Song of Solomon 6

Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.

My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.

Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.

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

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?

I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.

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

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.

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Song of Solomon 6:7

“As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.”

Study Summary

The lover declares that the beloved's temples are like halves of a pomegranate behind her veil, establishing her temples as perfectly symmetrical and beautiful even when partially concealed. The reference to pomegranate halves suggests the beloved's temples as containing the seeds and abundance associated with pomegranates elsewhere in the poem, establishing that even the smallest visible parts of her body participate in the fertility and abundance of the whole. The mention of the veil suggests that the beloved maintains some covering, establishing that her beauty encompasses both revelation and hiddenness. This verse theologically suggests that beauty exists at the intersection of concealment and revelation, and that the beloved's veiling is an aesthetic choice rather than a denial of her beauty.

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Amara Diallo (test user)7h ago

The armor of God — Song of Solomon 6

Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the hope.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. This connects directly to the promise made to Abraham. The imagery here is agricultural — the original audience would have immediately understood the metaphor of sowing, waiting, and harvesting.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. There's something deeply comforting about knowing that the same God who spoke these words is the same yesterday, today, and forever.. The imagery here is agricultural — the original audience would have immediately understood the metaphor of sowing, waiting, and harvesting.. The promise here is not conditional on our strength but on His character.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. There's something deeply comforting about knowing that the same God who spoke these words is the same yesterday, today, and forever..…

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