Song of Solomon 6:4
2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
3 I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.
- KJV
- Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
- WEB
- You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.
- ASV
- Thou art fair, O my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as an army with banners.
- DARBY
- Thou art fair, my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as troops with banners:
- BLB
- You [are] beautiful as Tirzah, my darling, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as bannered hosts.
- ÅB
- Du er fager som Tirsa, min venninne, skjønn som Jerusalem, fryktelig som hærskarer med sine banner.
- OTB
- Du er like fortryllende som Tirsa, min kjære, like vakker som Jerusalem, like majestetisk som en hær med bannere.
- B1930
- Du er fager som Tirsa, min venninne, skjønn som Jerusalem, fryktelig som hærskarer med sine banner.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Song of Solomon 6:10
Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
Read in contextPsalms 48:2
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
Read in context1 Kings 14:17
And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
Read in contextRevelation 21:2
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 2:14
O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
Read in contextPsalms 50:2
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
Read in contextLamentations 2:15
All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
Read in contextSong of Solomon 4:7
Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
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