Song Of Solomon

Song Of Solomon 6

1The church professeth her faith in Christ. 4Christ sheweth the graces of the church, 10and His love toward her.

1WHITHER is thy beloved gone, ^aO thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? ^bthat we may seek him with thee.

a Je. 14.8. v.9,10. ch. 1.8,15; 5.9; 4.7. Eze. 16.14. b Zec. 8.21-23. Ac. 2.37; 16.30.

2My beloved is gone down ^cinto his garden, to the ^dbeds of spices, to ^efeed in the gardens, and ^fto gather lilies.

c ch. 5.1; 4.12-16. v.11. Mat. 18.20; 28.20. d ch. 5.13. e Zep. 3.17. Is. 53.11,12. Eze. 34.23. Re. 7.17. f Is. 56.8; 40.11. Jn. 10.16; 14.3; 17.24. ch. 2.1.

3^gI am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.

g ch. 2.16; 7.10. Jn. 10.28.

4¶^hThou art beautiful, O my love, as ⁱTirzah, comely as ^jJerusalem, ^kterrible as an army with banners.

h Col. 2.2,5,19. Ps. 87.3. i Jos. 12.24. 1Ki. 14.17; 15.21,33; 16.6. j v.10. La. 2.15. Ps. 48.2. k Nu. 24.2,5. Ac. 5.11. 2Co. 10.4. Ep. 6.12,13.

5Turn away thine eyes from me, for ¹they have overcome me: ^lthy hair is ^mas a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

l ch. 4.1-3. m ch. 4.1.

6Thy ⁿteeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and ^othere is not one barren among them.

n ch. 4.2. o Mat. 21.19; 25.30.

7As a ^ppiece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.

p ch. 4.3.

8There are ^qthreescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

q 1Ki. 11.3. 2Ch. 11.21. Ps. 45.14. Re. 7.9. ch. 3.7.

9^rMy dove, my undefiled ^sis but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. ^tThe daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea , the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

r ch. 2.14; 4.1; 5.2; 4.7. s 2Sa. 7.23. Nu. 23.9. Ep. 4.3-6,16. 1Pe. 2.9. Tit. 2.14. Ga. 4.26. t De. 4.6,7; 26.18,19; 33.29. Ps. 126.3. Ge. 30.13.

10¶^uWho is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and ^vterrible as an army with banners?

u Re. 21.10,11. ch. 3.6; 8.5. Pr. 4.18. 2Pe. 1.19. Re. 12.1. Ep. 5.27. v v.4. Ps. 14.5; 149.6-8. Re. 19.14. Ro. 8.37.

11^wI 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.

w Jn. 15.16. v.2. ch. 5.1; 2.12,13; 7.12. Ps. 92.12-14. Is. 5.2,3.

12^xOr ever ²I was aware, my soul ³made me like the chariots of Ammi-nadib.

x Je. 31.18-20. Ho. 11.8,9. ch. 2.8.

13Return, ^yreturn, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company ⁴of two armies.

y ch. 2.14. Je. 3.14,22; 31.18-20. Ho. 14.1-4. 1Ki. 1.3.