Song of Solomon 6

The Bride Praises Her Beloved

Others

1 Where has your beloved gone,
O c most beautiful among women?
Where has your beloved turned,
that we may seek him with you?

Together in the Garden of Love

She

2 My beloved has gone down to his q garden
to r the beds of spices,
to s graze 1 in the gardens
and to gather t lilies.
 3 u I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine;
he grazes among the lilies.

Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other

He

4 You are beautiful as v Tirzah, w my love,
x lovely as y Jerusalem,
z awesome as an army with banners.
 5 Turn away your eyes from me,
for they overwhelm me -
a Your hair is like a flock of goats
leaping down the slopes of Gilead.
 6 b 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.
 7 c Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
behind your veil.
 8 There are d sixty e queens and eighty e concubines,
and f virgins without number.
 9 My g dove, my h perfect one, is the only one,
the only one of her mother,
pure to i her who bore her.
j The young women saw her and called her blessed;
e the queens and e concubines also, and they praised her.

10 k "Who is this who looks down like the dawn,
beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun,
l awesome as an army with banners?"

She

11 I went down to the nut orchard
to look at m the blossoms of the valley,
n to see whether the vines had budded,
whether the pomegranates were in bloom.
 12 o Before I was aware, my desire set me
among p the chariots of my kinsman, a prince. 2

Others

13 3 Return, return, O q Shulammite,
return, return, that we may look upon you.
Why should you look upon q the Shulammite,
as upon r a dance before s two armies? 4

  1. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 5:9
    What is your beloved more than another beloved, O most beautiful among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you thus adjure us?
  2. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 4:16
    Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind! Blow upon my garden, let its spices flow. Let my beloved come to his garden, and eat its choicest fruits.
    Song of Solomon 5:1
    I came to my garden, my sister, my bride, I gathered my myrrh with my spice, I ate my honeycomb with my honey, I drank my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, drink, and be drunk with love!
  3. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 5:13
    His cheeks are like beds of spices, mounds of sweet-smelling herbs. His lips are lilies, dripping liquid myrrh.
  4. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 1:7
    Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions?
  5. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 2:1
    I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
  6. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 2:16
    My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.
    Song of Solomon 7:10
    I am my beloved's, and his desire is for me.
  7. Cross References
    1 Kings 14:17
    Then Jeroboam's wife arose and departed and came to Tirzah. And as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
  8. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 1:15
    Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.
  9. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 1:5
    I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 48:2
    Beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King.
    Psalms 50:2
    Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.
    Lamentations 2:15
    All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem: "Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?
    Revelation 21:2
    And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
  11. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 6:10
    "Who is this who looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?"
  12. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 4:1
    Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead.
  13. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 4:2
    Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes that have come up from the washing, all of which bear twins, and not one among them has lost its young.
  14. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 4:3
    Your lips are like a scarlet thread, and your mouth is lovely. Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil.
  15. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 3:7
    Behold, it is the litter of Solomon! Around it are sixty mighty men, some of the mighty men of Israel.
  16. Cross References
    1 Kings 11:3
    He had 700 wives, princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart.
  17. Cross References
    1 Kings 11:3
    He had 700 wives, princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart.
  18. Cross References
    Psalms 45:9
    Daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor; at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.
    Psalms 45:14
    In many-colored robes she is led to the king, with her virgin companions following behind her.
  19. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 2:14
    O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
  20. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 5:2
    I slept, but my heart was awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking. "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is wet with dew, my locks with the drops of the night.
  21. Cross References
    Proverbs 17:25
    A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
  22. Cross References
    Genesis 30:13
    And Leah said, "Happy am I! For women have called me happy." So she called his name Asher.
  23. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 6:8
    There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.
  24. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 6:8
    There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.
  25. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 3:6
    What is that coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of a merchant?
  26. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 6:4
    You are beautiful as Tirzah, my love, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.
  27. Cross References
    Job 8:11 - 12
    Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
  28. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 7:12
    Let us go out early to the vineyards and see whether the vines have budded, whether the grape blossoms have opened and the pomegranates are in bloom. There I will give you my love.
  29. Cross References
    Psalms 35:8
    Let destruction come upon him when he does not know it! And let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it - to his destruction!
    Proverbs 5:6
    She does not ponder the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it.
  30. Cross References
    2 Kings 2:12
    And Elisha saw it and he cried, "My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!" And he saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.
    2 Kings 13:14
    Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, "My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!
  31. Cross References
    1 Kings 1:3
    So they sought for a beautiful young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
    2 Kings 4:12
    And he said to Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite." When he had called her, she stood before him.
  32. Cross References
    1 Kings 1:3
    So they sought for a beautiful young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
    2 Kings 4:12
    And he said to Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite." When he had called her, she stood before him.
  33. Cross References
    Judges 21:21
    And watch. If the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards and snatch each man his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
  34. Cross References
    Genesis 32:2
    And when Jacob saw them he said, "This is God's camp!" So he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
    2 Samuel 17:24
    Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
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