The Song of Songs 6:3

NETBible

The Beloved about Her Lover: I am my lover’s 1  and my lover is mine; 2  he grazes among the lilies.

NIV ©

I am my lover’s and my lover is mine; he browses among the lilies.

NASB ©

"I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine, He who pastures his flock among the lilies."

NLT ©

I am my lover’s, and my lover is mine. He grazes among the lilies!"

MSG ©

I am my lover's and my lover is mine. He caresses the sweet-smelling flowers.

BBE ©

I am for my loved one, and my loved one is for me; he takes food among the lilies.

NRSV ©

I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine; he pastures his flock among the lilies.

NKJV ©

I am my beloved’s, And my beloved is mine. He feeds his flock among the lilies.

KJV
I [am] my beloved's
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and my beloved
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[is] mine: he feedeth
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among the lilies
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NASB ©
"I am my beloved's
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and my beloved
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is mine, He who pastures
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his flock
among the lilies
<7799>
."
LXXM
egw
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P-NS
tw
<3588> 
T-DSM
adelfidw {N-DSM} mou
<1473> 
P-GS
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
adelfidov {N-NSM} mou
<1473> 
P-GS
emoi
<1473> 
P-DS
o
<3588> 
T-NSM
poimainwn
<4165> 
V-PAPNS
en
<1722> 
PREP
toiv
<3588> 
T-DPN
krinoiv
<2918> 
N-DPN
NET [draft] ITL
The Beloved about Her Lover: I
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am my lover’s
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and my lover
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is mine; he grazes
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among the lilies
<07799>
.
HEBREW
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Mynswsb
<07799>
herh
<07462>
yl
<0>
ydwdw
<01730>
ydwdl
<01730>
yna (6:3)
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NETBible

The Beloved about Her Lover: I am my lover’s 1  and my lover is mine; 2  he grazes among the lilies.

NET Notes

1 sn This is the second occurrence of the poetic refrain that occurs elsewhere in 2:16 and 7:11. The order of the first two cola are reversed from 2:16: “My beloved is mine and I am his” (2:16) but “I am my beloved’s and he is mine” (6:3). The significance of this shift depends on whether the parallelism is synonymous or climactic. This might merely be a literary variation with no rhetorical significance. On the other hand, it might signal a shift in her view of their relationship: Originally, she focused on her possession of him, now she focused on his possession of her.

2 tn Or “I belong to my beloved, and my lover belongs to me.” Alternately, “I am devoted to my beloved, and my lover is devoted to me.”