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Song of Solomon 6:13

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13p Turn, turn,q O Shulammite!r

Turn, turns so that we may look upon you!

Why do you look upon the Shulammite

as at a dance of the two armies?

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Footnotes

  1. pSong of Songs 6:13–7:13 in the English Bible is 7:1–14 in the Hebrew Bible
  2. qOr “Return, return …!”
  3. rOr “O perfect one,” “O peaceful one,” “O bride.” Many interpreters take this moniker as suggesting the maiden was from the village of Shulem (alternately called Shunem)
  4. sOr “Return, return …!”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Return, return, O Shulammite,

return, return, that we may look upon you.

Why should you look upon the Shulammite,

as upon a dance before two armies?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Come back, come back, O Shulammite;

come back, come back, that we may gaze on you!

Why would you gaze on the Shulammite

as on the dance of Mahanaim?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Come back, come back, Shulammite!

Come back, come back, that we may look at you!

How you gaze at the Shulammite,

as you look at the dance of the two camps!

NLTNew Living Translation

 Return, return to us, O maid of Shulam.

Come back, come back, that we may see you again.

Why do you stare at this young woman of Shulam,

as she moves so gracefully between two lines of dancers?

KJV 1900King James Version

Return, return, O Shulamite;

Return, return, that we may look upon thee.

What will ye see in the Shulamite?

As it were the company of two armies.