Song of Solomon 6:13 — compare English translations
Compare translationsSong of Solomon 6:13 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
שׁ֤וּבִי
shûwb
H7725
to return
שׁ֨וּבִי֙
shûwb
H7725
to return
הַשּׁ֣וּלַמִּ֔ית
Shûwlammîyth
H7759
Shulamite
שׁ֥וּבִי
shûwb
H7725
to return
שׁ֖וּבִי
shûwb
H7725
to return
וְנֶחֱזֶה
châzâh
H2372
to see
בָּ֑ךְ
מַֽה
mâh
H4100
what
תֶּחֱזוּ֙
châzâh
H2372
to see
בַּשּׁ֣וּלַמִּ֔ית
Shûwlammîyth
H7759
Shulamite
כִּמְחֹלַ֖ת
mᵉchôlâh
H4246
dance
הַֽמַּחֲנָֽיִם
machăneh
H4264
camp
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Return, return, Shulammite! Return, return, that we may gaze at you. Lover Why do you desire to gaze at the Shulammite, As at the dance of Mahanaim?
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King James Version Public Domain
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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Return, return, Shulammite, return, return and let us look at you. Why do you look at the Shulammite like the dance of two armies?
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).