Verse
KJV
King James Version
WEB
World English Bible
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 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 .
Friends
Eat, friends !
Drink, yes
, drink abundantly, beloved. 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 was
awake.
It is the voice of my beloved who
knocks:
Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled ;
For my head is filled 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.
Indeed,
must
I put it on? I have washed my feet .
Indeed,
must
I soil
them?
My beloved put
in
his hand by
the
hole
of
the door,
and
my bowels
were
moved
for him.
My beloved thrust
his hand in
through
the latch
opening.
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 liquid
myrrh, On
the handles of the lock.
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withdrawn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 left;
gone away.
My heart
went
out
when he spoke.
I looked
for
him, but I didn't
find him .
I called him, but he didn't
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 who
go
about the city found me .
They beat
me .
They bruised
me .
The keepers of the walls took my cloak
away
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, daughters of Jerusalem, If you
find my beloved, That you
tell him that I am faint
with
love. Friends
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 another beloved, You
fairest among women? How
is your
beloved better
than another beloved, That you
do
so adjure
us? Beloved
My beloved is white and ruddy ,
the chiefest
among ten thousand.
My beloved is white and ruddy .
The best
among ten thousand.
His head is as
the most
fine
gold ,
his locks
are
bushy, and
black as a raven.
His head is like
the purest
gold .
His hair
is
bushy, 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, 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
a bed of spices with
towers
of
perfumes.
His lips are
like 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 like
rings of
gold
set with beryl .
His body
is like
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 like
pillars of marble set on
sockets of fine gold .
His appearance
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 sweetness;
Yes
, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, Daughters of Jerusalem. Friends
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