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Song of Solomon 6 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | Where did your beloved go, most beautiful of women? Where did your beloved turn, so we may look for him with you? | Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? | Where has your beloved gone, most beautiful of women? Which way did your beloved turn, that we may look for him with you? | |
| 2 | My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to graze his flock in the gardens and gather lilies. | My beloved has gone down to his garden to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies. | My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to browse in the gardens and to gather lilies. | |
| 3 | I belong to my beloved, and my beloved belongs to me. He is the one who grazes his flock among the lilies. | I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies. | I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine; he browses among the lilies. | |
| 4 | You are beautiful, my darling, like Tirzah, lovely like Jerusalem, as awesome as an army with banners. | You are beautiful as Tirzah, my love, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners. | You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners. | |
| 5 | Turn your eyes from me, for they excite me. Your hair is like a flock of goats coming down from Mt. Gilead. | Turn away your eyes from me, for they overwhelm me— Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead. | Turn your eyes from me; they overwhelm me. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Gilead. | |
| 6 | Your teeth are like a flock of ewes coming up from being washed. All of them are twins, not one has lost her young. | 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. | Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing. Each has its twin, not one of them is missing. | |
| 7 | Your temple behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate. | Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil. | Your temples behind your veil are like the halves of a pomegranate. | |
| 8 | There are sixty queens and eighty mistresses, and too many young women to count, | There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and virgins without number. | Sixty queens there may be, and eighty concubines, and virgins beyond number; | |
| 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. | My dove, my perfect one, is the only one, the only one of her mother, pure to her who bore her. The young women saw her and called her blessed; the queens and concubines also, and they praised her. | but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the only daughter of her mother, the favorite of the one who bore her. The young women saw her and called her blessed; the queens and concubines praised her. | |
| 10 | Who is this who appears like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awesome as an army with banners? | “Who is this who looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?” | Who is this that appears like the dawn, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, majestic as the stars in procession? | |
| 11 | I went down to the walnut orchard, to look at the green sprouts in the valley, to see whether the vine had budded, whether the pomegranates had blossomed. | I went down to the nut orchard to look at the blossoms of the valley, to see whether the vines had budded, whether the pomegranates were in bloom. | I went down to the grove of nut trees to look at the new growth in the valley, to see if the vines had budded or the pomegranates were in bloom. | |
| 12 | Before I knew it, I imagined myself among the chariots of my noble people. | Before I was aware, my desire set me among the chariots of my kinsman, a prince. | Before I realized it, my desire set me among the royal chariots of my people. | |
| 13 | Return, return, Shulammite, return, return, so we may look at you! Why should you look at the Shulammite, like you watch the dance of the two camps? | Return, return, O Shulammite, return, return, that we may look upon you. He Why should you look upon the Shulammite, as upon a dance before two armies? | Come back, come back, O Shulammite; come back, come back, that we may gaze on you! He Why would you gaze on the Shulammite as on the dance of Mahanaim? | |
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