Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

W My love has gone down to his garden,
to beds of spice,
to feed in the gardens
and 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.

King James Version

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

A Conservative Version

My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to 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.

Amplified

(The Shulammite Bride)
“My beloved has gone down to his garden,
To the beds of balsam,
To feed his flock in the gardens
And gather lilies.

Bible in Basic English

My loved one is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to take food in the gardens, and to get lilies.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the garden bed of the spice, to pasture his flock and to gather lilies in the garden.

Modern King James verseion

My Beloved has gone down to His garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens and to gather lilies.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

My love is gone down into his garden, unto the sweet smelling beds, that he may refresh himself in the garden, and gather flowers.

NET Bible

The Beloved to the Maidens: My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the flowerbeds of balsam spices, to graze 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.

The Emphasized Bible

SHEMy beloved, is gone down to his garden, to the beds of balsam, - to pasture in the gardens, and to gather lilies,

Webster

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 feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

Youngs 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
My beloved
דּד דּוד 
Dowd 
Usage: 61

is gone down
ירד 
Yarad 
Usage: 378

גּן 
Gan 
Usage: 43

to the beds
ערגה ערוּגה 
`aruwgah 
Usage: 4

of spices
בּשׂם בּשׂם 
Besem 
Usage: 29

to feed
רעה 
Ra`ah 
Usage: 171

in the gardens
גּן 
Gan 
Usage: 43

and to gather
לקט 
Laqat 
Usage: 37

References

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Verse Info

Context Readings

Maiden's Praise Of Her Beloved

1 Y Where has your love gone,
most beautiful of women?
Which way has he turned?
We will seek him with you.
2 W My love has gone down to his garden,
to beds of spice,
to feed in the gardens
and gather lilies.
3 I am my love’s and my love is mine;
he feeds among the lilies.



Cross References

Song of Songs 5:13

His cheeks are like beds of spice,
towers of perfume.
His lips are lilies,
dripping with flowing myrrh.

Song of Songs 1:7-8

Tell me, you, the one I love:
Where do you pasture your sheep?
Where do you let them rest at noon?
Why should I be like one who veils herself
beside the flocks of your companions?

Song of Songs 2:1-2

I am a rose of Sharon,
a lily of the valleys.

Song of Songs 4:12-1

My sister, my bride, you are a locked garden—
a locked garden and a sealed spring.

Song of Songs 6:11

W I came down to the walnut grove
to see the blossoms of the valley,
to see if the vines were budding
and the pomegranates blooming.

Isaiah 40:11

He protects His flock like a shepherd;
He gathers the lambs in His arms
and carries them in the fold of His garment.
He gently leads those that are nursing.

Isaiah 57:1

The righteous one perishes,
and no one takes it to heart;
faithful men are swept away,
with no one realizing
that the righteous one is swept away
from the presence of evil.

Isaiah 58:11

The Lord will always lead you,
satisfy you in a parched land,
and strengthen your bones.
You will be like a watered garden
and like a spring whose waters never run dry.

Isaiah 61:11

For as the earth produces its growth,
and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up,
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
to spring up before all the nations.

Ezekiel 34:23

I will appoint over them a single shepherd, My servant David, and he will shepherd them. He will tend them himself and will be their shepherd.

Zephaniah 3:17

Yahweh your God is among you,
a warrior who saves.
He will rejoice over you with gladness.
He will bring you quietness with His love.
He will delight in you with shouts of joy.”

Matthew 18:20

For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there among them.”

Matthew 28:20

teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

John 4:34-35

“My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work,” Jesus told them.

John 14:3

If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come back and receive you to Myself, so that where I am you may be also.

John 17:24

Father,
I desire those You have given Me
to be with Me where I am.
Then they will see My glory,
which You have given Me
because You loved Me before the world’s foundation.

Philippians 1:21-23

For me, living is Christ and dying is gain.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-14

We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

Revelation 7:17

For the Lamb who is at the center of the throne
will shepherd them;
He will guide them to springs of living waters,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

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