THEOSISSong of Songs 1:7Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
If thou know not thyself, O fairest among women, go forth, and follow after the steps of the flocks, and feed thy kids beside the tents of the shepherds.
הַגִּ֣ידָה לִּ֗י שֶׁ֤אָהֲבָה֙ נַפְשִׁ֔י אֵיכָ֣ה תִרְעֶ֔ה אֵיכָ֖ה תַּרְבִּ֣יץ בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם שַׁלָּמָ֤ה אֶֽהְיֶה֙ כְּעֹ֣טְיָ֔ה עַ֖ל עֶדְרֵ֥י חֲבֵרֶֽיךָ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Song 3:1In my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, and found him not.
- Song 3:4When I had a little passed by them, I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him: and I will not let him go, till I bring him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that bore me.
- Isa 13:20It shall no more be inhabited for ever, and it shall not be founded unto generation and generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch his tents there, nor shall shepherds rest there.
- Ps 23 (22):1
- Ps 23 (22):2
- Ps 28 (27):1
- Ps 80 (79):1
- Gen 37:16But he answered: I seek my brethren, tell me where they feed the flocks.