New Living Translation
Song of Songs 6:6
6Your teeth are as white as sheep that are freshly washed. Your smile is flawless, each tooth matched with its twin.
Song of Songs 6:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.
- New International Version (NIV)Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing. Each has its twin, not one of them is missing.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your teeth are like a flock of ewes that have come up from the washing; all of them bear twins; not one among them has lost its young.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your teeth are like a flock of sheep Which have come up from the washing; Every one bears twins, And none is barren among them.
Context of Song of Songs 6:6
4You are beautiful, my darling, like the lovely city of Tirzah. Yes, as beautiful as Jerusalem, as majestic as an army with billowing banners. 5Turn your eyes away, for they overpower me. Your hair falls in waves, like a flock of goats winding down the slopes of Gilead. Your teeth are as white as sheep that are freshly washed. Your smile is flawless, each tooth matched with its twin. 7Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates behind your veil. 8Even among sixty queens and eighty concubines and countless young women,
Read all of Song of Songs 6Song of Songs 6:6 word by word
שִׁנַּ֙יִךְ֙ כְּעֵ֣דֶר הָֽרְחֵלִ֔ים שֶׁעָל֖וּ מִן־הָרַחְצָ֑ה שֶׁכֻּלָּם֙ מַתְאִימ֔וֹת וְשַׁכֻּלָ֖ה אֵ֥ין בָּהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Commentaries on Song of Songs 6:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Thy teeth - See on Song of Solomon 4:2; (note).Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-10Verses 4-10 All the real excellence and holiness on earth centre in the church. Christ goes forth subduing his enemies, while his followers gain victories over the world, the flesh, and the devil. He shows the tenderness of a Redeemer, the delight he takes in his redeemed people, and the workings of his own grace in them. True believers alone can possess the beauty of holiness. And when their real character is known, it will be commended. Both the church…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-10The man describes the woman's physical beauty again. He repeats parts of the description from Song of Solomon 4 almost word for word, showing his high regard for his wife.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Not vain repetition of So 4:1, 2. The use of the same words shows His love unchanged after her temporary unfaithfulness (Mal 3:6).Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 6Your teeth are like a flock of ewes The officers and the mighty men among you are all [devoted to] goodness.Read the comment
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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
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