Song 6 | NASB1995 | STEP | “ Where has your beloved gone , O most beautiful among women ? Where has your beloved turned , That we may seek him with you?”

Song of Solomon 6

Mutual Delight in Each Other

1 ^{▼▼ CHORUS
,} ^b“Where has your beloved gone,
O ^cmost beautiful among women?
Where has your beloved turned,
That we may seek him with you?”

2 ^{▼▼ BRIDE}“My beloved has gone down to his ^egarden,
To the ^fbeds of balsam,
To ^gpasture his flock in the gardens
And gather ^hlilies.
3 ⁱ“I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine,
He who ^jpastures his flock among the lilies.”

4 ^{▼▼ BRIDEGROOM
,} ^l“You are as beautiful as ^mTirzah, my darling,
As ⁿlovely as ^oJerusalem,
As ^pawesome as ^{▼▼ Lit bannered ones}an army with banners.
5 “Turn your eyes away from me,
For they have confused me;
^rYour hair is like a flock of goats
That have descended from Gilead.
6 ^s“Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
Which have come up from their washing,
All of which bear twins,
And not one among them has ^{▼▼ Or miscarried}lost her young.
7 ^u“Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate
Behind your veil.
8 “There are sixty ^vqueens and eighty concubines,
And ^{▼▼ Or virgins
,} ^xmaidens without number;
9 But ^ymy dove, my perfect one, is ^{▼▼ Lit one}unique:
She is her mother’s ^{▼▼ Lit one}only daughter;
She is the pure child of the one who bore her.
The ^{▼▼ Lit daughters
,} ^acmaidens saw her and called her blessed,
The ^adqueens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying,

10 ‘Who is this that ^{▼▼ Lit looks down}grows like the dawn,
As beautiful as the full ^afmoon,
As pure ^agas the sun,
As ^ahawesome as ^{▼▼ Lit bannered ones}an army with banners?’
11 “I went down to the orchard of nut trees
To see the blossoms of the valley,
To see whether ^ajthe vine had budded
Or the ^akpomegranates had bloomed.
12 “Before I was aware, my soul set me
Over the chariots of ^{▼▼ Another reading is Ammi-nadib}my noble people.”

13 ^{▼▼ CHORUS
,} ^{▼▼ Ch 7:1 in Heb}“Come back, come back, O Shulammite;
Come back, come back, that we may gaze at you!”

^{▼▼ BRIDEGROOM}“Why should you gaze at the Shulammite,
As at the ^apdance of ^{▼▼ Or Mahanaim
,} ^arthe two companies?