Verse 5
Song of Songs 6:5
World English Bible, British Edition
5
Turn away your eyes from me,
for they have overcome me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats,
that lie along the side of Gilead.
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Chapter 6 Context
1
Where has your beloved gone, you fairest amongst women?
Where has your beloved turned, that we may s...
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2
My beloved has gone down to his garden,
to the beds of spices,
to pasture his flock in the gardens,...
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3
I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine.
He browses amongst the lilies.
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4
You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah,
lovely as Jerusalem,
awesome as an army with banners.
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5
Turn away your eyes from me,
for they have overcome me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats,
that lie...
6
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes,
which have come up from the washing,
of which every one has twi...
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7
Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.
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8
There are sixty queens, eighty concubines,
and virgins without number.
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9
My dove, my perfect one, is unique.
She is her mother’s only daughter.
She is the favourite one of h...
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10
Who is she who looks out as the morning,
beautiful as the moon,
clear as the sun,
and awesome as an...
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11
I went down into the nut tree grove,
to see the green plants of the valley,
to see whether the vine...
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12
Without realising it,
my desire set me with my royal people’s chariots.
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13
Return, return, Shulammite!
Return, return, that we may gaze at you.
Lover
Why do you desire to gaze...
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