Song of Songs 6 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

The Bride

“My beloved ^H1730 has gone ^H3381 down ^H3381 to his garden ^H1588,

To the beds ^H6170 of balsam ^H1314,

To pasture ^H7462 his flock in the gardens ^H1588

And gather ^H3950 lilies ^H7799.

“I am my beloved’s ^H1730 and my beloved ^H1730 is mine,

He who pastures ^H7462 his flock among the lilies ^H7799.”

The Groom

“You are as beautiful ^H3303 as Tirzah ^H8656, my darling ^H7474,

As lovely ^H5000 as Jerusalem ^H3389,

As awesome ^H366 as an army ^H1713 with ^H1713 banners ^H1713.

“Turn ^H5437 your eyes ^H5869 away ^H5437 from me,

For they have confused ^H7292 me;

Your hair ^H8181 is like a flock ^H5739 of goats ^H5795

That have descended ^H1570 from Gilead ^H1568.

“Your teeth ^H8127 are like a flock ^H5739 of ewes ^H7353

That have come ^H5927 up ^H5927 from their watering ^H7367 place ^H7367,

All ^H3605 of which ^H7945 bear ^H8382 twins ^H8382,

And not one ^H369 among them has lost ^H7909 her young ^H7909.

“Your temples ^H7541 are like a slice ^H6400 of a pomegranate ^H7416

Behind ^H4480 H1157 your veil ^H6777.

“There ^H1992 are sixty ^H8346 queens ^H4436 and eighty ^H8084 concubines ^H6370,

And [fn]young ^H5959 women ^H5959 without ^H369 number ^H4557;

But my dove ^H3123, my perfect ^H8535 one ^H8535, is [fn]unique ^H259:

She is her mother’s ^H517 [fn]only ^H259 daughter;

She is the pure ^H1249 child of the one who gave ^H3205 birth ^H3205 to her.

The [fn]young ^H1323 women ^H1323 saw ^H7200 her and called ^H833 her [fn]blessed ^H833,

The queens ^H4436 and the concubines ^H6370 also, and they praised ^H1984 her, saying,

‘Who ^H4310 is this ^H2088 who looks ^H8259 down ^H8259 like ^H3644 the dawn ^H7837,

As beautiful ^H3303 as the full ^H3842 moon ^H3842,

As pure ^H1249 as the sun ^H2535,

As awesome ^H366 as an army ^H1713 with banners ^H1713?’

“I went ^H3381 down ^H3381 to the orchard ^H1593 of nut ^H93 trees ^H93

To see ^H7200 the plants ^H3 of the valley ^H5158,

To see ^H7200 whether the vine ^H1612 had grown ^H6524

Or the pomegranates ^H7416 had bloomed ^H5340.

“[fn]Before I was ^H3045 aware ^H3045, my soul ^H5315 set ^H7760 me

Over the chariots ^H4818 of [fn]my noble ^H5081 people ^H5971.”

The Chorus

“[fn]Come ^H7725 back ^H7725, come ^H7725 back ^H7725, O Shulammite ^H7759;

Come ^H7725 back ^H7725, come ^H7725 back ^H7725, so that we may look ^H2372 at you!”

The Groom

“Why ^H4100 should you look ^H2372 at the Shulammite ^H7759,

As at the dance ^H4246 of [fn]the two armies ^H4264?