KJV King James Version
Or ever I was aware, my soul made me [like] the chariots of Amminadib.
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Song of Solomon 6:12
Or ever I was aware, my soul made me [like] the chariots of Amminadib.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Before I realized it, my desire had set me among the royal chariots of my people.
WEB World English Bible
Without realizing it, my desire set me with my royal people’s chariots.
ASV American Standard Version
Before I was aware, my soul set me Among the chariots of my princely people.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I knew not my soul, It made me—chariots of my people Nadib.
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 6
9 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.
10 Who [is] she [that] looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, [and] terrible as [an army] with banners?
11 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.
12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me [like] the chariots of Amminadib.
13 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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Cross-references
Luke 15:20And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.Hosea 11:8-9How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? [how] shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? [how] shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.Jeremiah 31:18-20I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus]; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou [art] the LORD my God.
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