6: 2 My beloved is gone down to his garden, to the beds of 61spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
61Or, the balsam,
6: 3 I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: He feedeth his flock among the lilies.
6: 4 Thou art fair, O my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Formidable as an army with 62banners.
62Hb. the bannered hosts.
6: 5 Turn away thine eyes from me, For they 63have overcome me. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of Gilead.
63Or, make me afraid.
6: 6 Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes, Which are come up from the washing; Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them.
6: 7 Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil.
6: 8 There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, And 64virgins without number.
64Or, maidens
6: 9 My dove, my 65undefiled, is but one; She is the only one of her mother; She is the 66choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed; Yes, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
65Hb. perfect
66Or, pure And in vs. 10.
6: 10 Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, Fair as the moon, 67Choice as the sun, Formidable as an army with banners?
67Or, Clear or possibly, Bright
6: 11 I went down into the garden of nuts, To see the green plants of the valley, To see whether the vine budded, And the pomegranates were in flower.
6: 12 Before I was aware, my 68soul 69set me Among the chariots of my 70noble people.
68Or, desire Hb. nephesh
69Or, made me like the chariots of Ammi nadib.
70Or, willing people.
6: 13 Return, return, O Shulammite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. Why will ye look upon the Shulammite, As upon the dance 71of Mahanaim?
71Or, of the two companies
