Song of Solomon 6:1-3

Mutual Delight in Each Other

1 "¹Where has your beloved gone, O ²most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, That we may seek him with you?"

2 "My beloved has gone down to his ³garden, To the ⁴beds of balsam, To ⁵pasture his flock in the gardens And gather ⁶lilies.

3 "⁷I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine, He who ⁸pastures his flock among the lilies."

Song of Solomon 6:1-3 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SONG OF SOLOMON 6

The discourse between the church and the daughters of Jerusalem is continued in this chapter: they inquire whither her beloved was gone, in order to seek him with her, So 6:1; she tells them where he was gone, and for what purpose he went thither, and what he was doing there; and claims and asserts her interest in him, So 6:2,3; Then follows a commendation of the church by Christ, who admires her beauty, and describes her by her eyes, hair So 6:4-7; and prefers her to all others; being a singular and choice one to him, and the praise of others, So 6:8-10; and next he gives an account of his going into his garden, and his design in it, and of what happened to him there, So 6:11,12. And the chapter is concluded with a charge to the Shulamite, to turn herself, that she might be looked upon; which occasions a question, to which an answer is returned, So 6:13.

Cross References

• 1. Song of Songs 5:6
• 2. Song of Songs 1:8
• 3. Song of Songs 4:16; Song of Songs 5:1
• 4. Song of Songs 5:13
• 5. Song of Songs 1:7
• 6. Song of Songs 2:1; Song of Songs 5:13
• 7. Song of Songs 2:16; Song of Songs 7:10
• 8. Song of Songs 2:16; Song of Songs 4:5

Footnotes

• [a]. CHORUS
• [b]. BRIDE