 6:1 ¶
Whither is thy kinsman gone, thou beautiful among women? whither has thy kinsman turned aside? [tell us], and we will seek him with thee. |
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 6:1 ¶
Whitherº
is thy belovedº
gone,ºº
O thou fairestº
among women?º
whitherº
is thy belovedº
turned aside?ºº
that we may seekºº
him withº
thee. |
 6:2
My kinsman is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spice, to feed [his flock] in the gardens, and to gather lilies. |
 6:2
My belovedº
is gone downºº
into his garden,º
to the bedsº
of spices,º
to feedºº
in the gardens,º
and to gatherºº
lilies.º |
 6:3
I am my kinsman's, and my kinsman is mine, who feeds among the lilies. |
 6:3
Iº
[am] my beloved's,º
and my belovedº
[is] mine: he feedethºº
among the lilies.º |
 6:4 ¶
Thou art fair, my companion, as Pleasure, beautiful as Jerusalem, terrible as [armies] set in array. |
 6:4 ¶
Thouº
[art] beautiful,º
O my love,º
as Tirzah,º
comelyº
as Jerusalem,º
terribleº
as [an army] with banners.ººº |
 6:5
Turn away thine eyes from before me, for they have ravished me: thy hair is as flocks of goats which have appeared from Gilead{gr.Galaad}. |
 6:5
Turn awayºº
thine eyesº
fromºº
me, for theyºº
have overcomeºº
me: thy hairº
[is] as a flockº
of goatsº
that appearºº
fromº
Gilead.º |
 6:6
Thy teeth are as flocks of shorn [sheep], that have gone up from the washing, all of them bearing twins, and there is none barren among them: thy lips are as a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely. |
 6:6
Thy teethº
[are] as a flockº
of sheepº
which go upººº
fromº
the washing,º
whereof every oneºº
beareth twins,ºº
and [there is] notº
one barrenº
among them. |
 6:7
Thy cheek is like the rind of a pomegranate, [being seen] without thy veil. |
 6:7
As a pieceº
of a pomegranateº
[are] thy templesºº
withinºº
thy locks.º |
 6:8
There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and maidens without number. |
 6:8
Thereº
are threescoreº
queens,º
and fourscoreº
concubines,º
and virginsº
withoutº
number.º |
 6:9
My dove, my perfect one is one; she is the [only] one of her mother; she is the choice of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and the queens will pronounce her blessed, yea, and the concubines, and they will praise her. |
 6:9
My dove,º
my undefiledº
is [but] one;º
sheº
[is] the [only] oneº
of her mother,º
sheº
[is] the choiceº
[one] of her that bareºº
her. The daughtersº
sawºº
her, and blessedºº
her; [yea], the queensº
and the concubines,º
and they praisedºº
her. |
 6:10 ¶
Who is this that looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, choice as the sun, terrible as [armies] set in array? |
 6:10 ¶
Whoº
[is] sheº
[that] looketh forthºº
as the morning,º
fairº
as the moon,º
clearº
as the sun,º
[and] terribleº
as [an army] with banners?ºº |
 6:11
I went down to the garden of nuts, to look at the fruits of the valley, to see if the vine flowered, [if] the pomegranates blossomed. |
 6:11
I went downºº
intoº
the gardenº
of nutsº
to seeºº
the fruitsº
of the valley,º
[and] to seeºº
whether the vineº
flourished,ºº
[and] the pomegranatesº
budded.ºº |
 6:12
There I will give thee my breasts: my soul knew [it] not: it made me as the chariots of Amminadab{gr.Aminadab}. |
 6:12
Or everº
I was aware,ºº
my soulº
madeºº
me [like] the chariotsº
of Amminadib.ººº |
 6:13
Return, return, O Sunamite; return, return, and we will look at thee. What will ye see in the Sunamite? She comes as bands of armies. |
 6:13
Return,ºº
return,ºº
O Shulamite;º
return,ºº
return,ºº
that we may lookºº
upon thee. Whatº
will ye seeºº
in the Shulamite?º
As it were the companyº
of two armies.º |