Apologetics Bible

SongofSolomon 6:1

Hebrew

אָנָה הָלַךְ דּוֹדֵךְ הַיָּפָה בַּנָּשִׁים אָנָה פָּנָה דוֹדֵךְ וּנְבַקְשֶׁנּוּ עִמָּֽךְ׃

'anah-halakhe-dvodekhe-hayafah-vanashiym-'anah-fanah-dvodekhe-vnevaqeshenv-'imakhe

KJV: Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.

AKJV: Where is your beloved gone, O you fairest among women? where is your beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with you.

ASV: Whither is thy beloved gone,

YLT: Whither hath thy beloved gone, O fair among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned, And we seek him with thee?

Exposition: SongofSolomon 6:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 6:2

Hebrew

דּוֹדִי יָרַד לְגַנּוֹ לַעֲרוּגוֹת הַבֹּשֶׂם לִרְעוֹת בַּגַּנִּים וְלִלְקֹט שֽׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃

dvodiy-yarad-leganvo-la'arvgvot-havoshem-lire'vot-vaganiym-velileqot-shvoshaniym

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

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

ASV: My beloved is gone down to his garden,

YLT: My beloved went down to his garden, To the beds of the spice, To delight himself in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 6:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 6:3

Hebrew

אֲנִי לְדוֹדִי וְדוֹדִי לִי הָרֹעֶה בַּשׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃

'aniy-ledvodiy-vedvodiy-liy-haro'eh-vashvoshaniym

KJV: I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.

AKJV: I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feeds among the lilies. ¶

ASV: I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine:

YLT: I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine, Who is delighting himself among the lilies.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 6:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 6:4

Hebrew

יָפָה אַתְּ רַעְיָתִי כְּתִרְצָה נָאוָה כִּירוּשָׁלָ͏ִם אֲיֻמָּה כַּנִּדְגָּלֽוֹת׃

yafah-'ate-ra'eyatiy-khetiretzah-na'vah-khiyrvshalaim-'ayumah-khanidegalvot

KJV: Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

AKJV: You are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

ASV: Thou art fair, O my love, as Tirzah,

YLT: Fair art thou, my friend, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 6:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 6:5

Hebrew

הָסֵבִּי עֵינַיִךְ מִנֶּגְדִּי שֶׁהֵם הִרְהִיבֻנִי שַׂעְרֵךְ כְּעֵדֶר הָֽעִזִּים שֶׁגָּלְשׁוּ מִן־הַגִּלְעָֽד׃

haseviy-'eynayikhe-minegediy-shehem-hirehiyvuniy-sha'erekhe-khe'eder-ha'iziym-shegaleshv-min-hagile'ad

KJV: Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

AKJV: Turn away your eyes from me, for they have overcome me: your hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

ASV: Turn away thine eyes from me,

YLT: Turn round thine eyes from before me, Because they have made me proud. Thy hair is as a row of the goats, That have shone from Gilead,

Exposition: SongofSolomon 6:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 6:6

Hebrew

שִׁנַּיִךְ כְּעֵדֶר הֽ͏ָרְחֵלִים שֶׁעָלוּ מִן־הָרַחְצָה שֶׁכֻּלָּם מַתְאִימוֹת וְשַׁכֻּלָה אֵין בָּהֶֽם׃

shinayikhe-khe'eder-harecheliym-she'alv-min-harachetzah-shekhulam-mate'iymvot-veshakhulah-'eyn-vahem

KJV: Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.

AKJV: Your teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one bears twins, and there is not one barren among them.

ASV: Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes,

YLT: Thy teeth as a row of the lambs, That have come up from the washing, Because all of them are forming twins, And a bereaved one is not among them.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 6:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 6:7

Hebrew

כְּפֶלַח הָרִמּוֹן רַקָּתֵךְ מִבַּעַד לְצַמָּתֵֽךְ׃

khefelach-harimvon-raqatekhe-miva'ad-letzamatekhe

KJV: As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.

AKJV: As a piece of a pomegranate are your temples within your locks.

ASV: Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate

YLT: As the work of the pomegranate is thy temple behind thy veil.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 6:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 6:8

Hebrew

שִׁשִּׁים הֵמָּה מְּלָכוֹת וּשְׁמֹנִים פִּֽילַגְשִׁים וַעֲלָמוֹת אֵין מִסְפָּֽר׃

shishiym-hemah-melakhvot-vshemoniym-fiylageshiym-va'alamvot-'eyn-misefar

KJV: There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

AKJV: There are three score queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

ASV: There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines,

YLT: Sixty are queens, and eighty concubines, And virgins without number.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 6:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 6:9

Hebrew

אַחַת הִיא יוֹנָתִי תַמָּתִי אַחַת הִיא לְאִמָּהּ בָּרָה הִיא לְיֽוֹלַדְתָּהּ רָאוּהָ בָנוֹת וַֽיְאַשְּׁרוּהָ מְלָכוֹת וּפִֽילַגְשִׁים וַֽיְהַלְלֽוּהָ׃

'achat-hiy'-yvonatiy-tamatiy-'achat-hiy'-le'imah-varah-hiy'-leyvoladetah-ra'vha-vanvot-vaye'ashervha-melakhvot-vfiylageshiym-vayehalelvha

KJV: My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

AKJV: My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yes, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. ¶

ASV: My dove, my undefiled, is but one;

YLT: One is my dove, my perfect one, One she is of her mother, The choice one she is of her that bare her, Daughters saw, and pronounce her happy, Queens and concubines, and they praise her.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 6:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 6:10

Hebrew

מִי־זֹאת הַנִּשְׁקָפָה כְּמוֹ־שָׁחַר יָפָה כַלְּבָנָה בָּרָה כַּֽחַמָּה אֲיֻמָּה כַּנִּדְגָּלֽוֹת׃

miy-zo't-hanisheqafah-khemvo-shachar-yafah-khalevanah-varah-khachamah-'ayumah-khanidegalvot

KJV: Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?

AKJV: Who is she that looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?

ASV: Who is she that looketh forth as the morning,

YLT: `Who is this that is looking forth as morning, Fair as the moon--clear as the sun, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts?'

Exposition: SongofSolomon 6:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 6:11

Hebrew

אֶל־גִּנַּת אֱגוֹז יָרַדְתִּי לִרְאוֹת בְּאִבֵּי הַנָּחַל לִרְאוֹת הֲפָֽרְחָה הַגֶּפֶן הֵנֵצוּ הָרִמֹּנִֽים׃

'el-ginat-'egvoz-yaradetiy-lire'vot-ve'ivey-hanachal-lire'vot-hafarechah-hagefen-henetzv-harimoniym

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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.

ASV: I went down into the garden of nuts,

YLT: Unto a garden of nuts I went down, To look on the buds of the valley, To see whither the vine had flourished, The pomegranates had blossomed--

Exposition: SongofSolomon 6:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 6:12

Hebrew

לֹא יָדַעְתִּי נַפְשִׁי שָׂמַתְנִי מַרְכְּבוֹת עַמִּי־נָדִֽיב׃

lo'-yada'etiy-nafeshiy-shamateniy-marekhevvot-'amiy-nadiyv

KJV: Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.

AKJV: Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.

ASV: Before I was aware, my soul set me

YLT: I knew not my soul, It made me--chariots of my people Nadib.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 6:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 6:13

KJV: Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.

AKJV: Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look on you. What will you see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.

ASV: Return, return, O Shulammite;

YLT: Return, return, O Shulammith! Return, return, and we look upon thee. What do ye see in Shulammith?

Exposition: SongofSolomon 6:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.