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The Bridegroom

Song of Songs 6:6

In 11 translations

BSB
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.
KJV
Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.
WEB
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes, which have come up from the washing, of which every one has twins; not one is bereaved among them.
ASV
Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes, Which are come up from the washing; Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them.
LSV
Your teeth as a row of the lambs, || That have come up from the washing, || Because all of them are forming twins, || And a bereaved one is not among them.
YLT
Thy teeth as a row of the lambs, That have come up from the washing, Because all of them are forming twins, And a bereaved one is not among them.
DBY
Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep Which go up from the washing; Which have all borne twins, And none is barren among them.
DRC6:5
Thy teeth as a flock of sheep, which come up from the washing, all with twins, and there is none barren among them.
GNV6:5
Thy teeth are like a flocke of sheepe, which goe vp from the washing, which euery one bring out twinnes, and none is barren among them.
JPS
Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes, which are come up from the washing; whereof all are paired, and none faileth among them.
LXXE
Thy teeth are as flocks of shorn sheep, that have gone up from the washing, all of them bearing twins, and there is none barren among them: thy lips are as a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely.

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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.

Original-language editions

WLC
שִׁנַּ֨יִךְ֙ כְּעֵ֣דֶר הָֽרְחֵלִ֔ים שֶׁעָל֖וּ מִן־הָרַחְצָ֑ה שֶׁכֻּלָּם֙ מַתְאִימ֔וֹת וְשַׁכֻּלָ֖ה אֵ֥ין בָּהֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Ὀδόντες σου ὡς ἀγέλαι τῶν κεκαρμένων, αἳ ἀνέβησαν ἀπὸ τοῦ λουτροῦ, αἱ πᾶσαι διδυμεύουσαι, καὶ ἀτεκνοῦσα οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν αὐταῖς· ὡς σπαρτίον τὸ κόκκινον χείλη σου, καὶ ἡ λαλιά σου ὡραιᾶ.

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 4:2Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.
  • Matthew 25:30And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
  • Matthew 21:19Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 6:5 in some Bibles
  • 6:6 in most Bibles

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