28 It is difficult to determine whether the speaker in 6:11–12 is Solomon or the Beloved.
29 The term אֱגוֹז (’egoz, “nut”) probably refers to the “walnut” or “walnut tree” (juglans regia) ( 1:116 אֱגוֹז). The singular form is used collectively here to refer to a grove of walnut trees.
30 It is not clear whether the “valley” in 6:12 is a physical valley (Jezreel Valley?), a figurative description of their love relationship, or a double entendre.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I went down to the nut orchard

to look at the blossoms of the valley,

to see whether the vines had budded,

whether the pomegranates were in bloom.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I went down to the grove of nut trees

to look at the new growth in the valley,

to see if the vines had budded

or the pomegranates were in bloom.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I came down to the walnut grove

to see the blossoms of the valley,

to see if the vines were budding

and the pomegranates blooming.

NLTNew Living Translation

I went down to the grove of walnut trees

and out to the valley to see the new spring growth,

to see whether the grapevines had budded

or the pomegranates were in bloom.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I went down to the orchard of the walnut trees

to look at the blossoms of the valley,

to see whether the vines have sprouted,

whether the pomegranates have blossomed.

KJV 1900King James Version

I 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.

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The Return to the Vineyards

The Lover to His Beloved:28

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