Song of Songs 6:2

Song of Songs 6:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
• New International Version (NIV)My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to browse in the gardens and to gather lilies.
• English Standard Version (ESV)My beloved has gone down to his garden to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies.
• New King James Version (NKJV)My beloved has gone to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed his flock in the gardens, And to gather lilies.

Context of Song of Songs 6:2

1Tell us this, most beautiful of all women. Where has your lover gone? Which way did he go? Tell us, so that we can look for him with you. My lover has gone down to his garden. He has gone to his garden of spice trees. He has gone there to walk in the gardens and to pick lilies. 3My lover belongs to me, and I belong to him. He moves among the lilies with his sheep. 4My dear friend, you are as beautiful as Tirzah. You are as lovely as Jerusalem. You are as wonderful as an army that is waving its flags.

Song of Songs 6:2 word by word

דּוֹדִי֙ יָרַ֣ד לְגַנּ֔וֹ לַעֲרוּג֖וֹת הַבֹּ֑שֶׂם לִרְעוֹת֙ בַּגַּנִּ֔ים וְלִלְקֹ֖ט שֽׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My belovedדּוֹדdôd dôd · belovedH1730
• is gone downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• into his gardenגַּןgan · gardenH1588
• to the bedsעֲרוּגָה‛ărûgâh ‛ărûgâh · bedH6170
• of spicesבֶּ֫שֶׂםbeώem bôώem · spiceH1314
• to feedרָעָהrâ‛âh · to pastureH7462
• and to gatherלָקַטlâqaţ · to gatherH3950
• liliesשׁוּשַׁןshûshan shôshân shôshân shôshannâh · lilyH7799

Commentaries on Song of Songs 6:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2My beloved is gone down into his garden - The answer of the bride to her companions.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 2Verse 2 ,3 Christ's church is a garden, enclosed, and separated from the world; he takes care of it, delights in it, and visits it. Those who would find Christ, must attend him in his ordinances, the word, sacraments, and prayer. When Christ comes to his church, it is to entertain his friends. And to take believers to himself: he picks the lilies one by one; and at the great day he will send forth his angels to gather all his lilies, that he may be for…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3The conversation at the end of this poem shows it is not a real event. The dream ends when the young women of Jerusalem ask the woman where her man has gone. The woman tells them not to worry about finding him—he is back in bed with her, enjoying his garden with its spice beds and lilies, which describes sexual intimacy.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. gone down--Jerusalem was on a hill (answering to its moral elevation), and the gardens were at a little distance in the valleys below. beds of spices--(balsam) which He Himself calls the "mountain of myrrh," &c. (So 4:6), and again (So 8:14), the resting-place of His body amidst spices, and of His soul in paradise, and now in heaven, where He stands as High Priest for ever. Nowhere else in the Song is there mention of mountains of spices. feed in…Read the comment
• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 2My beloved has gone down to his garden He commanded us to build His Temple, and He will be there with us.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Abolish
• Garden
• Lily
• Spice; Spices

Commentaries on Song of Songs 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary