The Beloved and His Friends

13 Return, return, O Shulamite;
Return, return, that we may look upon you!

The Shulamite

What would you see in the Shulamite—
As it were, the dance of [a]the two camps?

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 6:13 Heb. Mahanaim

The Chorus

13 [a]Come back, come back, O Shulammite;
Come back, come back, so that we may look at you!”

The Groom

“Why should you look at the Shulammite,
As at the (A)dance of [b](B)the two armies?

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 6:13 Ch 7:1 in Heb
  2. Song of Solomon 6:13 Or Mahanaim

(The Chorus)

13 
“Return, return, O Shulammite;
Return, return, that we may gaze at you.”

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Friends

13 Come back, come back, O Shulammite;
    come back, come back, that we may gaze on you!

He

Why would you gaze on the Shulammite
    as on the dance(A) of Mahanaim?[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 6:13 In Hebrew texts this verse (6:13) is numbered 7:1.

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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