KJV King James Version
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.
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Song of Solomon 1:8
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.
WEB World English Bible
If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.
ASV American Standard Version
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
If thou knowest not, O fair among women, Get thee forth by the traces of the flock, And feed thy kids by the shepherds’ dwellings!
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 1
5 I [am] black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
6 Look not upon me, because I [am] black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; [but] mine own vineyard have I not kept.
7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest [thy flock] to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.
9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.
10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows [of jewels], thy neck with chains [of gold].
11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אִם־H518 · imifלֹ֤אH3808 · lonotתֵדְעִי֙H3045 · ya.dato knowלָ֔ךְH9032 · khyouהַיָּפָ֖הH3303 · ya.phehbeautifulבַּנָּשִׁ֑יםH802 · ish.shahwomanצְֽאִי־H3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeלָ֞ךְH9032 · khyouבְּעִקְבֵ֣יH6119 · a.qevheelהַצֹּ֗אןH6629 · tsonflockוּרְעִי֙H7462 · bet-e.qed ha.ro.imHouse of Shepherdsאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]גְּדִיֹּתַ֔יִךְH1429 · ge.diy.yahkidעַ֖לH5921 · aluponמִשְׁכְּנ֥וֹתH4908 · mish.kantabernacleהָרֹעִֽים׃ סH7462 · bet-e.qed ha.ro.imHouse of Shepherds
Cross-references
Song of Solomon 6:1Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.Song of Solomon 5:9What [is] thy beloved more than [another] beloved, O thou fairest among women? what [is] thy beloved more than [another] beloved, that thou dost so charge us?James 5:10Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.James 2:21Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?Hebrews 11:4-40By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.Proverbs 8:34Blessed [is] the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.Hebrews 6:12That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.Revelation 19:7-8Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.Psalm 45:11So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he [is] thy Lord; and worship thou him.Psalm 16:3[But] to the saints that [are] in the earth, and [to] the excellent, in whom [is] all my delight.Song of Solomon 4:1Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair; thou [hast] doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair [is] as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.Song of Solomon 2:10My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.Psalm 45:13The king’s daughter [is] all glorious within: her clothing [is] of wrought gold.Jeremiah 6:16Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where [is] the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein].Ephesians 5:27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.Song of Solomon 7:1-13How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs [are] like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.Song of Solomon 1:15Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair; thou [hast] doves’ eyes.1 Corinthians 11:1Be ye followers of me, even as I also [am] of Christ.
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