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Song of Solomon 6:6

Your teeth are like a flock of ewes, Which have come up from the washing; Of which every one has twins; None is bereaved among them.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Canticles;   ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Song of Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Colours;   Sheep;   Song of Songs;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Laver;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Teeth;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Barren;   Ewe;   Pair;   Sheep;   Song of Songs;   Wisdom of Solomon, the;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Your teeth are like a flock of ewesWhich have come up from their washing,All of which bear twins,And not one among them has lost her young.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Your teeth are like a flock of ewes Which have come up from their washing, All of which bear twins, And not one among them has lost her young.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thy teeth are lyke a flocke of shorne sheepe which go out of the wasshyng place, where euery one beareth twinnes, and not one vnfruitfull among them.
Darby Translation
Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep Which go up from the washing; Which have all borne twins, And none is barren among them.
New King James Version
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep Which have come up from the washing; Every one bears twins, And none is barren among them.
Literal Translation
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes which come up from the washing place, of which they all are bearing twins, and a bereaved one is not among them.
Easy-to-Read Version
Your teeth are white like ewes just coming from their bath. They all give birth to twins. Not one of them has lost a baby.
King James Version (1611)
Thy teeth are as a flocke of sheepe which goe vp from the washing, wherof euery one beareth twinnes, and there is not one barren among them.
King James Version
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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thy teth are like a flock of shepe yt be clypped, which go out of the washinge place: where euery one beareth two twyns, & not one vnfrutefull amoge them.
Amplified Bible
"Your teeth are like a flock of ewes Which have come up from their washing, All of which bear twins, And not one among them has lost her young.
American Standard Version
Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes, Which are come up from the washing; Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them.
Bible in Basic English
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep which come up from the washing; every one has two lambs, and there is not one without young.
Update Bible Version
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes, Which have come up from the washing; Whereof every one has twins, And none is bereaved among them.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thy teeth [are] as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, of which every one beareth twins, and [there is] not one barren among them.
New English Translation
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin; not one of them is missing.
Contemporary English Version
Your teeth are whiter than sheep freshly washed; they match perfectly, not one is missing.
Complete Jewish Bible
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep that have just come up from being washed; each of them is matched, and none of them is missing.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thy teeth are like a flocke of sheepe, which goe vp from the washing, which euery one bring out twinnes, and none is barren among them.
George Lamsa Translation
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep which go up from washing; every one of them bears twins, and none is bereft among them.
Hebrew Names Version
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes, Which have come up from the washing; Of which every one has twins; None is bereaved among them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes, which are come up from the washing; whereof all are paired, and none faileth among them.
New Living Translation
Your teeth are as white as sheep that are freshly washed. Your smile is flawless, each tooth matched with its twin.
New Life Bible
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep which has come up from the washing. All of them give birth to two lambs at a time, and not one of them has lost her young.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thy cheek is like the rind of a pomegranate, being seen without thy veil.
English Revised Version
Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes, which are come up from the washing; whereof every one hath twins, and none is bereaved among them.
Berean Standard Bible
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one is lost.
New Revised Standard
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes, that have come up from the washing; all of them bear twins, and not one among them is bereaved.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thy teeth, are like a flock of sheep which have come up from the washing-place, - whereof, all of them, are twin-bearers, and bereaved, is there none among them:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(6-5) Thy teeth as a flock of sheep, which come up from the washing, all with twins, and there is none barren among them.
Lexham English Bible
Your teeth are like a flock of the ewes that have come up from the washing, all of them bearing twins, and there is none bereaved among them.
English Standard Version
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes that have come up from the washing; all of them bear twins; not one among them has lost its young.
New American Standard Bible
"Your teeth are like a flock of ewes That have come up from their watering place, All of which bear twins, And not one among them has lost her young.
New Century Version
Your teeth are white like sheep just coming from their bath; each one has a twin, and none of them is missing.
Good News Translation
Your teeth are as white as a flock of sheep that have just been washed. Not one of them is missing; they are all perfectly matched.
Christian Standard Bible®
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes coming up from washing, each one having a twin, and not one missing.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thi teeth as a flok of scheep, that stieden fro waischyng; alle ben with double lambren, `ether twynnes, and no bareyn is among tho.
Revised Standard Version
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes, that have come up from the washing, all of them bear twins, not one among them is bereaved.
Young's Literal Translation
Thy teeth as a row of the lambs, That have come up from the washing, Because all of them are forming twins, And a bereaved one is not among them.

Contextual Overview

4 You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, Lovely as Jerusalem, Awesome as an army with banners. 5 Turn away your eyes from me, For they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats, That lie along the side of Gilead. 6 Your teeth are like a flock of ewes, Which have come up from the washing; Of which every one has twins; None is bereaved among them. 7 Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil. 8 There are sixty queens, eighty concubines, And virgins without number. 9 My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother's only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed, The queens and the concubines, and they praised her. 10 Who is she who looks forth as the morning, Beautiful as the moon, Clear as the sun, Awesome as an army with banners?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Song of Solomon 4:2, Matthew 21:19, Matthew 25:30

Reciprocal: Song of Solomon 7:3 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 6:8
But Noah found favor in Yahweh's eyes.
Genesis 6:10
Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6:17
I, even, I do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.
Genesis 6:18
But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
Exodus 32:14
Yahweh repented of the evil which he said he would do to his people.
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
Deuteronomy 5:29
Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever!
Deuteronomy 32:29
Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!
Deuteronomy 32:36
For Yahweh will judge his people, Repent himself for his servants; When he sees that [their] power is gone, There is none [remaining], shut up or left at large.
1 Samuel 15:11
It repents me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments. Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thy teeth [are] as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof everyone beareth twins, and [there is] not one barren among them]. :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The section might be entitled, “Renewed declaration of love after brief estrangement.”

Song of Solomon 6:4

Tirzah ... Jerusalem - Named together as the then two fairest cities of the land. For Jerusalem compare Psalms 48:2. “Tirzah” (i. e., “Grace” or “Beauty “)was an old Canaanite royal city Joshua 12:24. It became again a royal residence during the reigns of Baasha and his three successors in the kingdom of the ten tribes, and may well therefore have been famed for its beauty in the time of Solomon.

Terrible as ... - Awe-inspiring as the bannered (hosts). The warlike image, like others in the Song, serves to enhance the charm of its assured peace.

Song of Solomon 6:5

Even for the king the gentle eyes of the bride have an awe-striking majesty. Such is the condescension of love. Now follows Song of Solomon 6:5-7 the longest of the repetitions which abound in the Song, marking the continuance of the king’s affection as when first solemnly proclaimed Song of Solomon 4:1-6. The two descriptions belong, according to some (Christian) expositors, to the Church of different periods, e. g. to the primitive Church in the splendor of her first vocation, and to the Church under Constantine; other (Jewish) expositors apply them to “the congregation of Israel” under the first and second temples respectively.

Song of Solomon 6:9

The king contrasts the bride with the other claimants for her royal estate or favor Song of Solomon 6:8. She not only outshines them all for him, but herself has received from them disinterested blessing and praise.

This passage is invaluable as a divine witness to the principle of monogamy under the Old Testament and in the luxurious age of Solomon.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Song of Solomon 6:6. Thy teeth — See on Song of Solomon 4:2.


 
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