SNG 6:13 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Return, return, Shulammite,
⇔ return, return and let us look at you.
⇔ 
¶ Why do you look at the Shulammite
⇔ like the dance of two armies?

UST Come back to us beautiful woman from Shulam,
⇔ come back to us, in order that we may see you!
⇔ Why do you want to look at the beautiful woman from Shulam,
⇔ as if she were a dancer who dances to entertain armies?

BSB ⇔ Come back, come back, O Shulammite!
⇔ Come back, come back, that we may gaze upon you.
⇔ Why do you look at the Shulammite,
⇔ as on the dance of Mahanaim [fn]?

OEB Turn thee, turn, maid of Shulem,
⇔ Turn thee, turn, that we see thee.
⇔ But what would ye see in the Shulammite?
⇔ (We would see her dance) the war-dance.

WEBBE Return, return, Shulammite!
⇔ Return, return, that we may gaze at you.
⇔ Why do you desire to gaze at the Shulammite,
⇔ as at the dance of Mahanaim?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Turn , turn, O Perfect One!
⇔ Turn, turn, that I may stare at you!
⇔ Why do you gaze upon the Perfect One
⇔ like the dance of the Mahanaim?

LSV Return, return, O Shulammith! Return, return, and we look on you. What do you see in Shulammith?

FBV Come back, come back, Shulammite woman; come back, come back, so we can look at you![fn]
¶ Why do you want to look at the Shulammite dancing the dance of two camps?[fn]

6:13 Some see this line as spoken by the women of Jerusalem.

6:13 “The dance of two camps”: meaning unclear. Some see it as a reference to the place name in Genesis 32:1-3 in which case it would be the “dance of Mahanaim,” but what this would indicate is unknown.

T4T You who are the perfect one,
⇔ come back to us, in order that we may see you!
⇔ Why do you want to look at this woman who is perfect,
⇔ like [SIM] you like to watch two rows/lines of people dancing?

LEB No LEB SNG 6:13 verse available

BBE Come back, come back, O Shulammite; come back, come back, so that our eyes may see you. What will you see in the Shulammite? A sword-dance.

Moff No Moff SNG book available

JPS (7-1) Return, return, O Shulammite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulammite? As it were a dance of two companies.

ASV ⇔ Return, return, O Shulammite;
⇔ Return, return, that we may look upon thee.
⇔ Why will ye look upon the Shulammite,
⇔ As upon the dance of Mahanaim?

DRA No DRA SNG 6:13 verse available

YLT Return, return, O Shulammith! Return, return, and we look upon thee. What do ye see in Shulammith?

Drby Return, return, O Shulamite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. — What would ye look upon in the Shulamite? — As it were the dance of two camps.

RV Return, return, O Shulammite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. Why will ye look upon the Shulammite, as upon the dance of Mahanaim?

Wbstr Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.

KJB-1769 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.[fn]
(Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee/you. What will ye/you_all see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies. )

6.13 of…: or, of Mahanaim

KJB-1611 [fn]Returne, returne, O Shulamite; returne, returne, that we may looke vpon thee: what will yee see in the Shulamite? as it were the company of two armies.
(Returne, returne, O Shulamite; returne, returne, that we may look upon thee/you: what will ye/you_all see in the Shulamite? as it were the company of two armies.)

6:13 Or of Mahanaim.

Bshps Turne agayne turne agayne O thou perfect one, turne agayne turne agayne and we wyll loke vpon thee: What will ye see in the Sulamite? She is lyke men of warre singing in a companie.
(Turn again turn again O thou/you perfect one, turn again turn again and we will look upon thee/you: What will ye/you_all see in the Sulamite? She is like men of war singing in a companie.)

Gnva No Gnva SNG 6:13 verse available

Cvdl Turne againe, turne againe (O thou Sulamite) turne agayne, turne agayne, that we maye loke vpon the. What pleasure haue ye more in ye Sulamite, than when she daunseth amonge the men of warre?
(Turn again, turn again (O thou/you Sulamite) turn again, turn again, that we may look upon them. What pleasure have ye/you_all more in ye/you_all Sulamite, than when she daunseth among the men of warre?)

