The Shulamite
2 My beloved has gone to his agarden,
To the beds of spices,
To feed his flock in the gardens,
And to gather lilies.
To the beds of spices,
To feed his flock in the gardens,
And to gather lilies.
Praise of the Shulamite’s Beauty
The Beloved
5 Turn your eyes away from me,
For they have1 overcome me.
Your hair is alike a flock of goats
Going down from Gilead.
For they have1 overcome me.
Your hair is alike a flock of goats
Going down from Gilead.
6 aYour teeth are like a flock of sheep
Which have come up from the washing;
Every one bears twins,
And none is1 barren among them.
Which have come up from the washing;
Every one bears twins,
And none is1 barren among them.
9 My dove, my aperfect one,
Is the only one,
The only one of her mother,
The favorite of the one who bore her.
The daughters saw her
And called her blessed,
The queens and the concubines,
And they praised her.
Is the only one,
The only one of her mother,
The favorite of the one who bore her.
The daughters saw her
And called her blessed,
The queens and the concubines,
And they praised her.
10 Who is she who looks forth as the morning,
Fair as the moon,
Clear as the sun,
aAwesome as an army with banners?
Fair as the moon,
Clear as the sun,
aAwesome as an army with banners?
The Shulamite
11 I went down to the garden of nuts
To see the verdure of the valley,
aTo see whether the vine had budded
And the pomegranates had bloomed.
To see the verdure of the valley,
aTo see whether the vine had budded
And the pomegranates had bloomed.
The Beloved and His Friends
13 Return, return, O Shulamite;
Return, return, that we may look upon you!
What would you see in the Shulamite—
As it were, the dance of1 the two camps?
Return, return, that we may look upon you!
What would you see in the Shulamite—
As it were, the dance of1 the two camps?
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Book Notes:
Robertson's Book Notes (NT)
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