BSB · Scripture
Song 6
Berean Standard Bible
Section headings and translator notes come from the publisher; they are reading aids, distinct from the Bible text.
Together in the Garden
The Friends
Verse1Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you.
The Bride
Verse2My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
Verse3I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
The Bridegroom
Verse4You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.
Verse5Turn your eyes away from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead.
Verse6Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.
Verse7Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
Verse8There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,
Verse9but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises.
The Friends
Verse10Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?
The Bridegroom
Verse11I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding or the pomegranates were in bloom.
Verse12Before I realized it, my desire had set me among the royal chariots of my people.
The Friends
Verse13Come back, come back, O Shulammite! Come back, come back, that we may gaze upon you.The Bridegroom Why do you look at the Shulammite, as on the dance of Mahanaim ?
Translator notes (2)
- Verse 12: Or among the chariots of Amminadab
- Verse 13: Or the dance of the two camps