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The Song of Songs 5:2--8:4

5:2

I sleep
<03463>_,

but my heart
<03820>

waketh
<05782> (8802)_:

[it is] the voice
<06963>

of my beloved
<01730>

that knocketh
<01849> (8802)_,

[saying], Open
<06605> (8798)

to me, my sister
<0269>_,

my love
<07474>_,

my dove
<03123>_,

my undefiled
<08535>_:

for my head
<07218>

is filled
<04390> (8738)

with dew
<02919>_,

[and] my locks
<06977>

with the drops
<07447>

of the night
<03915>_.

5:3

I have put off
<06584> (8804)

my coat
<03801>_;

how
<0349>

shall I put it on
<03847> (8799)_?

I have washed
<07364> (8804)

my feet
<07272>_;

how
<0349>

shall I defile
<02936> (8762)

them?

5:4

My beloved
<01730>

put in
<07971> (8804)

his hand
<03027>

by
<04480>

the hole
<02356>

[of the door], and my bowels
<04578>

were moved
<01993> (8804)

for him. {for him: or, (as some read) in me}

5:5

I rose up
<06965> (8804)

to open
<06605> (8800)

to my beloved
<01730>_;

and my hands
<03027>

dropped
<05197> (8804)

[with] myrrh
<04753>_,

and my fingers
<0676>

[with] sweet smelling
<05674> (8802)

myrrh
<04753>_,

upon the handles
<03709>

of the lock
<04514>_.

{sweet...: Heb. passing, or, running about}

5:6

I opened
<06605> (8804)

to my beloved
<01730>_;

but my beloved
<01730>

had withdrawn
<02559> (8804)

himself, [and] was gone
<05674> (8804)_:

my soul
<05315>

failed
<03318> (8804)

when he spake
<01696> (8763)_:

I sought
<01245> (8765)

him, but I could not find
<04672> (8804)

him; I called
<07121> (8804)

him, but he gave me no answer
<06030> (8804)_.

5:7

The watchmen
<08104> (8802)

that went about
<05437> (8802)

the city
<05892>

found
<04672> (8804)

me, they smote
<05221> (8689)

me, they wounded
<06481> (8804)

me; the keepers
<08104> (8802)

of the walls
<02346>

took away
<05375> (8804)

my veil
<07289>

from me.

5:8

I charge
<07650> (8689)

you, O daughters
<01323>

of Jerusalem
<03389>_,

if ye find
<04672> (8799)

my beloved
<01730>_,

that ye tell
<05046> (8686)

him, that I [am] sick
<02470> (8802)

of love
<0160>_.

{that ye: Heb. what, etc}

5:9

What [is] thy beloved
<01730>

more than [another] beloved
<01730>_,

O thou fairest
<03303>

among women
<0802>_?

what [is] thy beloved
<01730>

more than [another] beloved
<01730>_,

that thou
<03602>

dost so charge
<07650> (8689)

us?

5:10

My beloved
<01730>

[is] white
<06703>

and ruddy
<0122>_,

the chiefest
<01713> (8803)

among ten thousand
<07233>_.

{the chiefest: Heb. a standard-bearer}

5:11

His head
<07218>

[is as] the most
<03800>

fine gold
<06337>_,

his locks
<06977>

[are] bushy
<08534>_,

[and] black
<07838>

as a raven
<06158>_.

{bushy: or, curled}

5:12

His eyes
<05869>

[are] as [the eyes] of doves
<03123>

by the rivers
<0650>

of waters
<04325>_,

washed
<07364> (8801)

with milk
<02461>_,

[and] fitly set
<03427> (8802) <04402>_.

{fitly...: Heb. sitting in fulness, that is, fitly placed, and set as a precious stone in the foil of a ring}

5:13

His cheeks
<03895>

[are] as a bed
<06170>

of spices
<01314>_,

[as] sweet
<04840>

flowers
<04026>_:

his lips
<08193>

[like] lilies
<07799>_,

dropping
<05197> (8802)

sweet smelling
<05674> (8802)

myrrh
<04753>_.

