Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
On
my
couch
by night ,
I sought him whom my soul hath
loved;
I sought him, and
I found him not !
By night on
my
bed
I sought him whom my soul loveth:
I sought him, but
I found him not .
--
Pray,
let
me
rise, and go round
the city ,
In the streets and in the broad places,
I seek him whom my soul hath
loved!
--
I sought him, and
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 have
found
me,
(Who
are
going
round
about the city )
, `
Him whom my soul have
loved
saw
ye
? '
The watchmen that
go
about the city found
me:
to
whom
I
said
, Saw
ye
him whom my soul loveth
?
But a little I passed on
from them, Till
I found him whom my soul hath
loved!
I seized
him, and let him not
go, Till
I brought him in
unto
the
house
of
my mother
--
And 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 have
adjured
you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or
by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake
the
love till she
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 coming
up
from
the wilderness ,
Like palm-trees
of smoke, Perfumed `
with '
myrrh and frankincense, From
every
powder
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?
Lo,
his couch
, that
`
is '
Solomon's ,
Sixty
mighty
ones
`
are '
around
it, Of the mighty
of Israel ,
Behold
his bed
, which
is Solomon's ;
threescore
valiant
men
are about
it, of the valiant
of Israel .
All of
them
holding
sword,
taught
of
battle
, Each
his sword by
his thigh ,
for
fear at
night.
They
all hold
swords
, being
expert
in
war:
every
man
hath
his sword upon
his thigh because
of
fear in
the
night.
A
palanquin
king Solomon made for
himself ,
Of the wood of Lebanon ,
King Solomon made himself a
chariot
of the wood of Lebanon .
Its
pillars
he made of silver, Its
bottom of gold, its
seat
of purple, Its
midst lined
`
with '
love, By
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, and
look,
ye daughters of Zion, On
king Solomon ,
with the crown ,
With
which
his mother crowned him ,
In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the joy
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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