Song of Solomon 6:3
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Poetic Refrain: Mutual Possession
The Beloved about Her Lover:
6:3I am my lover’s7 and my lover is mine;8
he grazes among the lilies.
Footnotes
- 7 This is the second occurrence of the poetic refrain that occurs elsewhere in 2:16 and 7:11. The order of the first two cola are reversed from 2:16: “My beloved is mine and I am his” (2:16) but “I am my beloved’s and he is mine” (6:3). The significance of this shift depends on whether the parallelism is synonymous or climactic. This might merely be a literary variation with no rhetorical significance. On the other hand, it might signal a shift in her view of their relationship: Originally, she focused on her possession of him, now she focused on his possession of her.
- 8 Or “I belong to my beloved, and my lover belongs to me.” Alternately, “I am devoted to my beloved, and my lover is devoted to me.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;
he grazes among the lilies.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;
he browses among the lilies.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
I am my love’s and my love is mine;
he feeds among the lilies.
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NLTNew Living Translation
I am my lover’s, and my lover is mine.
He browses among the lilies.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
I belong to my beloved and my beloved belongs to me;
he pastures his flock among the lilies.
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KJV 1900King James Version
I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine:
He feedeth among the lilies.
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