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Song of Solomon 6

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

² 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 You are as beautiful as Tirzah, 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. [2] ⓙ

⁷ Behind your veil, ⓚ your brow [3] is like a slice of pomegranate.

⁸ There are sixty queens and eighty concubines ⓛ and young women [4] 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 Who is this ⓑ who shines like the dawn, as beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awe-inspiring as an army with banners? ⓒ

¹¹ 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 I didn’t know what was happening to me. I felt like I was in a chariot with a nobleman. [5]

¹³ Come back, come back, Shulammite! [6] Come back, come back, that we may look at you! How you gaze at the Shulammite, as you look at the dance ⓔ of the two camps! [7] ⓕ

#	CSB
1	Where has your love gone, most beautiful of women? Which way has he [1] turned? We will seek him with you.
2	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	You are as beautiful as Tirzah, 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. [2] ⓙ
7	Behind your veil, ⓚ your brow [3] is like a slice of pomegranate.
8	There are sixty queens and eighty concubines ⓛ and young women [4] 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	Who is this ⓑ who shines like the dawn, as beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awe-inspiring as an army with banners? ⓒ
11	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	I didn’t know what was happening to me. I felt like I was in a chariot with a nobleman. [5]
13	Come back, come back, Shulammite! [6] Come back, come back, that we may look at you! How you gaze at the Shulammite, as you look at the dance ⓔ of the two camps! [7] ⓕ

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^{Song of Solomon 6:6 [8]} The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

^{Song of Solomon 6:29 [9]} Or my righteousness still stands

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