Song of Songs 3:6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Solomon’s Wedding Procession
6 D(A) Who is this coming up from the desert,[a]
like columns of smoke
Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
with all kinds of exotic powders?
Footnotes
- 3:6–11 This may be an independent poem. In context it portrays the lover as King Solomon, escorted by sixty armed men, coming in royal procession to meet a bride.
Song of Songs 6:10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
10 (A)“Who[a] is this that comes forth like the dawn,
beautiful as the white moon, pure as the blazing sun,
fearsome as celestial visions?”
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