Holy Scripture
Song of Solomon 1:8
A church father on this verse
“Therefore, this is what the present passage teaches the soul under the guise of a woman, so that she may know herself.…And for this reason, where she has neglected knowledge, it is is now necessary that she "be borne about by every wind of doctrine to be deceived by errors," so that now she pitches her tent now by tha…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
8If thou know not thyself, thou fair one among women, Go thou forth by the footsteps of the flocks, And feed thy kids by the shepherds’ tents.
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In context
6Look not upon me, because I am dark, Because the sun has looked unfavorably upon me: My mother’s sons strove with me; They made me keeper in the vineyards; I have not kept my own vineyard.
7Tell me, thou whom my soul loves, Where thou tendest thy flock, where thou causest them to rest at noon, Lest I become as one that is veiled by the flocks of thy companions.
— Song of Solomon 1:8 —
9I have likened thee, my companion, To my horses in the chariots of Pharaoh.
10How are thy cheeks beautiful as those of a dove, Thy neck as chains!