Verse 7

Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, where you feed, where you make your flock to rest at noon. Why should I be like one who turns aside by the flocks of your companions?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Si meg, du som min sjel elsker, hvor gjeter du dine flokker, og hvor hviler du dem ved middagstid? Hvorfor skulle jeg se ut som en som skjuler seg blant vennenes flokker?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Si meg, du som min sjel elsker, hvor du vokter, hvor du lar hvile ved middagstid. For hvorfor skulle jeg være som en som flakker rundt ved dine venners flokker?

• Norsk King James

  Fortell meg, du som jeg elsker, hvor du lar flokken din beite, hvor du lar dem hvile ved middagstid; for hvorfor skulle jeg være en som vender seg bort fra flokkene til dine ledsagere?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Fortell meg, du som min sjel elsker, hvor du gjeter flokken din, hvor du hviler om middagen; for hvorfor skulle jeg vandre som en som skjuler seg ved dine venners flokker?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Fortell meg, du som min sjel elsker, hvor du gjeter, hvor du lar flokken ligge til hvile ved middagstid. Hvorfor skulle jeg være som en som dekker seg til ved dine venners flokker?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Fortell meg, du som min sjel elsker, hvor gjeter du, hvor lar du hvilestedeet være for flokken ved middagstid? Hvorfor skal jeg være som en som går bort ved flokkene til dine venner?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Fortell meg, du som min sjel elsker, hvor du beiter og lar din flokk hvile midt på dagen, for hvorfor skal jeg være som en som går langs sidene av flokkene til dine ledsagere?

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Fortell meg, du som min sjel elsker, hvor gjeter du, hvor lar du hvilestedeet være for flokken ved middagstid? Hvorfor skal jeg være som en som går bort ved flokkene til dine venner?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Fortell meg, du som min sjel elsker, hvor du gjeter, hvor du lar hvile ved middagstid; for hvorfor skulle jeg være som en som er dekket ved flokkene til dine venner?

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest your sheep at midday. Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Song of Songs.1.7", "source": "הַגִּ֣ידָה לִּ֗י שֶׁ֤אָהֲבָה֙ נַפְשִׁ֔י אֵיכָ֣ה תִרְעֶ֔ה אֵיכָ֖ה תַּרְבִּ֣יץ בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם שַׁלָּמָ֤ה אֶֽהְיֶה֙ כְּעֹ֣טְיָ֔ה עַ֖ל עֶדְרֵ֥י חֲבֵרֶֽיךָ׃", "text": "*haggîdāh* to-me that-*ʾāhăbāh* *nafšî* how *tirʿeh* how *tarbîṣ* in-the-*ṣāhŏrāyim* *šallāmāh* *ʾehyeh* like-*ʿōṭyāh* upon *ʿedrê* *ḥăbēreykā*", "grammar": { "*haggîdāh*": "imperative verb, masculine singular - tell", "*lî*": "preposition with 1st singular suffix - to me", "*še-ʾāhăbāh*": "conjunction with perfect verb, 3rd feminine singular - whom loves", "*nafšî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st singular possessive suffix - my soul", "*ʾêkāh*": "interrogative adverb - how/where", "*tirʿeh*": "imperfect verb, 2nd masculine singular - you feed/pasture", "*tarbîṣ*": "imperfect verb, 2nd masculine singular, hiphil - you make lie down/rest", "*ba-ṣāhŏrāyim*": "preposition with noun, masculine, dual with definite article - in the midday/noon", "*šallāmāh*": "interrogative adverb with preposition - why/for what purpose", "*ʾehyeh*": "imperfect verb, 1st singular - I should be", "*kĕ-ʿōṭyāh*": "preposition with participle, feminine, singular - like one who is veiled", "*ʿal*": "preposition - by/beside/over", "*ʿedrê*": "noun, masculine, plural construct - flocks of", "*ḥăbēreykā*": "noun, masculine, plural with 2nd masculine singular possessive suffix - your companions" }, "variants": { "*ʿōṭyāh*": "one who veils herself/one who wanders/one who is covered", "*tarbîṣ*": "cause to lie down/make rest/let rest", "*šallāmāh*": "why/for what reason/for what purpose should" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Si meg, du som min sjel elsker, hvor fører du din hjord til hvile? Hvor lar du den ligge ved middagstid? For hvorfor skulle jeg være som en som flakker omkring blant dine venners flokker?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Giv mig tilkjende, du, hvilken min Sjæl elsker! hvor du føder (Hjorden), hvor du lader den ligge om Middagen; thi hvorfor skulde jeg være som den, der skjuler sig hos dine Medbrødres Hjorde?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Fortell meg, du som min sjel elsker, hvor du vil gjete, hvor du hviler med din flokk ved middagstid. Hvorfor skal jeg være som en som flakker omkring ved dine venners flokker?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Fortell meg, du som min sjel elsker, hvor du gjeter flokken din, hvor du lar dem hvile i middagstiden; hvorfor skulle jeg være som en som er tildekket ved dine venners flokker? Elskeren

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Fortell meg, du som min sjel elsker, Hvor du gresser, Hvor du hviler ved middag, For hvorfor skulle jeg være som en tilslørt, Ved dine venners flokker?

