“My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Song of Solomon 6 contains 13 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.