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Song of Solomon 6

13 aligned verses; 13 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse YLT Young's Literal Translation KJV King James Version
Whither hath thy beloved gone, O fair among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned , And we seek him with thee ?
Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee .
My beloved went down to his garden, To the beds of the spice , To delight himself in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices , to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
I ` am ' my beloved's, and my beloved ` is ' mine , Who is delighting himself among the lilies.
I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine : he feedeth among the lilies.
Fair `art' thou, my friend , as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts .
Thou art beautiful , O my love , as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners .
Turn round thine eyes from before me, Because they have made me proud. Thy hair ` is ' as a row of the goats , That have shone from Gilead ,
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 as a row of the lambs, That have come up from the washing, Because all of them are forming twins, And a bereaved one is not among them.
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 the work of the pomegranate `is' thy temple behind thy veil .
As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks .
Sixty are queens, and eighty concubines, And virgins without number.
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
One is my dove, my perfect one, One she ` is ' of her mother, The choice one she `is' of her that bare her , Daughters saw, and pronounce her happy , Queens and concubines, and they praise her.
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 blessed her ; yea , the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
` Who ` is ' this that is looking forth as morning, Fair as the moon -- clear as the sun, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts ? '
Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon , clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners ?
Unto a garden of nuts I went down , To look on the buds of the valley, To see whither the vine had flourished , The pomegranates had blossomed --
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.
I knew not my soul , It made me -- chariots of my people Nadib .
Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib .
Return, return, O Shulammith! Return, return, and we look upon thee. What do ye see in Shulammith ?
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.

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