AMP

AMP

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
The Blue Letter Bible

Song of Songs 6 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles

Mutual Delight in Each Other

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:1 -

(The Chorus)

“Where has your beloved gone,

O most beautiful among women?

Where is your beloved hiding himself,

That we may seek him with you?”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:2 -

(The Shulammite Bride)

“My beloved has gone down to his garden,

To the beds of balsam,

To feed his flock in the gardens

And gather lilies.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:3 -

“I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine,

He who feeds his flock among the lilies.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:4 -

(The Bridegroom)

“You are as beautiful as [fn]Tirzah, my darling,

As lovely as Jerusalem,

As majestic as an army with banners!

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:5 -

“Turn your [flashing] eyes away from me,

For they have confused and overcome me;

Your hair is like [the shimmering black fleece of] a flock of [Arabian] goats

That have descended from Mount Gilead.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:6 -

“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 lost her young.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:7 -

“Your temples are like a slice of the pomegranate

Behind your veil.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:8 -

“There are sixty queens and eighty [fn]concubines,

And maidens without number;

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:9 -

But my dove, my perfect one, stands alone [above them all];

She is her mother’s only daughter;

She is the pure child of the one who bore her.

The maidens saw her and called her blessed and happy,

The queens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:10 -

‘Who is this that looks down like the dawn,

Fair and beautiful as the full moon,

Clear and pure as the sun,

As majestic as an army with banners?’

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:11 -

“I went down to the orchard of nut trees

To see the flowers of the valley,

To see whether the grapevine had budded

And the pomegranates were in flower.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:12 -

“Before I was aware [of what was happening], my desire had brought me

Into the area of the princes of my people [the king’s retinue].”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:13 -

(The Chorus)

“Return, return, O Shulammite;

Return, return, that we may gaze at you.”

(The Bridegroom)

“Why should you gaze at the Shulammite,

As at the dance of the two armies?

AMP Footnotes
A city in northern Israel known for its gardens and natural beauty.
See note Gen 22:24.
AMP

Amplified Bible Copyright (c) 2015 by

The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, CA 90631 All rights reserved.

For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
AMP
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
AMP

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan