Song of Solomon Chapter 6
1 “Where has your beloved gone,
most beautiful among women?
Where has he turned
so we can help you find him?”
Bride
2 “He’s gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices,
to pasture his flock in the gardens and gather lilies.
3 I’m my beloved’s, and my beloved’s mine,
the one that pastures his flock among the lilies.” S of S 6:1-3
Groom
4 “You’re as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling,
as lovely as Jerusalem,
as awesome as an army with standards.
5 Turn your eyes away from me;
they overpower me;
your hair is like a flock of goats
coming down from Gilead.
6 Your teeth are like a flock of ewes,
that have come up from their washing,
that have all had twins
and none have miscarried.
7 Your cheeks are like the halves of a pomegranate
behind your veil.
8 There are 60 queens and 80 concubines,
and young women without number.
9 But my dove, my perfect one, is unique;
her mother’s only daughter,
the pure child of the one that bore her. S of S 6:4-9
10 “Who is this that grows like the dawn,
as beautiful as the full moon,
as pure as the sun,
as awesome as an army with standards?
11 I went down to the orchard of nut trees
to see the blossoms in the valley,
to see if the grapevines had budded,
or the pomegranates had bloomed.
12 Before I knew it, my fancy put me
in a chariot over my noble people.”
Friends
13 “Come back, Shulammite;
Come back so we can get a good look at you!
14 “Why should you gaze at the Shulammite,
as at the jostling between two armies?” S of S 6:10-14
Groom