By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Translation comparison
Song of Solomon 3
11 aligned verses; 10 with wording or punctuation differences .
Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
`
I said',
I
will rise now, and go about the city ;
In the streets and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets ,
and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
The watchmen that go about the city found me ;
`
To whom I said '
, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
The watchmen that go about the city found me :
to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
It was but a little that I passed from them, When
I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother's house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.
It was but a little that I passed from them, but
I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
I adjure
you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or
by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake `
my '
love, Until
he please.
I charge
you, O ye
daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and
by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till
he please.
Who is this that cometh up
from
the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant?
Who is this that cometh out
of
the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Behold, it
is the
litter
of
Solomon
; Threescore mighty
men are about it, Of the mighty
men
of Israel.
Behold his
bed
, which
is Solomon's
; threescore valiant
men are about it, of the valiant
of Israel.
They all handle
the
sword
, `and'
are
expert in war: Every man hath his sword upon his thigh ,
Because of fear in the night.
They all hold
swords
, being
expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
King Solomon made himself a palanquin
Of the wood of Lebanon.
King Solomon made himself a chariot
of the wood of Lebanon.
He made the pillars thereof of silver, The bottom thereof of gold, the seat
of it of purple, The midst thereof being paved with love, From
the daughters of Jerusalem.
He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering
of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for
the daughters of Jerusalem.
Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon ,
With the crown wherewith his mother hath
crowned him In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
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