Song of Solomon 1:7
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
Si ignoras te, o pulcherrima inter mulieres, egredere, et abi post vestigia gregum, et pasce hædos tuos juxta tabernacula pastorum.
Vulgate
ἀπάγγειλόν μοι, ὃν ἠγάπησεν ἡ ψυχή μου, ποῦ ποιμαίνεις, ποῦ κοιτάζεις ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ, μή ποτε γένωμαι ὡς περιβαλλομένη ἐπ’ ἀγέλας ἑταίρων σου.
LXX
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?
ASV
הַגִּ֣ידָ/ה לִּ֗/י שֶׁ֤/אָהֲבָה֙ נַפְשִׁ֔/י אֵיכָ֣ה תִרְעֶ֔ה אֵיכָ֖ה תַּרְבִּ֣יץ בַּֽ/צָּהֳרָ֑יִם שַׁ/לָּ/מָ֤ה אֶֽהְיֶה֙ כְּ/עֹ֣טְיָ֔ה עַ֖ל עֶדְרֵ֥י חֲבֵרֶֽי/ךָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2709What is contemplative prayer? St. Teresa answers: "Contemplative prayer [oracion mental] in my opinion is nothing else than a close sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with him who we know loves us."6 Contemplative prayer seeks him "whom my soul loves."7 It is Jesus, and in him, the Father. We seek him, because to desire him is always the beginn…
Cross-references
- 1Pet 1:8 — Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
- 1Pet 2:25 — For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
- Acts 20:28 — Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
- Gen 29:9 — And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.
- Gen 37:16 — And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
- Isa 13:20 — It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
- Jer 6:16 — Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
- John 8:32 — And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
- Luke 12:32 — Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
- Ps 23:1 — The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- Ps 28:1 — Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
- Ruth 2:8 — Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:
- Ruth 2:21 — And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
- Song 3:1 — By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
- Song 3:1 — By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
- Song 8:13 — Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.