Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the sheep and graze your young goats by the tents of the shepherds. New Living Translation If you don’t know, O most beautiful woman, follow the trail of my flock, and graze your young goats by the shepherds’ tents. English Standard Version If you do not know, O most beautiful among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents. Berean Standard Bible If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds. King James Bible If 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. New King James Version If you do not know, O fairest among women, Follow in the footsteps of the flock, And feed your little goats Beside the shepherds’ tents. New American Standard Bible “If you yourself do not know, Most beautiful among women, Go out on the trail of the flock, And pasture your young goats By the tents of the shepherds. NASB 1995 “If you yourself do not know, Most beautiful among women, Go forth on the trail of the flock And pasture your young goats By the tents of the shepherds. NASB 1977 “If you yourself do not know, Most beautiful among women, Go forth on the trail of the flock, And pasture your young goats By the tents of the shepherds. Legacy Standard Bible “If you yourself do not know, Most beautiful among women, Go forth on the trail of the flock And pasture your young goats By the dwellings of the shepherds. Amplified Bible “If you do not know [where your lover is], O you fairest among women, Run along, follow the tracks of the flock, And pasture your young goats By the tents of the shepherds. Christian Standard Bible If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats near the shepherds’ tents. Holman Christian Standard Bible If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats near the shepherds’ tents. American Standard Version If 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. Contemporary English Version My dearest, if you don't know, just follow the path of the sheep. Then feed your young goats near the shepherds' tents. English Revised Version If 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the flocks, and graze your young goats near the shepherds' tents. Good News Translation Don't you know the place, loveliest of women? Go and follow the flock; find pasture for your goats near the tents of the shepherds. International Standard Version If you don't know, most beautiful of women, go out after the flock and graze your young goats beside the shepherd's tents. Majority Standard Bible If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds. NET Bible If you do not know, O most beautiful of women, simply follow the tracks of my flock, and pasture your little lambs beside the tents of the shepherds. New Heart English Bible If you do not know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds' tents. Webster's Bible Translation If thou knowest not, O thou fairest among women, go forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds tents. World English Bible If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIf you do not know, "" O beautiful among women, "" Go forth by the traces of the flock, "" And feed your kids by the shepherds’ dwellings! Young's Literal Translation If thou knowest not, O fair among women, Get thee forth by the traces of the flock, And feed thy kids by the shepherds' dwellings! Smith's Literal Translation If thou shalt not know for thyself, O fair one among women, come forth for thyself at the heels of the flock, and feed thy kids by the shepherds tents. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf thou know not thyself, O fairest among women, go forth, and follow after the steps of the flocks, and feed thy kids beside the tents of the shepherds. Catholic Public Domain Version Groom to Bride: If you yourself do not know, O most beautiful among women, then go out and follow after the steps of the flocks, and pasture your young goats beside the tabernacles of the shepherds. New American Bible If you do not know, most beautiful among women, Follow the tracks of the flock and pasture your lambs near the shepherds’ tents. New Revised Standard Version If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow the tracks of the flock, and pasture your kids beside the shepherds’ tents. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIf you do not know, O you most beautiful among women, come, follow in the footprints of the flock, and feed your kids beside the shepherds' tents. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated But you shall know yourself; you are beautiful among women. Come into the footprints of the sheep and feed your kids in the tents of Shepherds OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917If 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation If thou know not thyself, thou fair one among women, go thou forth by the footsteps of the flocks, and feed thy kids by the shepherd's tents. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Bride Confesses Her Love…7Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions? 8If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds. 9I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.… Cross References John 10:14-15 I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me, / just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep. John 10:27-28 My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me. / I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. Psalm 23:1-3 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. / He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. / He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name. Isaiah 40:11 He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes. Ezekiel 34:11-16 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out. / As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. / I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land. ... Matthew 18:12-14 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost? / And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. / In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish. Luke 15:4-7 “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? / And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders, / comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’ ... 1 Peter 5:2-4 Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness; / not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. / And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away. Revelation 7:17 For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’” Jeremiah 31:10 Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock. Micah 5:4 He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth. Hebrews 13:20-21 Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, / equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. Genesis 29:7-8 “Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.” / But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.” 1 Samuel 16:11 And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.” 2 Samuel 7:8 Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel. Treasury of Scripture If you know not, O you fairest among women, go your way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed your kids beside the shepherds' tents. o thou Song of Solomon 1:15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes. Song of Solomon 2:10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. Song of Solomon 4:1,7,10 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead… go Proverbs 8:34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. Jeremiah 6:16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. 1 Corinthians 11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. feed John 21:15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. Jump to Previous Beautiful Dwellings Fair Fairest Feed Flock Follow Food Footsteps Forth Goats Graze Kids Pasture Sheep Shepherds Tents Tracks Trail Way Women YoungJump to Next Beautiful Dwellings Fair Fairest Feed Flock Follow Food Footsteps Forth Goats Graze Kids Pasture Sheep Shepherds Tents Tracks Trail Way Women YoungSong of Solomon 1 1. the church's love unto Christ5. She confesses her deformity 7. and prays to be directed, to his flock 8. Christ directs her to the shepherd's tents 9. and showing his love to her 11. gives her gracious promises 12. the church and Christ congratulate one another If you do not know This phrase suggests a gentle rebuke or an invitation to deeper understanding. In the Hebrew context, knowledge is not merely intellectual but relational and experiential. The speaker is inviting the beloved to seek wisdom and understanding, which is a recurring theme in the wisdom literature of the Bible. This aligns with the biblical call to seek God and His ways earnestly. O most beautiful of women follow the tracks of the flock and pasture your young goats by the tents of the shepherds Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Ifאִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you do not לֹ֤א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no know, תֵדְעִי֙ (ṯê·ḏə·‘î) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 3045: To know O fairest הַיָּפָ֖ה (hay·yā·p̄āh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 3303: Fair, beautiful of women, בַּנָּשִׁ֑ים (ban·nā·šîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female follow צְֽאִי־ (ṣə·’î-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim the tracks בְּעִקְבֵ֣י (bə·‘iq·ḇê) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 6119: Heel, footprint, hind part of the flock, הַצֹּ֗אן (haṣ·ṣōn) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock and graze וּרְעִי֙ (ū·rə·‘î) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with your young goats גְּדִיֹּתַ֔יִךְ (gə·ḏî·yō·ṯa·yiḵ) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 1429: A kid (a young goat) near עַ֖ל (‘al) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the tents מִשְׁכְּנ֥וֹת (miš·kə·nō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4908: A residence, the Tabernacle of the shepherds. הָרֹעִֽים׃ (hā·rō·‘îm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with Links Song of Solomon 1:8 NIVSong of Solomon 1:8 NLT Song of Solomon 1:8 ESV Song of Solomon 1:8 NASB Song of Solomon 1:8 KJV Song of Solomon 1:8 BibleApps.com Song of Solomon 1:8 Biblia Paralela Song of Solomon 1:8 Chinese Bible Song of Solomon 1:8 French Bible Song of Solomon 1:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Song of Solomon 1:8 If you don't know most beautiful among (Song Songs SS So Can) |
    |