Verse List for SNG 6:12

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B I ◄ ← Sng 6:12 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=obscure Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=The groom (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Before I realised it, ⇔ my desire had put me among my people’s chariots, a noble.

OET-LV Not I _knew desire _of_my it_set _me the _chariots _of Ammi-_-[fn] of _Ammi-.

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 & MSB Before I realized it, my desire had set me ⇔  among the royal chariots of my people.[fn]

OEB No OEB SNG book available

WEBBE & WMBB Without realising 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.[fn]

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 • I did not know my heart[fn] set me
• in a chariot of my princely people.[fn]

BBE Before I was conscious of it, ...

Moff . . .

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.

Drby 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.

SLT I knew not my soul set me the chariots of my willing people.

Wbstr Or ere I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.

KJB-1769 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.[fn][fn]

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]Or euer I was aware, my soule made me like the chariots of Amminadib.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

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

Gnva 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?
(Return, return, Oh Shulamite, return: return that we may behold thee/you. What shall you see in the Shulamite, but as the company of an army?)

Cvdl Then the charettes of the prynce of my people made me sodenly afrayed.
(Then the chariots of the prince of my people made me suddenly afraid.)

Wycl 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/you. What shalt/shall thou/you see in the Sunamyte, no but companies of hosts/armies?)

Luth Meine SeeLE wußte es nicht, daß er mich zum Wagen Ammi-Nadibs gesetzt hatte.
(My soul knew it not, that he me for_the wagon/cart/chariot Ammi-Nadibs set(v) had.)

ClVg Chorus Revertere, revertere, Sulamitis ! revertere, revertere ut intueamur te.][fn]
(Chorus Return, return, Sulamitis ! return, return as let’s_look you(sg).])

UHB לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי נַפְשִׁ֣⁠י שָׂמַ֔תְ⁠נִי מַרְכְּב֖וֹת עַמִּ⁠י־נָדִֽיב׃ 7 ‡

BrLXX Ἐκεῖ δώσω τοὺς μαστούς μου σοί· οὐκ ἔγνω ἡ ψυχή μου· ἔθετο με ἅρματα Ἀμιναδάβ.

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