Song - 6:6



6 Your teeth are like a flock of ewes, which have come up from the washing; of which every one has twins; none is bereaved among them.

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Explanation and meaning of Song 6:6.

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Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.
Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes, Which are come up from the washing; Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them.
Thy teeth as a flock of sheep, which come up from the washing, all with twins, and there is none barren among them.
Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep Which go up from the washing; Which have all borne twins, And none is barren among them.
Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, of which every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.
Thy teeth as a row of the lambs, That have come up from the washing, Because all of them are forming twins, And a bereaved one is not among them.
Your teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one bears twins, and there is not one barren among them.
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep which come up from the washing; every one has two lambs, and there is not one without young.
Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes, Which are come up from the washing; Whereof all are paired, And none faileth among them.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Thy teeth - See on Song 4:2 (note).

Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof everyone beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them. See Gill on Song 4:2.

Not vain repetition of Song 4:1-2. The use of the same words shows His love unchanged after her temporary unfaithfulness (Malachi 3:6).

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