Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
I have
come to
my garden, my sister, my bride ;
I have gathered my myrrh with my spice .
I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends ,
and
drink
; drink freely
, O beloved.
I am
come into
my garden, my sister, `
my '
bride :
I have gathered my myrrh with my spice ;
I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; Drink, yea,
drink
abundantly,
O beloved.
I sleep
, but my heart is awake.
A
sound!
My beloved is
knocking:
“
Open to me, my sister, my darling
, my dove, my flawless
one.
My head is drenched
with dew, my hair
with the dampness
of the night. ”
I was
asleep
, but my heart waked:
It
is the
voice
of
my beloved that
knocketh,
`saying',
Open to me, my sister, my love
, my dove, my undefiled;
For
my head is filled
with dew, My locks
with the drops
of the night.
I have taken
off my robe—
must
I put it back
on? I have washed my feet —
must
I soil
them again
?
I have put
off my garment;
how
shall
I put it on? I have washed my feet ;
how
shall
I defile
them?
My beloved put his hand to
the latch;
my heart pounded
for him.
My beloved put in
his hand by
the hole
`of
the
door',
And
my heart was
moved
for him.
I rose up to open for
my beloved .
My hands dripped
with myrrh, my fingers with flowing
myrrh on
the handles of the bolt.
I rose up to open to
my beloved ;
And
my hands droppeth
with myrrh, And
my fingers with liquid
myrrh ,
Upon
the handles of the bolt.
I opened for
my beloved ,
but he
had turned
and gone. My heart
sank
at
his
departure.
I sought him, but did
not find him .
I called, but he did
not
answer.
I opened to
my beloved ;
But my
beloved
had withdrawn
himself,
`
and '
was
gone. My soul
had
failed
me
when
he
spake:
I sought him, but I
could
not find him ;
I called him
, but he gave
me
no
answer.
I
encountered
the watchmen on
their
rounds
of
the city .
They beat
me and
bruised
me; they
took
away
my
cloak,
those
guardians
of the walls.
The watchmen that
go
about
the city found
me,
They smote
me ,
they
wounded
me; The
keepers
of the walls took
away
my
mantle
from
me
.
O daughters of Jerusalem, I
adjure
you,
if you
find my beloved, tell him I am sick with
love.
I
adjure
you,
O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye
find my beloved, That
ye
tell him ,
that
I am sick from
love.
How
is your
beloved better
than others
, O most
beautiful
among women? How
is your
beloved better
than another, that you
charge
us
so?
What
is thy
beloved more
than `another'
beloved
, O thou
fairest
among women? What
is thy
beloved more
than `
another '
beloved
, That thou
dost
so adjure
us
?
My beloved is dazzling
and ruddy, outstanding
among ten thousand.
My beloved is white
and ruddy, The
chiefest
among ten thousand.
His head is purest
gold; his hair
is
wavy
and black as a raven.
His head is `as'
the
most
fine
gold; His locks
are
bushy,
`
and '
black as a raven.
His eyes are like doves beside the streams
of
water, bathed
in
milk and mounted
like
jewels
.
His eyes are like doves beside the water -brooks
, Washed
with
milk ,
`
and '
fitly
set
.
His cheeks are like
beds
of spice
, towers
of perfume.
His lips are like
lilies, dripping
with
flowing
myrrh.
His cheeks are as
a
bed
of spices
, `As'
banks
of sweet
herbs:
His lips are `as'
lilies, dropping
liquid
myrrh.
His arms
are rods
of gold set with beryl .
His body is an
ivory panel
bedecked
with sapphires.
His hands
are `as'
rings
of gold set with beryl :
His body is `as'
ivory work
overlaid
`
with '
sapphires.
His legs are pillars of marble set on
bases
of pure
gold .
His appearance
is like Lebanon, as
majestic
as the cedars.
His legs are `as'
pillars of marble ,
set upon
sockets
of fine
gold :
His aspect
is like Lebanon, excellent
as the cedars.
His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
His mouth is most sweet; Yea,
he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
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