Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
If thou know not, thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds' booths.
New American Standard Bible
Go forth on the trail of the flock
And pasture your young goats
By the tents of the shepherds.
King James 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.
Holman Bible
most beautiful of women,
follow
and pasture your young goats
near the shepherds’ tents.
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.
A Conservative 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.
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.
Amplified
(The Bridegroom)
“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.
Bible in Basic English
If you have not knowledge, O most beautiful among women, go on your way in the footsteps of the flock, and give your young goats food by the tents of the keepers.
Julia Smith 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.
King James 2000
If you know not, O you fairest among women, go your way forth in the footsteps of the flock, and feed your kids beside the shepherds' tents.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow {the tracks} of the flock, and pasture your little lambs beside the tents of the shepherds.
Modern King James verseion
If you know not, most beautiful among women, go in the footsteps of the flock; and feed your kids beside the shepherds' tents.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If thou know not thyself, O thou fairest among women, then go thy way forth after the footsteps of the sheep, and feed thy goats beside the shepherds' tents.
NET Bible
The Lover to His Beloved: 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.
The Emphasized Bible
HEIf thou know not of thyself, most beautiful among women! get thee forth in the footsteps of the flock, and pasture thy kids by the huts of the shepherds. --
Webster
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.
Youngs 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!
Themes
Goat » The young of » Fed near the shepherds' tents
Shepherds » Dwelt in tents while tending their flocks
Interlinear
Yada`
Tso'n
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 1:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Dialogue Between Shepherdess And Shepherd
7 Tell me, thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest thy flock, Where thou makest it to rest at noon; For why should I be as one veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions? 8 If thou know not, thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds' booths. 9 I compare thee, my love, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.
Cross References
Song of Songs 5:9
What is thy beloved more than another beloved, Thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, That thou dost so charge us?
Song of Songs 6:1
Whither is thy beloved gone, Thou fairest among women? Whither is thy beloved turned aside? And we will seek him with thee.
Psalm 16:3
To the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent thou hast said, In them is all my delight.
Psalm 45:11
And the king will desire thy beauty; for he is thy Lord, and worship thou him.
Psalm 45:13
All glorious is the king's daughter within; her clothing is of wrought gold:
Proverbs 8:34
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Song of Songs 1:15
Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold, thou art fair: thine eyes are doves.
Song of Songs 2:10
My beloved spake and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Song of Songs 4:1
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are doves behind thy veil; Thy hair is as a flock of goats, On the slopes of mount Gilead.
Song of Songs 4:7
Thou art all fair, my love; And there is no spot in thee.
Song of Songs 4:10
How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine ointments than all spices!
Song of Songs 6:4-10
Thou art fair, my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as troops with banners:
Song of Songs 7:1-13
How beautiful are thy footsteps in sandals, O prince's daughter! The roundings of thy thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of an artist.
Jeremiah 6:16
Thus saith Jehovah: Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the ancient paths, which is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
John 21:15
When therefore they had dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs.
1 Corinthians 11:1
Be my imitators, even as I also am of Christ.
Ephesians 5:27
that he might present the assembly to himself glorious, having no spot, or wrinkle, or any of such things; but that it might be holy and blameless.
Hebrews 6:12
that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience have been inheritors of the promises.
Hebrews 11:4-40
By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained testimony of being righteous, God bearing testimony to his gifts, and by it, having died, he yet speaks.
Hebrews 13:7
Remember your leaders who have spoken to you the word of God; and considering the issue of their conversation, imitate their faith.
James 2:21
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
James 2:25
But was not in like manner also Rahab the harlot justified on the principle of works, when she had received the messengers and put them forth by another way?
James 5:10
Take as an example, brethren, of suffering and having patience, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord.
1 Peter 3:6
as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children ye have become, doing good, and not fearing with any kind of consternation.
Revelation 19:7-8
Let us rejoice and exult, and give him glory; for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready.