Bible
Young Women
6 Where has your love gone,
most beautiful of women?
Which way has he[a] turned?
We will seek him with you.
Woman
2 My love has gone down to his garden,(A)
to beds of spice,(B)
to feed in the gardens(C)
and gather lilies.(D)
3 I am my love’s and my love is mine;(E)
he feeds among the lilies.
Man
4 You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling,
lovely as Jerusalem,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners.(F)
5 Turn your eyes away from me,
for they captivate me.(G)
Your hair is like a flock of goats
streaming down from Gilead.(H)
6 Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
coming up from washing,
each one having a twin,
and not one missing.[b](I)
7 Behind your veil,(J)
your brow[c] is like a slice of pomegranate.
8 There are sixty queens
and eighty concubines(K)
and young women[d] without number.
9 But my dove,(L) my virtuous one, is unique;(M)
she is the favorite of her mother,
perfect to the one who gave her birth.
Women see her and declare her fortunate;(N)
queens and concubines also, and they sing her praises:
10 Who is this(O) who shines like the dawn,
as beautiful as the moon,
bright as the sun,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners?(P)
Woman
11 I came down to the walnut grove
to see the blossoms of the valley,
to see if the vines were budding(Q)
and the pomegranates blooming.
12 I didn’t know what was happening to me.
I felt like I was
in a chariot with a nobleman.[e]
Young Women
13 Come back, come back, Shulammite![f]
Come back, come back, that we may look at you!
Man
7 How beautiful are your sandaled feet, princess
The curves of your thighs are like jewelry,
the handiwork of a master.
2 Your navel is a rounded bowl;
it never lacks mixed wine.
Your belly is a mound of wheat
surrounded by lilies.
3 Your breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle.(U)
4 Your neck is like a tower of ivory,(V)
your eyes like pools in Heshbon
by Bath-rabbim’s gate.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
looking toward Damascus.
5 Your head crowns you[i] like Mount Carmel,
the hair of your head like purple cloth—
a king could be held captive(W) in your tresses.
6 How beautiful you are and how pleasant,(X)
my love, with such delights!
7 Your stature is like a palm tree;
your breasts are clusters of fruit.
8 I said, “I will climb the palm tree
and take hold of its fruit.”(Y)
May your breasts be like clusters of grapes,
and the fragrance of your breath like apricots.(Z)
9 Your mouth[j] is like fine wine(AA)—
Woman
flowing smoothly for my love,
gliding past my lips and teeth![k]
10 I am my love’s,
and his desire(AB) is for me.(AC)
11 Come, my love,
let’s go to the field;
let’s spend the night among the henna blossoms.[l]
12 Let’s go early to the vineyards;
let’s see if the vine has budded,
if the blossom has opened,
if the pomegranates are in bloom.(AD)
There I will give you my caresses.
13 The mandrakes(AE) give off a fragrance,
and at our doors is every delicacy,
both new and old.
I have treasured them up for you, my love.
Footnotes
- 6:1 Lit your love
- 6:6 Lit and no one bereaved among them
- 6:7 Or temple, or cheek, or lips
- 6:8 Or and virgins; Sg 1:3
- 6:12 Hb obscure
- 6:13 Or the perfect one, or the peaceable one
- 6:13 Or dance of Mahanaim
- 7:1 Lit daughter of a nobleman, or prince
- 7:5 Lit head upon you is
- 7:9 Lit palate
- 7:9 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads past lips of sleepers
- 7:11 Or the villages
Song of Songs 6-7
New International Version
Song of Songs 6-7
New International Version
Friends
6 Where has your beloved(A) gone,
most beautiful of women?(B)
Which way did your beloved turn,
that we may look for him with you?
She
2 My beloved has gone(C) down to his garden,(D)
to the beds of spices,(E)
to browse in the gardens
and to gather lilies.
3 I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;(F)
he browses among the lilies.(G)
He
4 You are as beautiful as Tirzah,(H) my darling,
as lovely as Jerusalem,(I)
as majestic as troops with banners.(J)
5 Turn your eyes from me;
they overwhelm me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
descending from Gilead.(K)
6 Your teeth are like a flock of sheep
coming up from the washing.
Each has its twin,
not one of them is missing.(L)
7 Your temples behind your veil(M)
are like the halves of a pomegranate.(N)
8 Sixty queens(O) there may be,
and eighty concubines,(P)
and virgins beyond number;
9 but my dove,(Q) my perfect one,(R) is unique,
the only daughter of her mother,
the favorite of the one who bore her.(S)
The young women saw her and called her blessed;
the queens and concubines praised her.
Friends
10 Who is this that appears like the dawn,
fair as the moon, bright as the sun,
majestic as the stars in procession?
He
11 I went down to the grove of nut trees
to look at the new growth in the valley,
to see if the vines had budded
or the pomegranates were in bloom.(T)
12 Before I realized it,
my desire set me among the royal chariots of my people.[a]
Friends
13 Come back, come back, O Shulammite;
come back, come back, that we may gaze on you!
He
7 [c]How beautiful your sandaled feet,
O prince’s(V) daughter!
Your graceful legs are like jewels,
the work of an artist’s hands.
2 Your navel is a rounded goblet
that never lacks blended wine.
Your waist is a mound of wheat
encircled by lilies.
3 Your breasts(W) are like two fawns,
like twin fawns of a gazelle.
4 Your neck is like an ivory tower.(X)
Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon(Y)
by the gate of Bath Rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon(Z)
looking toward Damascus.
5 Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel.(AA)
Your hair is like royal tapestry;
the king is held captive by its tresses.
6 How beautiful(AB) you are and how pleasing,
my love, with your delights!(AC)
7 Your stature is like that of the palm,
and your breasts(AD) like clusters of fruit.
8 I said, “I will climb the palm tree;
I will take hold of its fruit.”
May your breasts be like clusters of grapes on the vine,
the fragrance of your breath like apples,(AE)
9 and your mouth like the best wine.
She
May the wine go straight to my beloved,(AF)
flowing gently over lips and teeth.[d]
10 I belong to my beloved,
and his desire(AG) is for me.(AH)
11 Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside,
let us spend the night in the villages.[e]
12 Let us go early to the vineyards(AI)
to see if the vines have budded,(AJ)
if their blossoms(AK) have opened,
and if the pomegranates(AL) are in bloom(AM)—
there I will give you my love.
13 The mandrakes(AN) send out their fragrance,
and at our door is every delicacy,
both new and old,
that I have stored up for you, my beloved.(AO)
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 6:12 Or among the chariots of Amminadab; or among the chariots of the people of the prince
- Song of Songs 6:13 In Hebrew texts this verse (6:13) is numbered 7:1.
- Song of Songs 7:1 In Hebrew texts 7:1-13 is numbered 7:2-14.
- Song of Songs 7:9 Septuagint, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew lips of sleepers
- Song of Songs 7:11 Or the henna bushes
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