The Bride
Song of Songs 6:3
In 11 translations
- BSB
- I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
- KJV
- I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
- WEB
- I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine. He browses among the lilies.
- ASV
- I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: He feedeth his flock among the lilies.
- LSV
- I [am] my beloved’s, and my beloved [is] mine, || Who is delighting himself among the lilies.
- YLT
- I [am] my beloved's, and my beloved [is] mine, Who is delighting himself among the lilies.
- DBY
- I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: He feedeth [his flock] among the lilies.
- DRC6:2
- I to my beloved, and my beloved to me, who feedeth among the lilies.
- GNV6:2
- I am my welbeloueds, and my welbeloued is mine, who feedeth among the lilies.
- JPS
- I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine, that feedeth among the lilies.'
- LXXE
- I am my kinsman's, and my kinsman is mine, who feeds among the lilies.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Aleppo Codex and Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia and Ben Chaim’s Second Rabbinic Bible reads בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃ ס; Leningrad Codex reads בַּשׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃ ס (“among the lilies”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- אֲנִ֤י לְדוֹדִי֙ וְדוֹדִ֣י לִ֔י הָרֹעֶ֖ה בַּשׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.Marks an anomalous form.We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.
- LXX-Br
- Ἐγὼ τῷ ἀδελφιδῷ μου, καὶ ἀδελφιδός μου ἐμοί, ὁ ποιμαίνων ἐν τοῖς κρίνοις.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Song of Songs 2:16My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
- Song of Songs 7:10I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.
- Hebrews 8:10For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Revelation 21:2–4I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man,…
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 6:2 in some Bibles
- 6:3 in most Bibles