Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
I have
come in
to
my garden, my sister -spouse
, I have plucked
my myrrh with my spice ,
I have eaten my comb
with my honey ,
I have drunk my wine with my milk .
Eat, O friends ,
drink, Yea, drink abundantly, O beloved ones!
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
sleeping
, but my heart waketh: The sound
of my beloved knocking!
`
Open to me, my sister, my friend
, My dove, my perfect
one,
For my head is filled `
with '
dew, My locks `
with '
drops of the night. '
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 have put off my coat ,
how do
I put it on? I have washed my feet ,
how do
I defile them?
I have put off my coat ;
how shall
I put it on? I have washed my feet ;
how shall
I defile them?
My beloved sent
his hand from
the net-work
, And my bowels were moved for him.
My beloved put
in
his hand by
the hole
of
the
door
, and my bowels were moved for him.
I rose to open to my beloved ,
And my hands dropped myrrh, Yea,
my fingers flowing
myrrh, On
the handles of the lock.
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 opened to my beloved ,
But my beloved withdrew
--
he
passed
on
, My soul went
forth
when he spake ,
I sought him, and
found
him
not .
I called him, and
he answered
me not
.
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withdrawn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
.
The watchmen who
go
round
about the city ,
Found me, smote me, wounded me ,
Keepers of the walls lifted
up
my veil from off
me.
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 have
adjured
you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved --
What
do
ye tell him ?
that I `
am '
sick with
love !
I charge
you, O
daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved ,
that
ye tell him ,
that I am sick of
love .
What `
is '
thy beloved above
`any'
beloved, O fair
among women? What `
is '
thy beloved above
`any'
beloved, That thus
thou hast
adjured
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
charge
us?
My beloved `
is '
clear
and ruddy, Conspicuous
above
a
myriad!
My beloved is white
and ruddy, the
chiefest
among
ten
thousand.
His head `
is '
pure
gold
--
fine gold, His locks flowing
, dark
as a raven ,
His head is as
the
most
fine gold, his locks are
bushy
, and
black
as a raven .
His eyes as doves by streams
of water
, Washing
in
milk, sitting
in
fulness
.
His eyes are
as the
eyes
of
doves by the
rivers
of waters
, washed
with
milk, and
fitly
set
.
His cheeks as a bed of the
spice,
towers
of
perfumes
, His lips `are'
lilies, dropping flowing
myrrh ,
His cheeks are
as a bed of spices
, as
sweet
flowers:
his lips like
lilies, dropping sweet
smelling
myrrh .
His hands rings
of
gold ,
set with beryl ,
His heart
bright ivory ,
covered
with sapphires ,
His hands are
as
gold rings
set with the
beryl :
his belly
is
as
bright ivory overlaid
with sapphires .
His limbs
pillars of marble, Founded
on
sockets of fine gold ,
His appearance
as Lebanon, choice
as the cedars.
His legs
are
as
pillars of marble, set
upon
sockets of fine gold :
his countenance
is
as Lebanon, excellent
as the cedars.
His mouth is sweetness
--
and
all
of
him
desirable
, This `
is '
my beloved, and this 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 .
Scripture text: Young's Literal Translation and King James Version. Public domain.; UK publication rights are administered by the Crown's patentee; public domain in most other jurisdictions..