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Song of Solomon 1:8

If you have not knowledge, O most beautiful among women, go on your way in the footsteps of the flock, and give your young goats food by the tents of the keepers.

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In The King James Version

If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.

In Context

7Say, O love of my soul, where you give food to your flock, and where you make them take their rest in the heat of the day; why have I to be as one wandering by the flocks of your friends?

9I have made a comparison of you, O my love, to a horse in Pharaoh's carriages.

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Cross References

Psalms 16:3As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight.

Psalms 45:13\45:12\And the daughters of Tyre will be there with an offering; those who have wealth among the people will be looking for your approval.

Song of Solomon 1:15See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove.

Song of Solomon 4:1See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove; your hair is as a flock of goats, which take their rest on the side of Gilead.

Song of Solomon 4:10How fair is your love, my sister! How much better is your love than wine, and the smell of your oils than any perfume!

Song of Solomon 6:1Where is your loved one gone, O most fair among women? Where is your loved one turned away, that we may go looking for him with you?

Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 1:8-12

The Love of the Church to Christ. 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? 8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. 9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. 10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. 11… Read the whole commentary →

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