Song of Solomon 1:7
5 I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
6 Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.
Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
8 If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.
9 I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
- KJV
- Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
- WEB
- Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; for why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?
- ASV
- Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest [thy flock], Where thou makest [it] to rest at noon: For why should I be as one that is veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions?
- DARBY
- Tell me, thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest [thy flock], Where thou makest it to rest at noon; For why should I be as one veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions?
- BLB
- Declare to me, O one my soul loves, where do you pasture, where do you let them rest at midday? For why should I be as one veiling herself [to go] alongside the flocks of your companions?
- ÅB
- Si meg, du som min sjel elsker: Hvor vokter du flokken? Hvor lar du den hvile om middagen? For hvorfor skal jeg være lik en kvinne som går tilsløret ved dine stallbrødres flokker?
- OTB
- Fortell meg, du som min sjel elsker, Hvor beiter du din flokk, Hvor lar du den hvile ved middagstid? For hvorfor skulle jeg være som en som dekker seg til Ved siden av flokkene til dine følgesvenner?
- B1930
- Si mig, du som min sjel elsker: Hvor vokter du hjorden? Hvor lar du den hvile om middagen? For hvorfor skal jeg være lik en kvinne som går tilsløret ved dine stallbrødres hjorder?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Song of Solomon 3:1–4
On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.
Read in contextIsaiah 13:20
She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.
Read in contextPsalms 23:1–2
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Read in contextPsalms 28:1
To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
Read in contextGenesis 37:16
“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
Read in contextSong of Solomon 2:16
My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
Read in contextJohn 21:17
Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 6:3
I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
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