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OET (OET-RV) My dearest went down to his garden, to the beds of spices,
⇔ →in order to graze in the gardens and in order to gather lilies.
OET-LV Beloved_of_my he_has_gone_down to_garden_of_his to_beds_of the_spices to_pasture in/on/at/with_gardens and_to_gather lilies.
UHB דּוֹדִי֙ יָרַ֣ד לְגַנּ֔וֹ לַעֲרוּג֖וֹת הַבֹּ֑שֶׂם לִרְעוֹת֙ בַּגַּנִּ֔ים וְלִלְקֹ֖ט שֽׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃ ‡
(dōdiy yārad ləgannō laˊₐrūgōt habosem lirəˊōt baggannim vəliləqoţ shōshannim.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
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).
BrLXX Ἀδελφιδός μου κατέβη εἰς κῆπον αὐτοῦ εἰς φιάλας τοῦ ἀρώματος, ποιμαίνειν ἐν κήποις, καὶ συλλέγειν κρίνα.
(Adelfidos mou katebaʸ eis kaʸpon autou eis fialas tou arōmatos, poimainein en kaʸpois, kai sullegein krina. )
BrTr My kinsman is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spice, to feed his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
ULT My beloved went down to his garden,
⇔ to the beds of spices,
⇔ in order to graze in the gardens and in order to glean lilies.
UST The man who I love has come to me.
⇔ I am like his garden where pleasant spices grow.
⇔ He has come to enjoy my body as a gazelle enjoys grazing in a garden and as a person enjoys picking lilies.
BSB My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture [his flock] in the gardens and to gather lilies.
⇔
MSB (Same as BSB above)
OEB "My love is gone down to his garden,
⇔ The terrace of spices,
⇔ To pasture his flock in his garden,
⇔ To pasture his flock in his garden
⇔ And gather the lilies.
WEBBE My beloved has gone down to his garden,
⇔ to the beds of spices,
⇔ to pasture his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
WMBB (Same as above)
MSG The Woman
(2-3) Never mind. My lover is already on his way to his garden,
to browse among the flowers, touching the colors and forms.
I am my lover’s and my lover is mine.
He caresses the sweet-smelling flowers.
NET My beloved has gone down to his garden,
⇔ to the flowerbeds of balsam spices,
⇔ to graze in the gardens,
⇔ and to gather lilies.
LSV My beloved went down to his garden,
To the beds of the spice,
To delight himself in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
FBV My love has gone down to his garden, to his flowerbeds of spices. He enjoys feeding[fn] in the gardens and plucks lilies.
T4T The one who loves me has now come to me, who am like [MET, EUP] his garden,
⇔ He has come to enjoy my ◄charms/physical attractions► which are like [MET, EUP] spices,
⇔ to enjoy cuddling up to me [EUP, MET],
⇔ and kissing my lips, which are like [MET] lilies.
LEB No LEB SNG book available
BBE My loved one is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to take food in the gardens, and to get lilies.
Moff No Moff SNG book available
JPS 'My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
ASV ⇔ My beloved is gone down to his garden,
⇔ To the beds of spices,
⇔ To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
DRA I to my beloved, and my beloved to me, who feedeth among the lilies.
YLT My beloved went down to his garden, To the beds of the spice, To delight himself in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Drby My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens and to gather lilies.
RV My beloved is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
SLT My beloved went down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Wbstr My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
KJB-1769 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
KJB-1611 My beloued is gone downe into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feede in the gardens, and to gather lillies.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
Bshps No Bshps SNG book available
Gnva I am my welbeloueds, and my welbeloued is mine, who feedeth among the lilies.
(I am my well-beloveds, and my well-beloved is mine, who feedeth/feeds among the lilies. )
Cvdl No Cvdl SNG book available
Wycl No Wycl SNG book available
Luth No Luth SNG book available
ClVg Ego dilecto meo, et dilectus meus mihi, qui pascitur inter lilia.[fn]
(I beloved mine, and beloved mine to_me, who is_fed between lilies. )
6.2 Ego dilecto meo. Hunc versiculum apponit exaggerando stimulum immensæ charitatis, quæ interius exardescit. Quasi: In me descendit, in me potes habere formam ejus, quem quæritis. Ego nepoti meo et nepos meus mihi, qui pascit inter lilia.
6.2 I beloved mine. This_one versiculum apponit exaggerando stimulum immensæ charitatis, which inside exardescit. Quasi: In me came_down, in/into/on me potes to_have formam his, which seeksis. I nepoti mine and nepos mine to_me, who feeds between lilies.
RP-GNT No RP-GNT SNG book available
6:1-3 The conversation that ends this poem indicates that it is not an actual event. The dream ends as the young women of Jerusalem ask the woman where her man has gone. The woman tells them not to concern themselves with finding him—he is back in bed with her, enjoying his garden with its spice beds and lilies, a description of sexual intimacy.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
דּוֹדִי֙ יָרַ֣ד לְגַנּ֔וֹ לַעֲרוּג֖וֹת הַבֹּ֑שֶׂם לִרְעוֹת֙ בַּגַּנִּ֔ים וְלִלְקֹ֖ט שֽׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים
beloved_of,my gone_down to,garden_of,his to,beds_of the,spices to,pasture in/on/at/with,gardens and,to,gather lilies
Here the woman resumes the “garden” metaphor that was used in [4:12-5:1](../04/12.md) by again referring to her body as a garden. The phrase graze in the gardens and glean lilies are both metaphors for the man enjoying the woman’s body. If you used the word “like” to translate [4:12-5:1](../04/12.md), you should continue to use it here, or if it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [My beloved went to me. I am like a garden where beds of spices grow. He came to me in order to enjoy my body like a gazelle enjoys grazing in gardens and like a person enjoys gleaning lilies]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
דּוֹדִי֙ יָרַ֣ד לְגַנּ֔וֹ לַעֲרוּג֖וֹת הַבֹּ֑שֶׂם
beloved_of,my gone_down to,garden_of,his to,beds_of the,spices
The phrase to the beds of spices explains where in the garden the man went down to. This phrase is not describing a separate location from the garden (woman). If it would be helpful to your readers, you could include this information. Alternate translation: [My beloved went down to the beds of spices in his garden] or [My beloved went to me who is like his spice garden]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / go
יָרַ֣ד
gone_down
Your language may say “gone” rather than went in a context such as this. Use whichever is more natural. Alternate translation: [has gone down]
לַעֲרוּג֖וֹת הַבֹּ֑שֶׂם
to,beds_of the,spices
See how you translated the similar phrase bed of spices in [5:13](../05/13.md).
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
בַּגַּנִּ֔ים
in/on/at/with,gardens
Here the phrase in the gardens refers to the woman just like the phrase his garden does earlier in the verse. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could include this information. Alternate translation: [in his gardens] or [in his garden]