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The Song of Songs 6:4

NETBible	*The Lover to His Beloved:* My darling, you are as beautiful as Tirzah,¹ as lovely as Jerusalem,² as awe-inspiring³ as bannered armies!
NIV © biblegateway Sos 6:4	You are beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, majestic as troops with banners.
NASB © biblegateway Sos 6:4	"You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling, As lovely as Jerusalem, As awesome as an army with banners.
NLT © biblegateway Sos 6:4	Young Man: "O my beloved, you are as beautiful as the lovely town of Tirzah. Yes, as beautiful as Jerusalem! You are as majestic as an army with banners!
MSG © biblegateway Sos 6:4	Dear, dear friend and lover, you're as beautiful as Tirzah, city of delights, Lovely as Jerusalem, city of dreams, the ravishing visions of my ecstasy.
BBE © SABDAweb Sos 6:4	You are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, as fair as Jerusalem; you are to be feared like an army with flags.
NRSV © bibleoremus Sos 6:4	You are beautiful as Tirzah, my love, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
NKJV © biblegateway Sos 6:4	THE BELOVED O my love, you are as beautiful as Tirzah, Lovely as Jerusalem, Awesome as an army with banners!
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KJV	Thou [art] beautiful <03303>_, O my love <07474>_, as Tirzah <08656>_, comely <05000> as Jerusalem <03389>_, terrible <0366> as [an army] with banners <01713> (8737)_.
NASB © biblegateway Sos 6:4	"You are as beautiful <03303> as Tirzah <08656> , my darling <07474> , As lovely <05000> as Jerusalem <03389> , As awesome <0366> as an army <01713> with banners <01713> .
LXXM	kalh <2570> A-NSF ei <1510> V-PAI-2S h <3588> T-VSF plhsion <4139> ADV mou <1473> P-GS wv <3739> CONJ eudokia <2107> N-NSF wraia <5611> A-NSF wv <3739> CONJ ierousalhm <2419> N-PRI yambov <2285> N-NSN wv <3739> CONJ tetagmenai <5021> V-RMPNP
NET [draft] ITL	The Lover to His Beloved: My darling <07474> , you <0859> are as beautiful <03303> as Tirzah <08656> , as lovely <05000> as Jerusalem <03389> , as awe-inspiring <0366> as bannered <01713> armies!
HEBREW	twlgdnk <01713> hmya <0366> Mlswryk <03389> hwan <05000> hurtk <08656> ytyer <07474> ta <0859> hpy (6:4) <03303>

NETBible

The Lover to His Beloved: My darling, you are as beautiful as Tirzah,¹ as lovely as Jerusalem,² as awe-inspiring³ as bannered armies!

NET Notes

¹tn He compares her beauty to two of the most beautiful and important cities in the Israelite United Kingdom, namely, Jerusalem and Tirzah. The beauty of Jerusalem was legendary; it is twice called “the perfection of beauty” (Ps 50:2; Lam 2:15). Tirzah was beautiful as well – in fact, the name means “pleasure, beauty.” So beautiful was Tirzah that it would be chosen by Jeroboam as the original capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 15:33; 16:8, 15, 23). The ancient city Tirzah has been identified as Tel el-Far`ah near Nablus: see B. S. J. Isserlin, “Song of Songs IV, 4: An Archaeological Note,” PEQ 90 (1958): 60; R. de Vaux, “Le premiere campagne de fouilles a Tell el-Far`ah,” RB 54 (1947): 394-433.

²map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

³sn The literary unity of 6:4-10 and boundaries of his praise are indicated by the repetition of the phrase אֲיֻמָּה כַּנִּדְגָּלוֹת (’ayummah kannidÿgalot, “majestic as bannered armies/stars in procession…”) in 6:4 and 6:10 which creates an inclusion. His praise includes his own personal statements (6:4-9a) as well as his report of the praise given to her by the maidens, queens, and concubines (6:9b-10). His praise indicates that he had forgiven any ingratitude on her part.