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Song of Songs 6:1

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Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.
Song of Songs 6:1 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?
  • BSB Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you.
  • NKJV Where has your beloved gone, O fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned aside, That we may seek him with you? The Shulamite
  • NASB “Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, That we may seek him with you?”
  • NLT Where has your lover gone, O woman of rare beauty? Which way did he turn so we can help you find him?

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Quick answer

The daughters of Jerusalem, moved by the bride's praise, ask where her beloved has gone so they may help seek him. Sincere praise of the beloved stirs others to seek him too.

Overview

Having heard the bride extol her beloved, the women now wish to join the search. The verse shows how love that openly honors its object draws others to share that desire. In a fitting application, a believer's heartfelt praise of Christ often awakens in others a longing to know and seek him as well.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 13

  • Song 1:8If 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.
  • Song 5:9What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
  • Jer 14:8O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
  • Ruth 2:12The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
  • Isa 2:5O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
  • Song 6:9–10My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
  • Song 6:4Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
  • Ruth 1:16–17And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
  • Song 2:2As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
  • Song 1:4Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
  • Song 5:6I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
  • Zech 8:21–23And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.
  • Acts 5:11–14And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.

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Christ at the center

The poetry of covenant love between bride and bridegroom pictures, at its highest, the love of Christ for his church — the Bridegroom who gave himself for his bride.

How Song of Songs 6:1 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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Whither is thy belovedדּוֹדgoneהָלַךְO thou fairestיָפֶהamong womenאִשָּׁהwhither is thy belovedדּוֹדturned asideפָּנָהthat we may seekבָּקַשׁ
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