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title="Song of Solomon 7">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h5 class="sp">Their Friends Speak:</h5><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_1"><span class="reftext" id="Song.6.1" class="v22_6_1">1</span>Most beautiful of women,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_1">tell us where he has gone.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_6_1">Let us help you find him.</span></p><h5 class="sp">She Speaks:</h5><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_2"><span class="reftext" id="Song.6.2" class="v22_6_2">2</span>My darling has gone down</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_6_2">to his garden of spices,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_2">where he will feed his sheep</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_6_2">and gather lilies.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_3"><span class="reftext" id="Song.6.3" class="v22_6_3">3</span>I am his, and he is mine,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_3">as he feeds his sheep</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_6_3">among the lilies.</span></p><h5 class="sp">He Speaks:</h5><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_4"><span class="reftext" id="Song.6.4" class="v22_6_4">4</span>My dearest, the cities of Tirzah</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_4">and Jerusalem</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_6_4">are not as lovely as you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_4">Your charms are more powerful</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_4">than all of the stars</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_6_4">in the heavens.<a href="#fn" id="link_Song.6.4!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_5"><span class="reftext" id="Song.6.5" class="v22_6_5">5</span>Turn away your eyes—</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_6_5">they make me melt.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_5">Your hair tosses about</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_5">as gracefully as goats</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_6_5">coming down from Gilead.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_6"><span class="reftext" id="Song.6.6" class="v22_6_6">6</span>Your teeth are whiter</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_6_6">than sheep freshly washed;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_6">they match perfectly,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_6_6">not one is missing.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_7"><span class="reftext" id="Song.6.7" class="v22_6_7">7</span>Behind your veil are hidden</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_6_7">beautiful rosy cheeks.<a href="#fn" id="link_Song.6.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_8"><span class="reftext" id="Song.6.8" class="v22_6_8">8</span>What if I could have</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_8">sixty queens, eighty wives,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_6_8">and thousands of others!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_9"><span class="reftext" id="Song.6.9" class="v22_6_9">9</span>You would be my only choice,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_6_9">my flawless dove,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_9">the favorite child</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_6_9">of your mother.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_9">The young women, the queens,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_6_9">and all the others</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_9">tell how excited you are</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_6_9">as they sing your praises:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_10"><span class="reftext" id="Song.6.10" class="v22_6_10">10</span>“You are as majestic</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_6_10">as the morning sky—</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_10">glorious as the moon—</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_6_10">blinding as the sun!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_10">Your charms are more powerful</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_6_10">than all the stars above.”<a href="#fn" id="link_Song.6.10!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><h5 class="sp">She Speaks:</h5><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_11"><span class="reftext" id="Song.6.11" class="v22_6_11">11</span>I went down to see if blossoms</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_11">were on the walnut trees,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_6_11">grapevines, and fruit trees.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_12"><span class="reftext" id="Song.6.12" class="v22_6_12">12</span>But in my imagination</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_12">I was suddenly riding</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_6_12">on a glorious chariot.<a href="#fn" id="link_Song.6.12!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><h5 class="sp">Their Friends Speak:</h5><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_13"><span class="reftext" id="Song.6.13" class="v22_6_13">13</span>Dance! Dance!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_13">Beautiful woman from Shulam,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_6_13">let us see you dance!</span></p><h5 class="sp">She Speaks:</h5><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_13">Why do you want to see</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_6_13">this woman from Shulam</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_6_13">dancing with the others?<a href="#fn" id="link_Song.6.13!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">6.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">all … heavens: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “a mighty army ready for war.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">6.7 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">cheeks: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 7.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">6.10 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">all … above: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “a mighty army ready for war.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">6.12 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">chariot: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 12.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">6.13 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">dancing … others: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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