Song of Solomon 6:9
7 Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
8 There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,
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?
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
- WEB
- My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother’s only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed. The queens and the concubines saw her, and they praised her.
- ASV
- My dove, my undefiled, is [but] one; She is the only one of her mother; She is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed; [Yea], the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
- DARBY
- My dove, mine undefiled, is but one; She is the only one of her mother, She is the choice one of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and they called her blessed; The queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
- BLB
- One she [is], my dove, my perfect one; one she [is], pure for her mother, she who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed; and the queens and the concubines, they praised her.
- ÅB
- Men en er min due, min rene, hun, sin mors eneste, hennes utkårede som fødte henne; jomfruer så henne og priste henne lykkelig, dronninger og medhustruer så henne og hyldet henne.
- OTB
- Men min due, min fullkomne, står alene: Hun er sin mors eneste datter; hun er den kjære datter av henne som fødte henne. De unge kvinnene så henne og kalte henne velsignet, dronningene og medhustruene også, og de priste henne, og sa,
- B1930
- Men én er min due, min rene, hun, sin mors eneste, hennes utkårede som fødte henne; jomfruer så henne og priste henne lykkelig, dronninger og medhustruer så henne og hyldet henne.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Song of Solomon 2:14
O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.
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The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
Read in contextGenesis 30:13
Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
Read in contextRevelation 21:9–10
Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
Read in contextSong of Solomon 5:2
I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
Read in contextProverbs 31:28–29
Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:
Read in contextPsalms 126:2
Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
Read in contextGalatians 4:26
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
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