Song of Songs, Chapter 6
Introduction
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- English translation: King James Version (1611), public domain, retrieved verbatim from bible-api.com (KJV).
Survival: Only the end of Song of Songs survives in Codex Sinaiticus (the folio that also begins Wisdom of Solomon). Chapters not on a surviving folio are not in the library.
Numbering: English verse 13 has no Greek under that number in the codex as transcribed. Compare by content.
How was this verified? (Provenance)
1πυνθανονται τηϲ νυμφηϲ αι θυγατερεϲ ιηλμ που απηλθεν ο αδελφιδοϲ αυτηϲ που απηλθεν ο αδελφιδοϲ ϲου · η καλη εν γυναιξιν που απεβλεψεν ο αδελφειδοϲ ϲου · και ζητηϲομεν αυτον μετα ϲου 2η δε νυμφη αποκρινεται αδελφιδοϲ μου . κατεβη ειϲ κηπον αυτου · ειϲ φιαλαϲ του αρωματοϲ ποιμαινειν εν κηποιϲ · και ϲυλλεγειν κρινα 3εγω τω αδελφιδω μου · και ο αδελφιδοϲ μου εμοι ο ποιμαινων εν τοιϲ κρινοιϲ · 4ο νυμφιοϲ προϲ την νυμφην καλη η πληϲιον μου · ωϲ ευδοκια ωραια · ωϲ ϊηλμ θαμβοϲ · ωϲ τεταγμεναι 5αποϲτρεψον απεναντιον μου . οφθαλμουϲ ϲου οτι αυτοι ανεπτερωϲαν με · τριχωμα ϲου . ωϲ αγελαι των αιγω αι ανεβηϲαν · απο του γαλααδʼ
1Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee. 2My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. 3I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies. 4Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners. 5Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
6οδοντεϲ ϲου . ωϲ αγελαι των κεκαρμενων αι ανεβηϲαν · απο του λουτρου αι παϲαι · διδυμευουϲαι · και ατεκνουϲαι · ουκ εϲτιν εν αυταιϲ 7ωϲ ϲπαρτιον κοκκινον . χιλη ϲου και η λαλια ϲου ωραια · ωϲ λεπυρον τηϲ ροαϲ · μηλον ϲου . εκτοϲ τηϲ ϲιωπηϲεωϲ ϲου 8εξηκοντα ειϲιν βαϲιλιϲϲαι · και ογδοηκοντα παλλακαι και νεανιδεϲ ων ουκ εϲτιν αριθμοϲ 9μια εϲτιν · περιϲτερα μου τελια μου μια εϲτιν · τη μητρι αυτηϲ εκλεκτη τη τεκουϲη αυτηϲ ειδοϲαν αυτην θυγατερεϲ · και μακαριουϲιν αυτην βαϲιλιϲϲαι και γε παλλακαι · αινεϲουϲιν αυτην 10θυγατερεϲ και βαϲιλιϲϲαι ειδον την νυμφην και εμακαριϲαν αυτην τιϲ αυτη · η εκκυπτουϲα ωϲει ορθροϲ καλη · ωϲ ϲεληνη εκλεκτη ωϲ ηλιοϲ θαμβοϲ · ωϲ τεταγμεναι
6Thy 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. 7As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks. 8There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. 9My 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. 10Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
11ο νυμφιοϲ προϲ την νυμφην ειϲ κηπον καροιαϲ · κατεβην ειδειν εν γενηματι του χιμαρρου ειδιν · ει ηνθηϲεν η αμπελοϲ εξηνθηϲαν αι ροαι 12η νυμφη ταδε προϲ τον νυμφιον εκει δωϲω τουϲ μαϲτουϲ μου ϲοι ουκ εγνω ψυχη μου εθετο με · αρματα αμιναδαβ
11I 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. 12Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib. 13Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.
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Source & Cross-References
- Source text: Codex Sinaiticus folio + transcription (codexsinaiticus.org) + King James Version (1611) — view original
- Critical edition: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869) / Codex Sinaiticus transcription
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