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Song of Solomon 1:8–9

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8If you do not know, most beautiful of women, 

follow the tracks of the flocks, 

and graze your young goats near the shepherds’ tents. 

Solomon Searches for the Young Woman’s Love

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9My true love, I compare you to a mare among Pharaoh’s stallions. 

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  1. [Proper names or foreign words whose meaning is significant for understanding a particular Bible passage are translated in brackets following the name or phrase

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

If you do not know,

O most beautiful among women,

follow in the tracks of the flock,

and pasture your young goats

beside the shepherds’ tents.

I compare you, my love,

to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If you do not know, most beautiful of women,

follow the tracks of the sheep

and graze your young goats

by the tents of the shepherds.

I liken you, my darling, to a mare

among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If you do not know,

most beautiful of women,

follow the tracks of the flock,

and pasture your young goats

near the shepherds’ tents.

I compare you, my darling,

to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

NLTNew Living Translation

If you don’t know, O most beautiful woman,

follow the trail of my flock,

and graze your young goats by the shepherds’ tents.

You are as exciting, my darling,

as a mare among Pharaoh’s stallions.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

If you do not know, O fairest among women,

follow the tracks of the flock,

and pasture your little lambs beside the tents of the shepherds.

To a mare among the chariots of Pharaoh,

I compare you, my beloved.

KJV 1900King James Version

If thou know not, O thou fairest among women,

Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock,

And feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.

I have compared thee, O my love,

To a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.