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OET-LV Not I_knew desire_my set_me the_chariots mmm[fn] nadib.
6:12 Exegesis note: WLC has this word divided as עַמִּי
UHB לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי נַפְשִׁ֣י שָׂמַ֔תְנִי מַרְכְּב֖וֹת עַמִּי־נָדִֽיב׃ 7 ‡
(loʼ yādaˊttī nafshiy sāmatnī marⱪəⱱōt ˊammiy-nādiyⱱ. 7)
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.[fn]
6:12 Or among the chariots of Amminadab
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.[fn]
6:12 The Hebrew of this verse is so obscure that the meaning is very unclear. Other possible translations among many could include: “I don't know how but I found myself in a nobleman's chariot with my love.” Or “Before I knew it I was in a chariot beside a prince.”
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 • [fn] set me in a chariot of my princely people.[fn] • [fn] Turn, turn,[fn] O Shulammite![fn] • Turn, turn[fn] so that we may look upon you! • Why do you look upon the Shulammite • as at a dance of the two armies?
?:? Literally “soul”
?:? Or “Before I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib” (KJV, ASV) or “Before I knew it, my desire set me mid the chariots of Ammi-nadib” (JPS) or “Before I was aware, my soul set me over the chariots of my noble people” (NASB) or “Before I realized it, my desire set me among the royal chariots of my people” (NIV) or “… among the chariots of Amminadab” (NIV margin) or “… among the chariots of the people of the prince” (NIV margin)
?:? NoneSong of Songs 6:13–7:13 in the English Bible is 7:1–14 in the Hebrew Bible
?:? Or “Return, return …!”
?:? Or “O perfect one,” “O peaceful one,” “O bride.” Many interpreters take this moniker as suggesting the maiden was from the village of Shulem (alternately called Shunem)
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 ere I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.
KJB Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.[fn][fn]
(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 shalt 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.][fn]
(Chorus Revertere, revertere, Sulamitis ! revertere, revertere as intueamur you(sg).])
6.12 Revertere. Synagoga confitente suam tarditatem, Ecclesia consolando et exhortando respondet: quater dicit revertere, quia Judæi ubicunque modo in quatuor mundi partibus dispersi, in fine sunt convertendi. Vel, revertere corpore, revertere animo ab errore, ut declines a malo. Iterum revertere corpore, revertere animo, ut facias bonum, et ne velis esse turbata. Non sufficit reverti voluntate, nisi reversio ostendatur Ecclesiæ. Ut intueamur te, Ut speciem castitatis cognoscamus, et copulante adinvicem nos Christi amore, unam domum fidei ambæ in ipso angulari lapide construamus.
6.12 Revertere. Synagoga confitente his_own tarditatem, Ecclesia consolando and exhortando respondet: quater dicit revertere, because Yudæi ubicunque modo in four mundi partibus dispersi, in fine are convertendi. Vel, revertere corpore, revertere animo away errore, as declines a malo. Iterum revertere corpore, revertere animo, as facias bonum, and ne velis esse turbata. Non sufficit reverti voluntate, nisi reversio ostendatur Ecclesiæ. Ut intueamur you(sg), Ut speciem castitatis cognoscamus, and copulante adinvicem nos Christi amore, unam home of_faith ambæ in ipso angulari lapide construamus.
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. )
6:12 to the chariot of a noble man: Desire leads to the union of the man and the woman. There may be support here for Solomon being the husband, though this description could be a metaphor for the joys of romance (cp. 1:16-17).
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.