Wycl No Wycl SNG 6:13 verse available

Luth No Luth SNG 6:13 verse available

ClVg No ClVg SNG 6:13 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / extrainfo

שׁ֤וּבִי שׁ֨וּבִי֙ הַ⁠שּׁ֣וּלַמִּ֔ית שׁ֥וּבִי שׁ֖וּבִי וְ⁠נֶחֱזֶה־בָּ֑⁠ךְ

(shūⱱī shūⱱī ha⁠shshūlammit shūⱱī shūⱱī və⁠neḩₑzeh-bā⁠k)

It is difficult to know with certainty who is saying this. Because the author does not say who is speaking here, you should not indicate a speaker in the text of your translation. However, if you are using section headers to indicate who is speaking, the speaker could be: (1) the young women of Jerusalem. If you decide this is who is speaking, you can indicate that with a section header above this verse. (2) friends of the man and woman. If you decide that this is who is speaking, you can place a section header above this verse indicating that. (3) the man. If you decide that this is who is speaking here, you can place a section header above this verse indicating that.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

הַ⁠שּׁ֣וּלַמִּ֔ית & בַּ⁠שּׁ֣וּלַמִּ֔ית

(ha⁠shshūlammit & ba⁠shshūlammit)

The word translated as Shulammite refers to someone who is from the town of Shulam. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could include this information. Alternate translation: “woman from Shulam … at the woman from Shulam”

Note 3 topic: writing-poetry

שׁ֤וּבִי שׁ֨וּבִי֙ הַ⁠שּׁ֣וּלַמִּ֔ית שׁ֥וּבִי שׁ֖וּבִי וְ⁠נֶחֱזֶה־בָּ֑⁠ךְ

(shūⱱī shūⱱī ha⁠shshūlammit shūⱱī shūⱱī və⁠neḩₑzeh-bā⁠k)

Here the word return is repeated for emphasis. Repetition is a common feature of Hebrew poetry, and it would be good to show this to your readers. However, if it would be helpful to your readers, you could express the emphasis another way. Alternate translation: “Return Shulammite, return and let us look at you” or “Please return Shulammite, and let us look at you”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

מַֽה־תֶּחֱזוּ֙ בַּ⁠שּׁ֣וּלַמִּ֔ית כִּ⁠מְחֹלַ֖ת הַֽ⁠מַּחֲנָֽיִם

(mah-teḩₑzū ba⁠shshūlammit ki⁠məḩolat ha⁠mmaḩₐnāyim)

It is difficult to know with certainty who is saying this. Because the author does not say who is speaking here, you should not indicate this in the text of your translation. However, if you are using section headers to indicate who is speaking, the speaker could be: (1) the man. If you decide that the man is speaking here, you can indicate this with a section header above this part of the verse. (2) The woman speaking of herself in the third person. If you decide that this is who is speaking here, you can place a section header indicating that the woman is speaking.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

כִּ⁠מְחֹלַ֖ת הַֽ⁠מַּחֲנָֽיִם

(ki⁠məḩolat ha⁠mmaḩₐnāyim)

The speaker is leaving out some of the words that a sentence in many languages would need to be complete. You could supply these words from the context, if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “like you look at the dance of two armies” or “like you would look at the dance of two armies”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כִּ⁠מְחֹלַ֖ת הַֽ⁠מַּחֲנָֽיִם

(ki⁠məḩolat ha⁠mmaḩₐnāyim)

This phrase could be translated as: (1) like the dance of two armies which refers to a dance that is performed as entertainment for armies. Alternate translation: “like a dance performed before armies” (2) “like the dance of Mahanaim” (3) “like two rows of dancers” or “like two companies of dancers” and mean “as you like to watch two rows of people dancing” See the section in the chapter 6 introduction for more information about how to translate this phrase.

Parallel SNG 6:13