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Apoteichisis

The Old Testament

Song of Songs 6

ΑΣΜΑ ΑΣΜΑΤΩΝ · 6

Brenton 6:1

Whither is thy kinsman gone, thou beautiful among women? whither has thy kinsman turned aside? tell us, and we will seek him with thee.

Brenton 6:2

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

Brenton 6:3

I am my kinsman's, and my kinsman is mine, who feeds among the lilies.

Brenton 6:4

Thou art fair, my companion, as Pleasure, beautiful as Jerusalem, terrible as armies set in array.

Brenton 6:5

Turn away thine eyes from before me, for they have ravished me: thy hair is as flocks of goats which have appeared from Galaad.

Brenton 6:6

Thy teeth are as flocks of shorn sheep, that have gone up from the washing, all of them bearing twins, and there is none barren among them: thy lips are as a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely.

Brenton 6:7

Thy cheek is like the rind of a pomegranate, being seen without thy veil.

Brenton 6:8

There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and maidens without number.

Brenton 6:9

My dove, my perfect one is one; she is the only one of her mother; she is the choice of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and the queens will pronounce her blessed, yea, and the concubines, and they will praise her.

Brenton 6:10

Who is this that looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, choice as the sun, terrible as armies set in array?

Brenton 6:11

I went down to the garden of nuts, to look at the fruits of the valley, to see if the vine flowered, if the pomegranates blossomed.

Brenton 6:12

There I will give thee my breasts: my soul knew it not: it made me as the chariots of Aminadab.

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