Song of Solomon 6 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Song of Solomon 7

¹How beautiful are your feet in sandals, prince’s daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a skillful workman.

KJVHow beautiful^H3302^(H8804) are thy feet^H6471 with shoes^H5275, O prince's^H5081 daughter^H1323! the joints^H2542 of thy thighs^H3409 are like jewels^H2481, the work^H4639 of the hands^H3027 of a cunning workman^H542.

² Your body is like a round goblet, no mixed wine is wanting. Your waist is like a heap of wheat, set about with lilies.

KJVThy navel^H8326 is like a round^H5469 goblet^H101, which wanteth^H2637^(H8799) not liquor^H4197: thy belly^H990 is like an heap^H6194 of wheat^H2406 set about^H5473^(H8803) with lilies^H7799.

³ Your two breasts are like two fawns, that are twins of a roe.

KJVThy two^H8147 breasts^H7699 are like two^H8147 young^H6082 roes^H6646 that are twins^H8380.

⁴ Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bathrabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.

KJVThy neck^H6677 is as a tower^H4026 of ivory^H8127; thine eyes^H5869 like the fishpools^H1295 in Heshbon^H2809, by the gate^H8179 of Bathrabbim^H1337: thy nose^H639 is as the tower^H4026 of Lebanon^H3844 which looketh^H6822^(H8802) toward^H6440 Damascus^H1834.

⁵ Your head on you is like Carmel. The hair of your head like purple. The king is held captive in its tresses.

KJVThine head^H7218 upon thee is like Carmel^H3760, and the hair^H1803 of thine head^H7218 like purple^H713; the king^H4428 is held^H631^(H8803) in the galleries^H7298.

⁶ How beautiful and how pleasant you are, love, for delights!

KJVHow fair^H3302^(H8804) and how pleasant^H5276^(H8804) art thou, O love^H160, for delights^H8588!

⁷ This, your stature, is like a palm tree, your breasts like its fruit.

KJVThis thy stature^H6967 is like^H1819^(H8804) to a palm tree^H8558, and thy breasts^H7699 to clusters^H811 of grapes.

⁸ I said, “I will climb up into the palm tree. I will take hold of its fruit.” Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the smell of your breath like apples.

KJVI said^H559^(H8804), I will go up^H5927^(H8799) to the palm tree^H8558, I will take hold^H270^(H8799) of the boughs^H5577 thereof: now also thy breasts^H7699 shall be as clusters^H811 of the vine^H1612, and the smell^H7381 of thy nose^H639 like apples^H8598;

⁹ Your mouth is like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.

KJVAnd the roof of thy mouth^H2441 like the best^H2896 wine^H3196 for my beloved^H1730, that goeth^H1980^(H8802) down sweetly^H4339, causing the lips^H8193 of those that are asleep^H3463 to speak^H1680^(H8802).

¹⁰ I am my beloved’s. His desire is toward me.

KJVI am my beloved's^H1730, and his desire^H8669 is toward me.

¹¹ Come, my beloved! Let’s go out into the field. Let’s lodge in the villages.

KJVCome^H3212^(H8798), my beloved^H1730, let us go forth^H3318^(H8799) into the field^H7704; let us lodge^H3885^(H8799) in the villages^H3723.

¹² Let’s go early up to the vineyards. Let’s see whether the vine has budded, its blossom is open, and the pomegranates are in flower. There I will give you my love.

KJVLet us get up early^H7925^(H8686) to the vineyards^H3754; let us see^H7200^(H8799) if the vine^H1612 flourish^H6524^(H8804), whether the tender grape^H5563 appear^H6605^(H8765), and the pomegranates^H7416 bud forth^H5132^(H8689): there will I give^H5414^(H8799) thee my loves^H1730.

¹³ The mandrakes produce fragrance. At our doors are all kinds of precious fruits, new and old, which I have stored up for you, my beloved.

