Song of Solomon 6:2
New International Version
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to browse in the gardens and to gather lilies.

New Living Translation
My lover has gone down to his garden, to his spice beds, to browse in the gardens and gather the lilies.

English Standard Version
My beloved has gone down to his garden to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies.

Berean Standard Bible
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.

King James Bible
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

New King James Version
My beloved has gone to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed his flock in the gardens, And to gather lilies.

New American Standard Bible
“My beloved has gone down to his garden, To the beds of balsam, To pasture his flock in the gardens And gather lilies.

NASB 1995
“My beloved has gone down to his garden, To the beds of balsam, To pasture his flock in the gardens And gather lilies.

NASB 1977
“My beloved has gone down to his garden, To the beds of balsam, To pasture his flock in the gardens And gather lilies.

Legacy Standard Bible
“My beloved has gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To shepherd his flock in the gardens And gather lilies.

Amplified Bible
“My beloved has gone down to his garden, To the beds of balsam, To feed his flock in the gardens And gather lilies.

Christian Standard Bible
My love has gone down to his garden, to beds of spice, to feed in the gardens and gather lilies.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My love has gone down to his garden, to beds of spice, to feed in the gardens and gather lilies.

American Standard Version
My beloved is gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
My beloved went down to his garden and to the garden beds of sweet spices, that he may feed in the gardens and he may gather the lilies

Brenton Septuagint Translation
My kinsman is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spice, to feed his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

Contemporary English Version
My darling has gone down to his garden of spices, where he will feed his sheep and gather lilies.

Douay-Rheims Bible
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the bed of aromatical spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

English Revised Version
My beloved is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
My beloved went to his garden, to the beds of spices, to graze his flock in the gardens and gather lilies.

Good News Translation
My lover has gone to his garden, where the balsam trees grow. He is feeding his flock in the garden and gathering lilies.

International Standard Version
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to graze his flock in the gardens and gather lilies.

JPS Tanakh 1917
My beloved is gone down into his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, And to gather lilies.

Literal Standard Version
My beloved went down to his garden, | To the beds of the spice, | To delight himself in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

Majority Standard Bible
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.

New American Bible
My lover has come down to his garden, to the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens and to gather lilies.

NET Bible
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the flowerbeds of balsam spices, to graze in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

New Revised Standard Version
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

New Heart English Bible
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

Webster's Bible Translation
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

World English Bible
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

Young's Literal Translation
My beloved went down to his garden, To the beds of the spice, To delight himself in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Together in the Garden
1Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you. 2My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies. 3I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies.…

Cross References
Song of Solomon 1:7
Tell 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?

Song of Solomon 2:1
I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.

Song of Solomon 2:16
My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.

Song of Solomon 4:5
Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.

Song of Solomon 4:16
Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.

Song of Solomon 5:1
I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.

Song of Solomon 5:13
His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.


Treasury of Scripture

My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

gone

Song of Solomon 6:11
I 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.

Song of Solomon 4:12-16
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed…

Song of Solomon 5:1
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

the beds

Song of Solomon 5:13
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

feed

Song of Solomon 1:7,8
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? …

Isaiah 40:11
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

Ezekiel 34:23
And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

and to

Song of Solomon 2:2
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

Isaiah 57:1
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

John 14:3
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

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Song of Solomon 6
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Verses 2, 3. - My beloved is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth his flock among the lilies. In Ecclesiastes 2:5, 6 Solomon says, "I planted me vineyards; I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit; I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared." In Revelation 7:17 it is said, "The Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall be their Shepherd, and shall guide them unto fountains of water of life: and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes." We can scarcely doubt that the meaning is - The bridegroom is not gone far; he is where he is congenially employed; where his pure and lovely nature finds that which is like itself - beauty and fragrance and innocence. It is his resort, and it corresponds with his perfection. Delitzsch thinks "thoughtfulness and depth of feeling are intended" (cf. Psalm 92:5). "His thoughts are very deep." But it would seem more fitting, in the lips of the bride, that she should dwell on the aspects of her beloved which correspond with her own feelings. She is one of the lilies. The king is coming into his garden, and I am ready to receive him. The shepherd among his flock. They are all like lilies, pure and beautiful. The bride has nothing but chaste thoughts of her husband: because she knows that he is hers, and she is his. Surely such language is not inaptly applied to spiritual uses. Tennyson's lovely poem, 'St. Agnes' Eve,' has caught the spirit of Shulamith. A few of his lines will illustrate this -

"The shadows of the convent towers
Slant down the snowy sward,
Still creeping with the creeping hours
That lead me to my Lord.

Make thou my spirit pure and clear
As are the frosty skies,
Or this first snowdrop of the year
That in my bosom lies.

He lifts me to the golden doors;
The flashes come and go;
All Heaven bursts her starry floors,
And strews her lights below,
. . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
My beloved
דּוֹדִי֙ (dō·w·ḏî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1730: To love, a love-token, lover, friend, an uncle

has gone down
יָרַ֣ד (yā·raḏ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

to his garden,
לְגַנּ֔וֹ (lə·ḡan·nōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1588: An enclosure, garden

to the beds
לַעֲרוּג֖וֹת (la·‘ă·rū·ḡō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 6170: Something piled up, raised by mental aspiration), a paterre

of spices,
הַבֹּ֑שֶׂם (hab·bō·śem)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1314: Fragrance, spicery, the balsam plant

to pasture [his flock]
לִרְעוֹת֙ (lir·‘ō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with

in the gardens,
בַּגַּנִּ֔ים (bag·gan·nîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common plural
Strong's 1588: An enclosure, garden

and to gather
וְלִלְקֹ֖ט (wə·lil·qōṭ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3950: To pick up, to gather, to glean

lilies.
שֽׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃ (šō·wō·šan·nîm)
Noun - common plural
Strong's 7799: A lily, as a, flower of architectural ornament, a, trumpet


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