Song of Songs 6:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

My dove, my very beautiful one, is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the dearest one of her who gave her birth. The daughters saw her, and gave her a blessing; yes, the queens and the servant-wives, and they gave her praises.

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Referenced Verses

  • Song 5:2 : 2 I am sleeping, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my loved one at the door, saying, Be open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my very beautiful one; my head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.
  • Song 2:14 : 14 O my dove, you are in the holes of the mountain sides, in the cracks of the high hills; let me see your face, let your voice come to my ears; for sweet is your voice, and your face is fair.
  • Gal 4:26 : 26 But the Jerusalem on high is free, which is our mother.
  • Eph 4:3-6 : 3 Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.
  • 2 Thess 1:10 : 10 At his coming, when he will have glory in his saints, and will be a cause of wonder in all those who had faith (because our witness among you had effect) in that day.
  • Rev 21:9-9 : 9 And one of the seven angels who had the seven vessels in which were the seven last punishments, came and said to me, Come here, and see the bride, the Lamb's wife. 10 And he took me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and let me see the holy town Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
  • Gen 30:13 : 13 And Leah said, Happy am I! and all women will give witness to my joy: and she gave him the name Asher.
  • Num 23:9 : 9 From the top of the rocks I see him, looking down on him from the hills: it is a people made separate, not to be numbered among the nations.
  • Deut 4:6-7 : 6 So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people. 7 For what great nation has a god so near to them as the Lord our God is, whenever we are turned to him in prayer?
  • Deut 33:29 : 29 Happy are you, O Israel: who is like you, a people whose saviour is the Lord, whose help is your cover, whose sword is your strength! All those who are against you will put themselves under your rule, and your feet will be planted on their high places.
  • Ps 45:9 : 9 Kings' daughters are among your noble women: on your right is the queen in gold of Ophir.
  • Ps 126:2 : 2 Then our mouths were full of laughing, and our tongues gave a glad cry; they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them.
  • Prov 31:28-29 : 28 Her children get up and give her honour, and her husband gives her praise, saying, 29 Unnumbered women have done well, but you are better than all of them.

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    7Like pomegranate fruit are the sides of your head under your veil.

    8There are sixty queens, and eighty servant-wives, and young girls without number.

  • Song 6:10
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    10Who is she, looking down as the morning light, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, who is to be feared like an army with flags?

  • Song 5:8-10
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    8I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you see my loved one, what will you say to him? That I am overcome with love.

    9What is your loved one more than another, O fairest among women? What is your loved one more than another, that you say this to us?

    10My loved one is white and red, the chief among ten thousand.

  • Song 1:13-15
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    13As a bag of myrrh is my well-loved one to me, when he is at rest all night between my breasts.

    14My love is to me as a branch of the cypress-tree in the vine-gardens of En-gedi.

    15See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove.

  • Song 3:11
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    11Go out, O daughters of Jerusalem, and see King Solomon, with the crown which his mother put on his head on the day when he was married, and on the day of the joy of his heart.

  • Song 4:5-10
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    5Your two breasts are like two young roes of the same birth, which take their food among the lilies.

    6Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

    7You are all fair, my love; there is no mark on you.

    8Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon; see from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the places of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.

    9You have taken away my heart, my sister, my bride; you have taken away my heart, with one look you have taken it, with one chain of your neck!

    10How fair is your love, my sister! How much better is your love than wine, and the smell of your oils than any perfume!

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    1Where is your loved one gone, O most fair among women? Where is your loved one turned away, that we may go looking for him with you?

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    14O my dove, you are in the holes of the mountain sides, in the cracks of the high hills; let me see your face, let your voice come to my ears; for sweet is your voice, and your face is fair.

  • Song 4:1
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    1See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove; your hair is as a flock of goats, which take their rest on the side of Gilead.

  • Song 1:7-9
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    7Say, O love of my soul, where you give food to your flock, and where you make them take their rest in the heat of the day; why have I to be as one wandering by the flocks of your friends?

    8If you have not knowledge, O most beautiful among women, go on your way in the footsteps of the flock, and give your young goats food by the tents of the keepers.

    9I have made a comparison of you, O my love, to a horse in Pharaoh's carriages.

  • Song 7:6
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    6How beautiful and how sweet you are, O love, for delight.

  • Ps 45:9
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    9Kings' daughters are among your noble women: on your right is the queen in gold of Ophir.

  • Song 4:12
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    12A garden walled-in is my sister, my bride; a garden shut up, a spring of water stopped.

  • Song 2:2
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    2As the lily-flower among the thorns of the waste, so is my love among the daughters.

  • Song 5:16
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    16His mouth is most sweet; yes, he is all beautiful. This is my loved one, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

  • Song 3:4-6
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    4I was but a little way from them, when I came face to face with him who is the love of my soul. I took him by the hands, and did not let him go, till I had taken him into my mother's house, and into the room of her who gave me birth.

    5I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, let not love be moved till it is ready.

    6Who is this coming out of the waste places like pillars of smoke, perfumed with sweet spices, with all the spices of the trader?

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    2Let him give me the kisses of his mouth: for his love is better than wine.

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    5I am dark, but fair of form, O daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

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    18Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years.

    19As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.

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    1I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; to take my myrrh with my spice; my wax with my honey; my wine with my milk. Take meat, O friends; take wine, yes, be overcome with love.

    2I am sleeping, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my loved one at the door, saying, Be open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my very beautiful one; my head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.

  • Song 8:4-5
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    4I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not let love be moved till it is ready.

    5Who is this, who comes up from the waste places, resting on her loved one? It was I who made you awake under the apple-tree, where your mother gave you birth; there she was in pain at your birth.

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    3I am for my loved one, and my loved one is for me; he takes food among the lilies.

    4You are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, as fair as Jerusalem; you are to be feared like an army with flags.

    5Let your eyes be turned away from me; see, they have overcome me; your hair is as a flock of goats which take their rest on the side of Gilead.

  • Song 7:10
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    10I am for my loved one, and his desire is for me.

  • Prov 31:29
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    29Unnumbered women have done well, but you are better than all of them.

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    10My loved one said to me, Get up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

  • Song 2:7
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    7I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, do not let love be moved till it is ready.

  • Jer 6:2
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    2The fair and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will be cut off by my hand.

  • Prov 4:9
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    9She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory.

  • Song 8:8
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    8We have a young sister, and she has no breasts; what are we to do for our sister in the day when she is given to a man?