Song of Solomon 6:1-8

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."

4 "⁹You are as beautiful as ¹⁰Tirzah, my darling, As ¹¹lovely as ¹²Jerusalem, As ¹³awesome as an army with banners.

5 "Turn your eyes away from me, For they have confused me; ¹⁴Your hair is like a flock of goats That have descended from Gilead.

6 "¹⁵Your teeth are like a flock of ewes Which have come up from their washing, All of which bear twins, And not one among them has lost her young.

7 "¹⁶Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate Behind * your veil.

8 "There are sixty ¹⁷queens and eighty concubines, And ¹⁸maidens without number;

Song of Solomon 6:1-8 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
• 9. Song of Songs 1:15
• 10. 1 Kings 14:17
• 11. Song of Songs 1:5
• 12. Psalms 48:2; Psalms 50:2
• 13. Song of Songs 6:10
• 14. Song of Songs 4:1
• 15. Song of Songs 4:2
• 16. Song of Songs 4:3
• 17. 1 Kings 11:3
• 18. Song of Songs 1:3

Footnotes

• [a] CHORUS
• [b] BRIDE
• [c] BRIDEGROOM
• [d] Lit "bannered ones"
• [e] Or "miscarried"
• [f] Or "virgins"