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Song of Solomon 6

13 aligned verses; 13 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned him, That we may seek him with thee?
Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned ? We will seek him with you.
My beloved is gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens , and to gather lilies.
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine ; He feedeth ` his flock ' among the lilies ,
I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me ; he pastures his flock among the lilies .
Thou art fair , O my love , as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as an army with banners.
You are as beautiful , my darling , as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.
Turn away thine eyes from me, For they have overcome me. Thy hair is as a flock of goats , That lie along the side of Gilead.
Turn your eyes away from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead.
Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes, Which are come up from the washing; Whereof every one hath twins , And none is bereaved among them.
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin , and not one of them is lost .
Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil .
Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
There are threescore queens , and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number .
There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number ,
My dove, my undefiled, is `but' one ; She is the only one of her mother; She is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her , and called her blessed; `Yea', the queens and the concubines , and they praised her.
but my dove, my perfect one , is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises .
Who is she that looketh forth as the morning , Fair as the moon, Clear as the sun, Terrible as an army with banners ?
Who is this who shines like the dawn , as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession ?
I went down into the garden of nuts, To see the green plants of the valley, To see whether the vine budded, `And' the pomegranates were in flower .
I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding or the pomegranates were in bloom .
Before I was aware , my soul set me ` Among ' the chariots of my princely people.
Before I realized it , my desire had set me among the royal chariots of my people.
Return , return , O Shulammite ; Return , return , that we may look upon thee . Why will ye look upon the Shulammite, As upon the dance of Mahanaim?
Come back , come back , O Shulammite ! Come back , come back , that we may gaze upon you . Why do you look at the Shulammite, as on the dance of Mahanaim ?

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