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Si meg, du som min sjel elsker, hvor du gjeter flokken, hvor du lar den hvile ved middagstid, hvorfor skulle jeg være som en tilslørt ved dine venners flokker?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Si meg, du som jeg elsker, hvor vokter du flokken din, og hvor lar du den hvile ved middagstid? Hvorfor skal jeg vandre som en som dekker ansiktet, ved dine venners flokker?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Tell me (o thou whom my soule loueth) where thou fedest, where thou restest at the noone daye: lest I go wronge, and come vnto the flockes of thy companyons,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Shewe me, O thou, whome my soule loueth, where thou feedest, where thou liest at noone: for why should I be as she that turneth aside to the flockes of thy companions?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Tell me O thou whom my soule loueth, where thou feedest the sheepe, where thou makest them rest at the noone day: for why shall I be like hym that goeth wrong about the flockes of thy companions?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest [thy flock] to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Tell me, you whom my soul loves, Where you graze your flock, Where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled Beside the flocks of your companions? Lover

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Declare to me, thou whom my soul hath loved, Where thou delightest, Where thou liest down at noon, For why am I as one veiled, By the ranks of thy companions?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest [thy flock], Where thou makest [it] to rest at noon: For why should I be as one that is veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Say, 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?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions? Lover

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Shepherd and the ShepherdessThe Beloved to Her Lover: Tell me, O you whom my heart loves, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest your sheep during the midday heat? Tell me lest I wander around beside the flocks of your companions!

Referenced Verses

• Song 3:1-4 : 1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I did not find him. 2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I did not find him. 3 The watchmen who go about the city found me: to whom I said, Have you seen him whom my soul loves? 4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her who conceived me.
• Ps 23:1-2 : 1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not lack. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside the still waters.
• Isa 13:20 : 20 It will never be inhabited, nor will it be dwelt in from generation to generation: nor will the Arabian pitch tent there; nor will the shepherds make their fold there.
• Isa 26:9 : 9 With my soul I have desired You in the night; yes, with my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
• Isa 40:11 : 11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; he shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
• Jer 33:12 : 12 Thus says the LORD of hosts: Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all its cities, there shall be a habitation for shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
• Mic 5:4 : 4 And he shall stand and shepherd in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth.
• Matt 10:37 : 37 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
• John 6:67-69 : 67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, Will you also go away? 68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 And we believe and are sure that you are that Christ, the Son of the living God.
• John 10:11 : 11 I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
• John 10:28-29 : 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, nor shall anyone snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.
• John 21:17 : 17 He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do you love me? And he said to him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep.
• Col 3:14-18 : 14 And above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you are called in one body; and be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. 18 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
• 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 Whom having not seen you love; in whom, though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,
• 1 Pet 2:7 : 7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, the stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,
• 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.
• Rev 7:17 : 17 For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and will lead them to living fountains of waters; and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.
• Ps 28:1 : 1 To you I cry, O LORD my rock; do not be silent to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.
• Ps 80:1 : 1 Listen, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock; you who dwell between the cherubim, shine forth.
• Ps 116:1 : 1 I love the LORD, because He has heard my voice and my supplications.
• Song 2:3 : 3 As the apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
• Song 2:16 : 16 My beloved is mine, and I am his; he feeds among the lilies.
• Song 5:8 : 8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am lovesick.
• Song 5:10 : 10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chief among ten thousand.
• Song 5:16 : 16 His mouth is most sweet: yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
• Song 6:3 : 3 I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies.
• Song 8:13 : 13 You who dwell in the gardens, the companions listen for your voice: cause me to hear it.
• Isa 5:1 : 1 Now I will sing to my beloved a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard. My beloved has a vineyard on a very fruitful hill:
• Gen 37:16 : 16 And he said, I seek my brothers: tell me, I pray you, where they feed their flocks.
• 1 Sam 12:20-21 : 20 And Samuel said to the people, Fear not: you have done all this wickedness: yet do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart; 21 And do not turn aside: for then you should go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
• Ps 18:1 : 1 I will love you, O LORD, my strength.