Song of Solomon 6:1

Whither hath thy beloved gone, O fair among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned, And we seek him with thee?

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.

In Context

2My beloved went down to his garden, To the beds of the spice, To delight himself in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

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Cross References

Ruth 2:12Jehovah doth recompense thy work, and thy reward is complete from Jehovah, God of Israel, under whose wings thou hast come to take refuge.'

Song of Solomon 1:8If thou knowest not, O fair among women, Get thee forth by the traces of the flock, And feed thy kids by the shepherds' dwellings!

Song of Solomon 5:6I opened to my beloved, But my beloved withdrew — he passed on, My soul went forth when he spake, I sought him, and found him not. I called him, and he answered me not.

Song of Solomon 6:4Fair [art] thou, my friend, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts.

Isaiah 2:5O house of Jacob, come, And we walk in the light of Jehovah.'

Zechariah 8:21Yea, gone have inhabitants of one To another, saying: We go diligently, To appease the face of Jehovah, To seek Jehovah of Hosts — I go, even I.

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 →

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