KJVThe mandrakes^H1736 give^H5414^(H8804) a smell^H7381, and at our gates^H6607 are all manner of pleasant^H4022 fruits, new^H2319 and old^H3465, which I have laid up^H6845^(H8804) for thee, O my beloved^H1730.

WEB·Song of Solomon 6

¹Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?

KJVWhither is thy beloved^H1730 gone^H1980^(H8804), O thou fairest^H3303 among women^H802? whither is thy beloved^H1730 turned aside^H6437^(H8804)? that we may seek^H1245^(H8762) him with thee.

² My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

KJVMy beloved^H1730 is gone down^H3381^(H8804) into his garden^H1588, to the beds^H6170 of spices^H1314, to feed^H7462^(H8800) in the gardens^H1588, and to gather^H3950^(H8800) lilies^H7799.

³ I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine. He browses among the lilies.

KJVI am my beloved's^H1730, and my beloved^H1730 is mine: he feedeth^H7462^(H8802) among the lilies^H7799.

⁴ You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.

KJVThou art beautiful^H3303, O my love^H7474, as Tirzah^H8656, comely^H5000 as Jerusalem^H3389, terrible^H366 as an army with banners^H1713^(H8737).

⁵ Turn away your eyes from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats, that lie along the side of Gilead.

KJVTurn away^H5437^(H8685) thine eyes^H5869 from me, for they^H1992 have overcome^H7292^(H8689) me: thy hair^H8181 is as a flock^H5739 of goats^H5795 that appear^H1570 from Gilead^H1568.

⁶ Your teeth are like a flock of ewes, which have come up from the washing, of which every one has twins; not one is bereaved among them.

KJVThy teeth^H8127 are as a flock^H5739 of sheep^H7353 which go up^H5927^(H8804) from the washing^H7367, whereof every one beareth twins^H8382^(H8688), and there is not one barren^H7909 among them.

⁷ Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.

KJVAs a piece^H6400 of a pomegranate^H7416 are thy temples^H7541 within^H1157 thy locks^H6777.

⁸ There are sixty queens, eighty concubines, and virgins without number.

KJVThere are threescore^H8346 queens^H4436, and fourscore^H8084 concubines^H6370, and virgins^H5959 without number^H4557.

⁹ My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother’s only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed. The queens and the concubines saw her, and they praised her.

KJVMy dove^H3123, my undefiled^H8535 is but one^H259; she is the only one^H259 of her mother^H517, she is the choice^H1249 one of her that bare^H3205^(H8802) her. The daughters^H1323 saw^H7200^(H8804) her, and blessed^H833^(H8762) her; yea, the queens^H4436 and the concubines^H6370, and they praised^H1984^(H8762) her.

¹⁰ Who is she who looks out as the morning, beautiful as the moon, clear as the sun, and awesome as an army with banners?

KJVWho is she that looketh forth^H8259^(H8737) as the morning^H7837, fair^H3303 as the moon^H3842, clear^H1249 as the sun^H2535, and terrible^H366 as an army with banners^H1713^(H8737)?

¹¹ I went down into the nut tree grove, to see the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flower.

KJVI went down^H3381^(H8804) into the garden^H1594 of nuts^H93 to see^H7200^(H8800) the fruits^H3 of the valley^H5158, and to see^H7200^(H8800) whether the vine^H1612 flourished^H6524^(H8804), and the pomegranates^H7416 budded^H5132^(H8689).

¹² Without realizing it, my desire set me with my royal people’s chariots.

KJVOr ever I was aware^H3045^(H8804), my soul^H5315 made^H7760^(H8804) me like the chariots^H4818 of Amminadib^H5993.

¹³ Return, return, Shulammite! Return, return, that we may gaze at you. Lover Why do you desire to gaze at the Shulammite, as at the dance of Mahanaim?

KJVReturn^H7725^(H8798), return^H7725^(H8798), O Shulamite^H7759; return^H7725^(H8798), return^H7725^(H8798), that we may look^H2372^(H8799) upon thee. What will ye see^H2372^(H8799) in the Shulamite^H7759? As it were the company^H4246 of two armies^H4264.

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