Song of Solomon 6:1
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the bed of aromatical spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2I to my beloved, and my beloved to me, who feedeth among the lilies.
Cross References
Ruth 2:12The Lord render unto thee for thy work, and mayest thou receive a full reward of the Lord the God of Israel, to whom thou art come, and under whose wings thou art fled.
Song of Solomon 1:8To my company of horsemen, in Pharao's chariots, have I likened thee, O my love.
Song of Solomon 5:6I opened the bolt of my door to my beloved: but he had turned aside, and was gone. My soul melted when he spoke: I sought him, and found him not: I called, and he did not answer me.
Song of Solomon 6:4Turn away thy eyes from me, for they have made me flee away. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from Galaad.
Isaiah 2:5O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
Zechariah 8:21And the inhabitants go one to another, saying: Let us go, and entreat the face of the Lord, and let us seek the Lord of hosts: I also will go.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 6:1
In this chapter, I. The daughters of Jerusalem, moved with the description which the church had given of Christ, enquire after him, ver. 1 . II. The church directs them where they may meet with him, ver. 2, 3 . III. Christ is now found of those that sought him, and very highly applauds the beauty of his spouse, as one extremely smitten with it ( ver. 4-7 ), preferring her before all others ( ver. 8, 9 ), recommending her to the love and esteem of all her neighbours ( ver. 10 ), and, lastly, acknowledging the… Read the whole commentary →