SNG 6:7 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=The groom (All still tentative.)

BrLXX Ὡς λέπυρον ῥοᾶς μῆλόν σου ἐκτὸς τῆς σιωπήσεώς σου.
(Hōs lepuron ɽoas maʸlon sou ektos taʸs siōpaʸseōs sou.)

BrTr Thy cheek is like the rind of a pomegranate, being seen without thy veil.

ULT Like a slice of a pomegranate, are your cheeks
⇔ from behind your veil.

UST Beneath your veil,
⇔ your cheeks are round and rosy like the halves of a pomegranate.

BSB Your brow behind your veil
⇔ is like a slice of pomegranate.

OEB No OEB SNG 6:7 book available

WEBBE Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.

NET Like a slice of pomegranate
⇔ is your forehead behind your veil.

LSV As the work of the pomegranate [is] your temple behind your veil.

FBV Your cheeks are the blushing color of pomegranates behind your veil.

T4T Beneath your veil,
⇔ your cheeks are like [SIM] the halves of a pomegranate.

LEB • Your cheeks behind[fn] your veil
• are like halves of a pomegranate.

6:? Literally “from behind”

BBE Like pomegranate fruit are the sides of your head under your veil.

Moff your cheeks like slices of pomegranate
⇔ behind your veil.”

JPS Thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil.

ASV Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate
⇔ Behind thy veil.

DRA (SNG 6:6) Thy cheeks are as the bark of a pomegranate, beside what is hidden within thee.

YLT As the work of the pomegranate [is] thy temple behind thy veil.

Drby As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples Behind thy veil.

RV Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind thy veil.
(Thy/Your temples are like apiece of a pomegranate behind thy/your veil.)

SLT As a piece of pomegranate thy temples from behind thy veil.

Wbstr As a piece of pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.

KJB-1769 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.
(As apiece of a pomegranate are thy/your temples within thy/your locks.)

KJB-1611 As a piece of a pomegranat are thy temples within thy lockes.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Thy cheekes are like a peece of a pomegranate within thy lockes of heere.
(Thy/Your cheeks are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy/your locks of hair.)

Gnva There are threescore Queenes and fourescore concubines and of the damsels without nober.
(There are threescore Queens and fourscore/eighty concubines and of the girls/young_women without number.)

Cvdl Thy chekes are like a pece of a pomgranate, besydes yt which lyeth hid within.
(Thy/Your cheeks are like a piece of a pomegranate, besides it which lieth/lies hid within.)

Wycl No Wycl SNG 6:6 verse available

Luth Deine Wangen sind wie ein Ritz am Granatäpfel zwischen deinen Zöpfen.
(Your(s) cheeks are as/like a Ritz in/at/on_the pomegranates between your(s) pigtails/braids.)

ClVg (SNG 6:6) Sicut cortex mali punici, sic genæ tuæ, absque occultis tuis.[fn]
(Like cortex evil punishment, so cheeks yours, without hidden yours.)

6.6 Sicut cortex mali punici, sic genæ tuæ, etc. GREG. Cum multi mira agunt, ventura prophetant, mundum perfecte relinquunt, cœlestibus desideriis arden: sicut cortex mali punici sanctæ comparantur Ecclesiæ. Sed hæc omnia nihil sunt ad comparationem rei de qua scribitur: Quod oculus non vidit nec auris audivi, etc. Isa. 64. Unde convenienter subdit: Absque occultis tuis, quasi dicat, magna quidem sunt, quæ in te non latent, sed valde ineffabilia quæ latent.

6.6 Like cortex evil punishment, so cheeks yours, etc. GREG. Since many wonderful they_act, to_come they_prophesy, the_world perfectly they_leave, heavenly desires arden: like cortex evil punishment holy are_compared Assemblies/Churches. But these_things everything nothing are to comparison of_the_thing from/about which it_is_written: That the_eye not/no he_saw but_not ear I_heard, etc. Isa. 64. From_where/who appropriately/consistently I_submit: Without hidden yours, as_if let_him_say, big indeed are, which in/into/on you(sg) not/no latent, but very_much indescribable which latent.

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 6:4–8:4: The man praised the woman and sang about springtime

In this section the man described the woman in two separate speeches (6:4–10 and 7:1–10). Some verses are difficult to understand, especially 6:11–13, and it is important to think about them carefully. The woman responded to the man in 7:11 and continued to speak to the end of the section at 8:4.

The verse numbering in the Hebrew text is different from the BSB and a majority of English versions. The Hebrew text begins chapter 7 where the BSB begins 6:13, so in chapter 7 the verses in the Hebrew text are one number higher than the verse numbers in the BSB. For example, 6:13–7:13 in the BSB is 7:1–14 in the Hebrew text (and also in the NJB and NJPS). It is helpful to be aware that some commentaries follow the Hebrew verse numbering. The Notes will follow the verse numbers in the BSB (along with the majority of English versions).

Paragraph 6:4–10 The man described the woman

In 6:4–10, the man spoke to the woman. In 6:4–7, he spoke directly to her with forms like “you” and “your.” But in 6:8–10, he spoke about her, using forms like “she” and “her.” In 6:10 the man probably quoted what the other women said to praise her beauty.

This section begins and ends with the same phrase. The BSB translates the phrase in 6:4c as “as majestic as troops with banners,” and in 6:10 it repeats this phrase. However, the context is different, so scholars are not certain whether the meaning of the phrase is the same or different in the two verses. The notes for 6:10 will discuss this issue.

In 6:4–10 the man sang his second praise song to describe the woman. This song is similar in some ways to his first praise song in 4:1–5, and it repeats some portions of that song. However, here his words seem less intimate. In 4:9 the man indicated that she is superior to all other women.

6:7

Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.

Your cheeks behind your veil are like pomegranate halves.
Behind your veil your cheeks are rosy like two halves of a pomegranate.

Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate: The clause, Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate, is identical to 4:3c. There are different ways to interpret the verse. You should translate it in the same way as you did there. Refer to the notes on 4:3c for a discussion of the interpretation issues and for other information on how to translate the clause.

Parallel SNG 6:7

Section 6:4–8:4: The man praised the woman and sang about springtime

Paragraph 6:4–10 The man described the woman

6:7