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?”
Song of Solomon 6:4-10
International Standard Version
The Lover
4 You are beautiful, my darling, like Tirzah,[a]
lovely like Jerusalem,
as awesome as an army with banners.
5 Turn your eyes from me,
for they excite me.[b]
Your hair is like a flock of goats
coming down from Mt. Gilead.
6 Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
coming up from being washed.[c]
All of them are twins,
not one has lost[d] her young.
7 Your temple[e] behind your veil
is like a slice of pomegranate.
8 There are sixty queens and eighty mistresses,[f]
and too many young women to count,
9 but my dove, my perfect one, is unique.
She’s unique to her mother,
she’s pure to the one who gave birth to her.
Young women see her and call her blessed,
queens and mistresses praise her.
The Young Women
10 Who is this who appears like the dawn,
beautiful as the moon,
bright as the sun,
awesome as an army with banners?
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 6:4 I.e. a prominent city in the northern kingdom of Israel
- Song of Solomon 6:5 Or overwhelm me
- Song of Solomon 6:6 Lit. from washing
- Song of Solomon 6:6 Lit. been bereaved of; i.e. her teeth match
- Song of Solomon 6:7 Or brow
- Song of Solomon 6:8 Or concubines; i.e. secondary wives
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