Verse
KJV
King James Version
ASV
American Standard Version
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse
: 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 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 waketh
: 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, and
my locks with the drops 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 put off my coat
; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
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 in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels
were
moved 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 to my beloved; and my hands dropped
with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet
smelling
myrrh, upon the handles of the lock
.
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I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone :
my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no 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I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself, `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.
The watchmen that went
about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil
from me.
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.
I charge
you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of
love.
I adjure
you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, That ye tell him, that I am sick from
love.
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 charge
us?
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 white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand.
His head is as the most fine gold ,
his locks are bushy, 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 as
the
eyes
of
doves by
the rivers
of
waters
, washed with milk, and fitly set.
His eyes are like
doves beside
the water-brooks
, Washed with milk, `
and '
fitly set.
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers
: his lips like
lilies, dropping sweet
smelling
myrrh.
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, `
As '
banks
of
sweet herbs
: His lips are
`as'
lilies, dropping liquid
myrrh.
His hands are as gold
rings set with the
beryl: his belly
is as bright
ivory overlaid with sapphires.
His hands are `
as '
rings of
gold
set with beryl: His body
is `
as '
ivory work
overlaid `
with '
sapphires.
His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance
is as
Lebanon, excellent 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 :
yea, 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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