the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Song of Solomon 6:2
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"My beloved has gone down to his garden,To the beds of spices,To shepherd his flock in the gardensAnd gather lilies.
"My beloved has gone down to his garden, To the beds of balsam, To pasture his flock in the gardens And gather lilies.
My loue is gone downe into his garden vnto the sweete smellyng beddes, that he may refreshe hym selfe in the garden, & gather lilies.
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens and to gather lilies.
My beloved has gone to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed his flock in the gardens, And to gather lilies.
My Beloved has gone down to His garden, to the terraces of spices, to feed in the gardens and to gather lilies.
My lover has gone down to his garden, where sweet-smelling spices grow. There, like a sheep, he will eat the grass, and he will enjoy the lilies.
My beloved has gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
My beloued is gone downe into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feede in the gardens, and to gather lillies.
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
My loue is gone downe in to his garden, vnto ye swete smellinge beddes, that he maye refresh himself in the garden, and gather floures.
The Woman Never mind. My lover is already on his way to his garden, to browse among the flowers, touching the colors and forms. I am my lover's and my lover is mine. He caresses the sweet-smelling flowers.
"My beloved has gone down to his garden, To the beds of balsam, To feed his flock in the gardens And gather lilies.
My beloved is gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
My loved one is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to take food in the gardens, and to get lilies.
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
The Beloved to the Maidens:
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the flowerbeds of balsam spices, to graze in the gardens, and to gather lilies.She Speaks: My darling has gone down to his garden of spices, where he will feed his sheep and gather lilies.
[She]
My darling went down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.My welbeloued is gone downe into his garden to the beds of spices, to feede in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
My beloved has gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens and to gather lilies.
My beloved has gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
'My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Young Woman
My lover has gone down to his garden, to his spice beds, to browse in the gardens and gather the lilies."My love has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices. He has gone to feed his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
I am my kinsman’s, and my kinsman is mine, who feeds among the lilies.
My beloved is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
SHEMy beloved, is gone down to his garden, to the beds of balsam, - to pasture in the gardens, and to gather lilies,
(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.
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the garden bed of the spice, to pasture his flock and to gather lilies in the garden.
She
My beloved has gone down to his garden to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies."My beloved has gone down to his garden, To the beds of balsam, To pasture his flock in the gardens And gather lilies.
My lover has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens and to gather lilies.
The Woman
My lover has gone to his garden, where the balsam trees grow. He is feeding his flock in the garden and gathering lilies.W My love has gone down to his garden, to beds of spice, to feed in the gardens and gather lilies.
My derlyng yede doun in to his orcherd, to the gardyn of swete smellynge spices, that he be fed there in orcherdis, and gadere lilyes.
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
My beloved went down to his garden, To the beds of the spice, To delight himself in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
gone: Song of Solomon 6:11, Song of Solomon 4:12-16, Song of Solomon 5:1, Isaiah 58:11, Isaiah 61:11, Matthew 18:20, Matthew 28:20
the beds: Song of Solomon 5:13
feed: Song of Solomon 1:7, Song of Solomon 1:8, Isaiah 40:11, Ezekiel 34:23, Zephaniah 3:17, John 4:34, John 4:35, Revelation 7:17
and to: Song of Solomon 2:2, Isaiah 57:1, John 14:3, John 17:24, Philippians 1:21-23, 1 Thessalonians 4:13, 1 Thessalonians 4:14
Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 2:5 - me Song of Solomon 2:12 - flowers Song of Solomon 4:13 - pleasant Song of Solomon 4:14 - the chief Song of Solomon 8:13 - dwellest Zechariah 1:8 - among Luke 13:19 - cast
Cross-References
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he named him Enosh. Then it was begun to call on the name of Yahweh.
And it came to pass, when man began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
that the sons of God saw the daughters of man that they were fair; and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.
And Yahweh said, My spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh: and his days shall be 120 years.
The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man, and they bore [children] to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
And it repented Yahweh that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
And Yahweh said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repents me that I have made them.
But Noah found favor in the eyes of Yahweh.
And God saw the earth, and, look, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
My beloved is gone down into his garden,.... Which may be said by Solomon, in allusion to what he himself was wont to do, as Josephus q relates; who used to go very early in a morning in great pomp to Etham, about two miles from Jerusalem, a pleasant place, abounding with gardens and flows of water: or respect may be had to the king's gardens nearer Jerusalem, which were at the descent of Mount Zion, and reached to the lower pool r; see Nehemiah 3:15; and which lying lower than the king's palace, he might be said to go down to it. And this may point at the low estate of the people of God on earth, depressed with sorrows, afflictions, and persecutions; and the condescension of Christ, in visiting them in their low estate, and granting them his gracious presence: of the garden of Christ, and of his coming into it,
Nehemiah 3:15- :;
Nehemiah 3:15- :;
Nehemiah 3:15- :; and the church might remember what he said, "I am come into my garden", Song of Solomon 5:1; though she soon fell asleep and forgot it, and now calls it to mind, and so could direct the daughters where he was. She adds,
to the beds of spices; of odoriferous plants; to which particular believers, planted regularly in the churches of Christ, may be compared, for the excellency and fragrancy of their graces; and among whom Christ delights to be; see Song of Solomon 4:13. Gussetius s thinks the words, both here and in Song of Solomon 5:13, should be rendered "rivers of spices"; an hyperbolical expression, showing that a man walking by rivers of waters, where aromatic plants and fragrant flowers grow, perceives such a sweet odour, that, while he is refreshed with the moisture of the waters, he seems to be walking by rivers of spices. The end of her beloved's going thither is,
to feed in the gardens; to feed his flocks there: not on commons and in fields, but in gardens, which is unusual: and by which are meant particular churches, where Christ feeds his people, by his Spirit and by his ministers, word and ordinances, with himself, the bread of life; with the discoveries of his love, better than wine; and with the doctrines and promises of the Gospel: or to feed himself, or that "he [himself] might be fed" t there; by beholding with pleasure how the plants grow, and the spices flow out; by tasting the pleasant fruits of the garden; and by observing with delight the graces of the Spirit in his people in lively exercise;
and to gather lilies; to crop them with the hand u; lilies are liable to be cropped, hence Horace w calls the lily "breve lilium", the short lived lily: to these saints may be compared, for the glory, splendour, and beauty, they receive from Christ; see Song of Solomon 2:2; there was a gathering of these at the death of Christ, Ephesians 2:10; and there is a gathering of them in effectual calling, and into a church state, and into nearer communion with Christ; but here it seems to signify a gathering them by death, when fully ripe, to enjoy everlasting fellowship with him.
q Antiqu. l. 8. c. 7. s. 3. r See Lightfoot's Chorograph. Inquiry on John, c. 5. s. 4. p. 509. s Ebr. Comment. p. 642. t לרעות "ut ubi pascatur", V. L. Munster, Mercerus. u ευπνοα λειρια κερσοι, Theocrit. Idyll. 19. v. 32. w Carmin. l. 1. Ode 36, v. 16.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The question put by the chorus, and the answer it receives from the bride, show that the loss and seeking are not to be taken too seriously.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Song of Solomon 6:2. My beloved is gone down into his garden — The answer of the bride to her companions.
