| Song of Solomon 5 | WEB Song Solomon 5 |
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| 1 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: . Friends eat, O friends; drink, yeas, drink abundantly, O beloved. | 1 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, O friends! Drink, yeas, drink abundantly, beloved. Beloved |
| 2 I was asleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knockseth, 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. | 2 I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knockseth: " , saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night." |
| 3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? | 3 I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them? |
| 4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. | 4 My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him. |
| 5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands driopped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. | 5 I rose up to open for my beloved. ; and My hands droipped with myrrh, and my fingers with liquid myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. |
| 6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: away. my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. | 6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left; and had gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn'not find him. I called him, but he didn't answer. |
| 7 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. | 7 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. |
| 8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love. Friends | 8 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love. Friends |
| 9 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? Beloved | 9 How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you dost so adjure us? Beloved |
| 10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. | 10 My beloved is white and ruddy. The best among ten thousand. |
| 11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. | 11 His head is like the purest gold. His hair is bushy, and black as a raven. |
| 12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters brooks, washed with milk, and fitly set. | 12 His eyes are like doves beside the waters brooks, washed with milk, mounted like jewels. |
| 13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips are like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. | 13 His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh. |
| 14 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory work overlaid with sapphires. | 14 His hands are like rings of gold set with the beryl. His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires. |
| 15 His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. | 15 His legs are like pillars of marble set upon sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. |
| 16 His mouth is most sweetness: yeas, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. Friends | 16 His mouth is most sweetness; yeas, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. Friends |