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Song of Solomon 6:3  New English Translation

Poetic Refrain: Mutual Possession

The Beloved about Her Lover:

3 I am my lover’s[a] and my lover is mine;[b]
he grazes among the lilies.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 6:3 sn This is the second occurrence of the poetic refrain that occurs elsewhere in 2:16 and 7:11. The order of the first two cola are reversed from 2:16: “My beloved is mine and I am his” (2:16) but “I am my beloved’s and he is mine” (6:3). The significance of this shift depends on whether the parallelism is synonymous or climactic. This might merely be a literary variation with no rhetorical significance. On the other hand, it might signal a shift in her view of their relationship: Originally, she focused on her possession of him, now she focused on his possession of her.
  2. Song of Solomon 6:3 tn Or “I belong to my beloved, and my lover belongs to me.” Alternately, “I am devoted to my beloved, and my lover is devoted to me.”
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