Song of Solomon 6:2
1 Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you.
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
3 I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
4 You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
- KJV
- My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
- WEB
- My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
- ASV
- My beloved is gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
- DARBY
- My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens and to gather lilies.
- BLB
- My beloved has gone to his garden, to the beds of spice, to graze in the gardens and to gather up the lilies.
- ÅB
- Min elskede er gått ned til sin have, til de velluktende blomstersenger, for å vokte sin flokk i havene og for å sanke liljer.
- OTB
- Min elskede har gått ned til sin hage, til bedene med balsam, for å gjete sin flokk i hagene og samle liljer.
- B1930
- Min elskede er gått ned til sin have, til de velluktende blomstersenger, for å vokte sin hjord i havene og for å sanke liljer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Song of Solomon 5:13
His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
Read in contextRevelation 7:17
For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
Read in contextSong of Solomon 1:7–8
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?
Read in contextMatthew 28:20
and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Read in contextJohn 17:24
Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
Read in contextPhilippians 1:21–23
For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 6:11
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.
Read in contextIsaiah 61:11
For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
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