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Song of Solomon 5

16 aligned verses; 16 with wording or punctuation differences .

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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 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 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 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 have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet ; how shall I defile them?
I have taken off my robe— must I put it back on? I have washed my feet must I soil them again ?
My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
My beloved put his hand to the latch; my heart pounded 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 for my beloved . My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on 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I opened to my beloved ; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone : my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him ; I called him , but he gave me no answer.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 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.
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 .
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 .
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him , that I am sick of love.
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with 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?
How is your beloved better than others , O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so ?
My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.
His head is as the most fine gold , his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
His head is purest gold ; his hair is wavy 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 streams of water , bathed in milk and mounted like jewels .
His cheeks are as a bed of spices , as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
His cheeks are like beds of spice , towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl : his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
His arms are rods of gold set with beryl . His body is an ivory panel bedecked 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 pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold . His appearance is like Lebanon, as majestic 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 ; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

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