Song of Songs 6:3

Song of Songs 6:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
• New International Version (NIV)I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine; he browses among the lilies.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I am my beloved’s, And my beloved is mine. He feeds his flock among the lilies.

Context of Song of Songs 6:3

1Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned? Tell us, that we may seek him with you. 2My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the flowerbeds of balsam spices, to graze in the gardens, and to gather lilies. I am my lover’s and my lover is mine; he grazes among the lilies. 4My darling, you are as beautiful as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as awe-inspiring as bannered armies! 5Turn your eyes away from me – they overwhelm me! Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Mount Gilead.

Song of Songs 6:3 word by word

אֲנִ֤י לְדוֹדִי֙ וְדוֹדִ֣י לִ֔י הָרֹעֶ֖ה בַּשׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• my beloved’sדּוֹדdôd dôd · belovedH1730
• mine: he feedethרָעָהrâ‛âh · to pastureH7462
• among the liliesשׁוּשַׁןshûshan shôshân shôshân shôshannâh · lilyH7799

Commentaries on Song of Songs 6:3

• 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. 33. In speaking of Jesus Christ to others, she regains her own assurance. Literally, "I am for my beloved ... for me." Reverse order from So 2:16. She now, after the season of darkness, grounds her convictions on His love towards her, more than on hers towards Him (De 33:3). There, it was the young believer concluding that she was His, from the sensible assurance that He was hers.Read the comment
• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 3who grazes among the roses who pastures his flocks in a calm and goodly pasture.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Abolish
• Lily

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