Song of Solomon 6:4–7
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The Renewal of Love
The Lover to His Beloved:
6:4My darling, you are as beautiful as Tirzah,9
as lovely as Jerusalem,10
as awe-inspiring11 as bannered armies!
6:5Turn your eyes away from me—
they overwhelm12 me!
Your hair is like a flock of goats
descending from Mount Gilead.
6:6Your teeth are like a flock of sheep
coming up from the washing;
each has its twin;
not one of them is missing.
6:7Like a slice of pomegranate
is your forehead13 behind your veil.
Footnotes
- 9 He compares her beauty to two of the most beautiful and important cities in the Israelite United Kingdom, namely, Jerusalem and Tirzah. The beauty of Jerusalem was legendary; it is twice called “the perfection of beauty” (Ps 50:2; Lam 2:15). Tirzah was beautiful as well—in fact, the name means “pleasure, beauty.” So beautiful was Tirzah that it would be chosen by Jeroboam as the original capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 15:33; 16:8, 15, 23). The ancient city Tirzah has been identified as Tel el-Far`ah near Nablus: see B. S. J. Isserlin, “Song of Songs IV, 4: An Archaeological Note,” 90 (1958): 60; R. de Vaux, “Le premiere campagne de fouilles a Tell el-Far`ah,” 54 (1947): 394–433.
- 10 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
- 11 The literary unity of 6:4–10 and boundaries of his praise are indicated by the repetition of the phrase אֲיֻמָּה כַּנִּדְגָּלוֹת (’ayummah kannidégalot, “majestic as bannered armies/stars in procession …”) in 6:4 and 6:10 which creates an inclusion. His praise includes his own personal statements (6:4–9a) as well as his report of the praise given to her by the maidens, queens, and concubines (6:9b–10). His praise indicates that he had forgiven any ingratitude on her part.
- 12 The verb רָהַב (rahav) should be nuanced “overwhelm” or “arouse” rather than “storm against,” “make proud,” “confuse,” “dazzle,” or “overcome” ( 923 רָהַב).
- 13 Alternately, “your cheeks” or “your temple.” See 4:3.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
You are beautiful as Tirzah, my love,
lovely as Jerusalem,
awesome as an army with banners.
Turn away your eyes from me,
for they overwhelm me—
Your hair is like a flock of goats
leaping down the slopes of Gilead.
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
that have come up from the washing;
all of them bear twins;
not one among them has lost its young.
Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
behind your veil.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling,
as lovely as Jerusalem,
as majestic as troops with banners.
Turn your eyes from me;
they overwhelm me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
descending from Gilead.
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep
coming up from the washing.
Each has its twin,
not one of them is missing.
Your temples behind your veil
are like the halves of a pomegranate.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling,
lovely as Jerusalem,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners.
Turn your eyes away from me,
for they captivate me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
streaming down from Gilead.
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
coming up from washing,
each one having a twin,
and not one missing.
Behind your veil,
your brow is like a slice of pomegranate.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
You are beautiful, my darling,
like the lovely city of Tirzah.
Yes, as beautiful as Jerusalem,
as majestic as an army with billowing banners.
Turn your eyes away,
for they overpower me.
Your hair falls in waves,
like a flock of goats winding down the slopes of Gilead.
Your teeth are as white as sheep
that are freshly washed.
Your smile is flawless,
each tooth matched with its twin.
Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates
behind your veil.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
You are beautiful, my beloved, as Tirzah,
lovely as Jerusalem,
overwhelming as an army with banners.
Turn away your eyes from before me,
for they overwhelm me.
Your hair is like a flock of the goats
that moves down from Gilead.
Your teeth are like a flock of the ewes
that have come up from the washing,
all of them bearing twins,
and there is none bereaved among them.
Your cheeks behind your veil
are like halves of a pomegranate.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah,
Comely as Jerusalem,
Terrible as an army with banners.
Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me:
Thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing,
Whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.
As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.
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