Song of Solomon 6:11

⁹ but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises.

¹⁰ Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?

I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding or the pomegranates were in bloom.

¹² Before I realized it, my desire had set me among the royal chariots of my people.

¹³ Come back, come back, O Shulammite! Come back, come back, that we may gaze upon you. Why do you look at the Shulammite, as on the dance of Mahanaim ?

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding or the pomegranates were in bloom.
KJV: I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.
WEB: I went down into the nut tree grove, to see the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flower.
ASV: I went down into the garden of nuts, To see the green plants of the valley, To see whether the vine budded, [And] the pomegranates were in flower.
DARBY: I went down into the garden of nuts, To see the verdure of the valley, To see whether the vine budded, Whether the pomegranates blossomed.
BLB: To the garden of the nut tree I went down, to look on the green of the valley, to see the vine had sprouted [and] the pomegranates had bloomed.

ÅB: Jeg gikk ned i nøttehaven for å se på dalens grønnende spirer, for å se om vintreet hadde satt skudd, om granatepletrærne sto i blomst.
OTB: Jeg gikk ned til lunden med nøttetrær for å se dalens blomster, for å se om vintreet hadde knoppet eller granateplene hadde blomstret.
B1930: Jeg gikk ned i nøttehaven for å se på dalens grønnende spirer, for å se om vintreet hadde satt skudd, om granatepletrærne stod i blomst.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Song of Solomon 7:12
Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom— there I will give you my love.
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Isaiah 5:2–4
He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!
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Song of Solomon 4:12–15
My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
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Song of Solomon 5:1
I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.
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Song of Solomon 6:2
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
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Acts 15:36
Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”
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Mark 11:13
Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if there was any fruit on it. But when He reached it, He found nothing on it except leaves, since it was not the season for figs.
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Psalms 92:12–15
The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
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