Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
Oh
that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! `
When '
I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; Yea, and
none
would
despise
me
.
O
that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I
should
not
be
despised
.
I would lead thee, `
and '
bring thee into my mother's house, Who would instruct me ;
I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine ,
Of the juice of my pomegranate.
I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me :
I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
His left hand `
should be '
under my head, And his right hand should embrace me.
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
I adjure
you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake `
my '
love, Until he please.
I charge
you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple -
tree I
awakened
thee
: There thy mother was
in
travail
with
thee ,
There was
she in
travail
that
brought thee forth.
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I
raised
thee
up
under the apple tree: there thy mother brought
thee forth:
there she brought thee forth that
bare
thee
.
Set me as a seal upon thy
heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol;
The flashes
thereof are flashes
of fire, A very
flame of
Jehovah
.
Set me as a seal upon thine
heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave:
the
coals
thereof are coals
of fire, which
hath
a most
vehement
flame.
Many waters cannot quench love, Neither can floods drown it: If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, He
would utterly be contemned.
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the
floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it
would utterly be contemned.
We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts: What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for?
We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret
of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar.
If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace
of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
I am a wall, and my breasts like the
towers `thereof'
Then was I in his eyes as one that found peace
.
I am a wall, and my breasts like towers :
then was I in his eyes as one that found favour
.
Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon
; He let out the vineyard unto keepers; Every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand `
pieces '
of silver.
Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon
; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: Thou, O Solomon, shalt
have the
thousand, And those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must
have a
thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, The companions hearken for
thy voice: Cause me to hear it.
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to
thy voice: cause me to hear it.
Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
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