Song of Solomon 6:11

I went down to the garden of nuts, 1 To look at the fruits of the valley, 1 To see if the vine flowered, 1 If the pomegranates blossomed. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.

In Context

10Who is this that looks forth as the morning, 1 Fair as the moon, choice as the sun, 1 Terrible as armies set in array? 1

12There I will give thee my breasts: 1 My soul knew it not: 1 It made me as the chariots of Amminadab.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:9And God made to spring up also out of the earth every tree beautiful to the eye and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of learning the knowledge of good and evil.

Song of Solomon 4:12My sister, my spouse is a garden enclosed; 1 A garden enclosed, a fountain sealed. 1

Song of Solomon 6:2My kinsman is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spice, 1 To feed his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies. 1

Song of Solomon 7:13Let us go early into the vineyards; 1 Let us see if the vine has flowered, 1 If the blossoms have appeared, 1 If the pomegranates have blossomed; 1 There will I give thee my breasts. 1

Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 6:5-11

The Church's Confidence in Christ; The Love of Christ to the Church. 4 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. 6 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. 7 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks. 8 There are threescore queens,… Read the whole commentary →

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