Song of Solomon 6:2-12

2 [She] My darling went down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.

3 I belong to the man I love, and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies.

4 [He] You are as beautiful as Tirtzah, my love, as lovely as Yerushalayim, but formidable as an army marching under banners.

5 Turn your eyes away from me, because they overwhelm me! Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Gil'ad.

6 Your teeth are like a flock of sheep that have just come up from being washed; each of them is matched, and none of them is missing.

7 Your cheeks are like a pomegranate split open behind your veil.

8 There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, as well as young women beyond number;

9 but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, her mother's only child, the darling of the one who bore her.

10 The daughters see her and call her happy; the queens and concubines praise her. "Who is this, shining forth like the dawn, fair as the moon, bright as the sun"-but formidable as an army marching under banners?

11 [She] I had gone down to the nut orchard to see the fresh green plants in the valley, to see if the vine had budded,

12 or if the pomegranate trees were in bloom. Before I knew it, I found myself in a chariot, and with me was a prince.

Song of Solomon 6:2-12 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.