SNG 6:12 Parallel View

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6:12 Exegesis note: WLC has this word divided as עַמִּי

Key: yellow:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT I did not know—my soul put me
 ⇔ among the chariots of my people, a noble.
 ⇔ 

UST All of a sudden
⇔ I imagined that I was among the chariots of my noble people.

BSB Before I realized it, my desire had set me
⇔ among the royal chariots of my people.

OEB Or ever I knew, on his chariot
⇔ The prince of my people had set me."

WEB Without realizing it,
⇔ my desire set me with my royal people’s chariots.

NET I was beside myself with joy!
 ⇔ There please give me your myrrh,
 ⇔ O daughter of my princely people.

LSV I did not know my soul,
It made me—chariots of my people Nadib.

FBV I was so excited it was like I was riding in a royal chariot.

T4T But before I realized it,
⇔ my desire to make love caused me to be as excited as a prince riding in a chariot.

LEB • set me in a chariot of my princely people. • Turn, turn, O Shulammite! • Turn, turn so that we may look upon you! • Why do you look upon the Shulammite • as at a dance of the two armies?

BBE Before I was conscious of it, ...

MOF No MOF SNG book available

JPS Before I was aware, my soul set me upon the chariots of my princely people.

ASV Before I was aware, my soul set me
 ⇔ Among the chariots of my princely people.

DRA Return, return, O Sulamitess: return, return that we may behold thee.

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

DBY Before I was aware, My soul set me upon the chariots of my willing people.

RV Or ever I was aware, my soul set me among the chariots of my princely people.

WBS Or ever I was aware, my soul set me among the chariots of my princely people.

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

BB I knewe not that my soule had made me the charyot of the people that be vnder tribute.
(I knew not that my soule had made me the charyot of the people that be under tribute.)

GNV Returne, returne, O Shulamite, returne: returne that we may behold thee. What shall you see in the Shulamite, but as the company of an armie?
(Returne, returne, O Shulamite, returne: return that we may behold thee. What shall you see in the Shulamite, but as the company of an armie?)

CB Then the charettes of the prynce of my people made me sodenly afrayed.
(Then the charettes of the prynce of my people made me sodenly afraid.)

WYC Turne ayen, turne ayen, thou Sunamyte; turne ayen, turne ayen, that we biholde thee. What schalt thou se in the Sunamyte, no but cumpenyes of oostis?
(Turn again, turn again, thou/you Sunamyte; turn again, turn again, that we behold thee. What schalt thou/you see in the Sunamyte, no but cumpenyes of oostis?)

LUT Meine SeeLE wußte es nicht, daß er mich zum Wagen Ammi-Nadibs gesetzt hatte.
(My SeeLE knew it not, that he me for_the Wagen Ammi-Nadibs gesetzt hatte.)

CLV Chorus Revertere, revertere, Sulamitis ! revertere, revertere ut intueamur te.]
(Chorus Revertere, revertere, Sulamitis ! revertere, revertere as intueamur you(sg).])

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

BrLXX Ἐκεῖ δώσω τοὺς μαστούς μου σοί· οὐκ ἔγνω ἡ ψυχή μου· ἔθετο με ἅρματα Ἀμιναδάβ.
(Ekei dōsō tous mastous mou soi; ouk egnō haʸ psuⱪaʸ mou; etheto me harmata Aminadab.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי

not I_know

Here, the phrase I did not know means “Before I realized it” or “Before I was aware.” If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly. Alternate translation: “Before I realized it” or “Before I was aware”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

נַפְשִׁ֣⁠י שָׂמַ֔תְ⁠נִי

desire,my set,me

The phrase my soul put me probably means that the man imagined what comes next in this verse. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly as modeled by the UST.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מַרְכְּב֖וֹת עַמִּ⁠י־נָדִֽיב

chariots עַמִּ,י נָדִיב

There are many different views among Bible scholars regarding what this phrase means and many different views among Bible scholars regarding what this entire verse means. The UST offers one possible interpretation for what this phrase means. See the section on 6:12 in the chapter 6 introduction for more information about how to translate this difficult verse.

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