ris3n's Apologetics Codex

Passage

Song of Solomon 6.3

Book: Song of Solomon · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

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ASV
  1. Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned him, That we may seek him with thee? 2. My beloved is gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

3. I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine; He feedeth his flock among the lilies,

  1. Thou art fair, O my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as an army with banners. 5. 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. (Song of Solomon 6:1-5, ASV)
WEB
  1. Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? 2. My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

3. I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine. He browses among the lilies,

  1. You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners. 5. Turn away your eyes from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats, that lie along the side of Gilead. (Song of Solomon 6:1-5, WEB)
KJV
  1. Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee. 2. My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

3. I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.

  1. Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners. 5. Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead. overcome: or, puffed me up (Song of Solomon 6:1-5, KJV)
YLT
  1. Whither hath thy beloved gone, O fair among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned, And we seek him with thee? 2. My beloved went down to his garden, To the beds of the spice, To delight himself in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

3. I [am] my beloved's, and my beloved [is] mine, Who is delighting himself among the lilies.

  1. Fair [art] thou, my friend, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts. 5. 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, (Song of Solomon 6:1-5, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

  • ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
  • WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
  • KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
  • YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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