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Song of Solomon 6

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ Y Where has your love gone, most beautiful of women? Which way has he [1] turned? We will seek him with you.

² W My love has gone down to his garden, ⓐ to beds of spice, ⓑ to feed in the gardens ⓒ and gather lilies. ⓓ

³ I am my love’s and my love is mine; ⓔ he feeds among the lilies.

⁴ M You are as beautiful as Tirzah, [2] my darling, lovely as Jerusalem, awe-inspiring as an army with banners. ⓕ

⁵ Turn your eyes away from me, for they captivate me. ⓖ Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead. ⓗ

⁶ Your teeth are like a flock of ewes coming up from washing, each one having a twin, and not one missing. [3] ⓘ

⁷ Behind your veil, ⓙ your brow [4] is like a slice of pomegranate.

⁸ There are 60 queens and 80 concubines ⓚ and young women [5] without number.

⁹ But my dove, ⓛ my virtuous one, is unique; ⓜ she is the favorite of her mother, perfect to the one who gave her birth. Women see her and declare her fortunate; ⓝ queens and concubines also, and they sing her praises:

¹⁰ Y [6] Who is this [7] ⓞ who shines like the dawn — as beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awe-inspiring as an army with banners? ⓟ

¹¹ W I came down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding ⓠ and the pomegranates blooming.

¹² Before I knew it, my desire put me among the chariots of my noble people. [8]

¹³ [9]Y Come back, come back, Shulammite! [10] [11] Come back, come back, that we may look at you! M Why are you looking at the Shulammite, as you look at the dance ⓡ of the two camps? [12] ⓢ

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1	Y Where has your love gone, most beautiful of women? Which way has he [1] turned? We will seek him with you.
2	W My love has gone down to his garden, ⓐ to beds of spice, ⓑ to feed in the gardens ⓒ and gather lilies. ⓓ
3	I am my love’s and my love is mine; ⓔ he feeds among the lilies.
4	M You are as beautiful as Tirzah, [2] my darling, lovely as Jerusalem, awe-inspiring as an army with banners. ⓕ
5	Turn your eyes away from me, for they captivate me. ⓖ Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead. ⓗ
6	Your teeth are like a flock of ewes coming up from washing, each one having a twin, and not one missing. [3] ⓘ
7	Behind your veil, ⓙ your brow [4] is like a slice of pomegranate.
8	There are 60 queens and 80 concubines ⓚ and young women [5] without number.
9	But my dove, ⓛ my virtuous one, is unique; ⓜ she is the favorite of her mother, perfect to the one who gave her birth. Women see her and declare her fortunate; ⓝ queens and concubines also, and they sing her praises:
10	Y [6] Who is this [7] ⓞ who shines like the dawn — as beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awe-inspiring as an army with banners? ⓟ
11	W I came down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding ⓠ and the pomegranates blooming.
12	Before I knew it, my desire put me among the chariots of my noble people. [8]
13	[9]Y Come back, come back, Shulammite! [10] [11] Come back, come back, that we may look at you! M Why are you looking at the Shulammite, as you look at the dance ⓡ of the two camps? [12] ⓢ

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