the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Song of Solomon 6:2
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My love has gone down to his garden,to beds of spice,to feed in the gardensand gather lilies.
My beloved has gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
She
My beloved has gone down to his garden to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies."My beloved has gone down to his garden, To the beds of balsam, To pasture his flock in the gardens And gather lilies.
My lover has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens and to gather lilies.
"My beloved has gone down to his garden, To the beds of balsam, To feed his flock in the gardens And gather lilies.
My beloved has gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
My welbeloued is gone downe into his garden to the beds of spices, to feede in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
"My beloved has gone down to his garden,To the beds of spices,To shepherd his flock in the gardensAnd gather lilies.
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
She Speaks: My darling has gone down to his garden of spices, where he will feed his sheep and gather lilies.
[She]
My darling went down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens and to gather lilies.
My lover has gone down to his garden, where sweet-smelling spices grow. There, like a sheep, he will eat the grass, and he will enjoy the lilies.
My beloved has gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens and to gather lilies.
The Woman
My lover has gone to his garden, where the balsam trees grow. He is feeding his flock in the garden and gathering lilies.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.
My Beloved has gone down to His garden, to the terraces of spices, to feed in the gardens and to gather lilies.
My loue is gone downe in to his garden, vnto ye swete smellinge beddes, that he maye refresh himself in the garden, and gather floures.
My beloved is gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
My loved one is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to take food in the gardens, and to get lilies.
'My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
My beloued is gone downe into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feede in the gardens, and to gather lillies.
My loue is gone downe into his garden vnto the sweete smellyng beddes, that he may refreshe hym selfe in the garden, & gather lilies.
I am my kinsman’s, and my kinsman is mine, who feeds among the lilies.
My beloved is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
My derlyng yede doun in to his orcherd, to the gardyn of swete smellynge spices, that he be fed there in orcherdis, and gadere lilyes.
My beloved has gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
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.My beloved has gone to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed his flock in the gardens, And to gather lilies.
Young Woman
My lover has gone down to his garden, to his spice beds, to browse in the gardens and gather the lilies."My love has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices. He has gone to feed his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
SHEMy beloved, is gone down to his garden, to the beds of balsam, - to pasture in the gardens, and to gather lilies,
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
My beloved went down to his garden, To the beds of the spice, To delight himself in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
The Woman Never mind. My lover is already on his way to his garden, to browse among the flowers, touching the colors and forms. I am my lover's and my lover is mine. He caresses the sweet-smelling flowers.
"My beloved has gone down to his garden, To the beds of balsam, To pasture his flock in the gardens And gather lilies.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
gone: Song of Solomon 6:11, Song of Solomon 4:12-16, Song of Solomon 5:1, Isaiah 58:11, Isaiah 61:11, Matthew 18:20, Matthew 28:20
the beds: Song of Solomon 5:13
feed: Song of Solomon 1:7, Song of Solomon 1:8, Isaiah 40:11, Ezekiel 34:23, Zephaniah 3:17, John 4:34, John 4:35, Revelation 7:17
and to: Song of Solomon 2:2, Isaiah 57:1, John 14:3, John 17:24, Philippians 1:21-23, 1 Thessalonians 4:13, 1 Thessalonians 4:14
Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 2:5 - me Song of Solomon 2:12 - flowers Song of Solomon 4:13 - pleasant Song of Solomon 4:14 - the chief Song of Solomon 8:13 - dwellest Zechariah 1:8 - among Luke 13:19 - cast
Cross-References
And the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and fair to the eyes, and delightful to behold: and she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave to her husband, who did eat.
But to Seth also was born a son, whom he called Enos: this man began to call upon the name of the Lord.
And after that men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them,
The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took to themselves wives of all which they chose.
And God said: My spirit shall not remain in man for ever, because he is flesh, and his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.
Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men, and they brought forth children, these are the mighty men of old, men of renown.
It repented him that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with sorrow of heart,
He said: I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, from man even to beasts, from the creeping thing even to the fowls of the air, for it repenteth me that I have made them.
But Noe found grace before the Lord.
And when God had seen that the earth was corrupted (for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth),
Gill's Notes on the Bible
My beloved is gone down into his garden,.... Which may be said by Solomon, in allusion to what he himself was wont to do, as Josephus q relates; who used to go very early in a morning in great pomp to Etham, about two miles from Jerusalem, a pleasant place, abounding with gardens and flows of water: or respect may be had to the king's gardens nearer Jerusalem, which were at the descent of Mount Zion, and reached to the lower pool r; see Nehemiah 3:15; and which lying lower than the king's palace, he might be said to go down to it. And this may point at the low estate of the people of God on earth, depressed with sorrows, afflictions, and persecutions; and the condescension of Christ, in visiting them in their low estate, and granting them his gracious presence: of the garden of Christ, and of his coming into it,
Nehemiah 3:15- :;
Nehemiah 3:15- :;
Nehemiah 3:15- :; and the church might remember what he said, "I am come into my garden", Song of Solomon 5:1; though she soon fell asleep and forgot it, and now calls it to mind, and so could direct the daughters where he was. She adds,
to the beds of spices; of odoriferous plants; to which particular believers, planted regularly in the churches of Christ, may be compared, for the excellency and fragrancy of their graces; and among whom Christ delights to be; see Song of Solomon 4:13. Gussetius s thinks the words, both here and in Song of Solomon 5:13, should be rendered "rivers of spices"; an hyperbolical expression, showing that a man walking by rivers of waters, where aromatic plants and fragrant flowers grow, perceives such a sweet odour, that, while he is refreshed with the moisture of the waters, he seems to be walking by rivers of spices. The end of her beloved's going thither is,
to feed in the gardens; to feed his flocks there: not on commons and in fields, but in gardens, which is unusual: and by which are meant particular churches, where Christ feeds his people, by his Spirit and by his ministers, word and ordinances, with himself, the bread of life; with the discoveries of his love, better than wine; and with the doctrines and promises of the Gospel: or to feed himself, or that "he [himself] might be fed" t there; by beholding with pleasure how the plants grow, and the spices flow out; by tasting the pleasant fruits of the garden; and by observing with delight the graces of the Spirit in his people in lively exercise;
and to gather lilies; to crop them with the hand u; lilies are liable to be cropped, hence Horace w calls the lily "breve lilium", the short lived lily: to these saints may be compared, for the glory, splendour, and beauty, they receive from Christ; see Song of Solomon 2:2; there was a gathering of these at the death of Christ, Ephesians 2:10; and there is a gathering of them in effectual calling, and into a church state, and into nearer communion with Christ; but here it seems to signify a gathering them by death, when fully ripe, to enjoy everlasting fellowship with him.
q Antiqu. l. 8. c. 7. s. 3. r See Lightfoot's Chorograph. Inquiry on John, c. 5. s. 4. p. 509. s Ebr. Comment. p. 642. t לרעות "ut ubi pascatur", V. L. Munster, Mercerus. u ευπνοα λειρια κερσοι, Theocrit. Idyll. 19. v. 32. w Carmin. l. 1. Ode 36, v. 16.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The question put by the chorus, and the answer it receives from the bride, show that the loss and seeking are not to be taken too seriously.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Song of Solomon 6:2. My beloved is gone down into his garden — The answer of the bride to her companions.