{sweet flowers: or, towers of perfumes}

5:14

His hands
<03027>

[are as] gold
<02091>

rings
<01550>

set
<04390> (8794)

with the beryl
<08658>_:

his belly
<04578>

[is as] bright
<06247>

ivory
<08127>

overlaid
<05968> (8794)

[with] sapphires
<05601>_.

5:15

His legs
<07785>

[are as] pillars
<05982>

of marble
<08336>_,

set
<03245> (8794)

upon sockets
<0134>

of fine gold
<06337>_:

his countenance
<04758>

[is] as Lebanon
<03844>_,

excellent
<0977> (8803)

as the cedars
<0730>_.

5:16

His mouth
<02441>

[is] most sweet
<04477>_:

yea, he [is] altogether lovely
<04261>_.

This [is] my beloved
<01730>_,

and this [is] my friend
<07453>_,

O daughters
<01323>

of Jerusalem
<03389>_.

{mouth: Heb. palate}

6:1

Whither is thy beloved
<01730>

gone
<01980> (8804)_,

O thou fairest
<03303>

among women
<0802>_?

whither is thy beloved
<01730>

turned aside
<06437> (8804)_?

that we may seek
<01245> (8762)

him with thee.

6:2

My beloved
<01730>

is gone down
<03381> (8804)

into his garden
<01588>_,

to the beds
<06170>

of spices
<01314>_,

to feed
<07462> (8800)

in the gardens
<01588>_,

and to gather
<03950> (8800)

lilies
<07799>_.

6:3

I [am] my beloved's
<01730>_,

and my beloved
<01730>

[is] mine: he feedeth
<07462> (8802)

among the lilies
<07799>_.

6:4

Thou [art] beautiful
<03303>_,

O my love
<07474>_,

as Tirzah
<08656>_,

comely
<05000>

as Jerusalem
<03389>_,

terrible
<0366>

as [an army] with banners
<01713> (8737)_.

6:5

Turn away
<05437> (8685)

thine eyes
<05869>

from me, for they
<01992>

have overcome
<07292> (8689)

me: thy hair
<08181>

[is] as a flock
<05739>

of goats
<05795>

that appear
<01570>

from Gilead
<01568>_.

{overcome...: or, puffed me up}

6:6

Thy teeth
<08127>

[are] as a flock
<05739>

of sheep
<07353>

which go up
<05927> (8804)

from the washing
<07367>_,

whereof every one beareth twins
<08382> (8688)_,

and [there is] not one barren
<07909>

among them.

6:7

As a piece
<06400>

of a pomegranate
<07416>

[are] thy temples
<07541>

within
<01157>

thy locks
<06777>_.

6:8

There are threescore
<08346>

queens
<04436>_,

and fourscore
<08084>

concubines
<06370>_,

and virgins
<05959>

without number
<04557>_.

6:9

My dove
<03123>_,

my undefiled
<08535>

is [but] one
<0259>_;

she [is] the [only] one
<0259>

of her mother
<0517>_,

she [is] the choice
<01249>

[one] of her that bare
<03205> (8802)

her. The daughters
<01323>

saw
<07200> (8804)

her, and blessed
<0833> (8762)

her; [yea], the queens
<04436>

and the concubines
<06370>_,

and they praised
<01984> (8762)

her.

6:10

Who [is] she [that] looketh forth
<08259> (8737)

as the morning
<07837>_,

fair
<03303>

as the moon
<03842>_,

clear
<01249>

as the sun
<02535>_,

[and] terrible
<0366>

as [an army] with banners
<01713> (8737)_?

6:11

I went down
<03381> (8804)

into the garden
<01594>

of nuts
<093>

to see
<07200> (8800)

the fruits
<03>

of the valley
<05158>_,

[and] to see
<07200> (8800)

whether the vine
<01612>

flourished
<06524> (8804)_,

[and] the pomegranates
<07416>

budded
<05132> (8689)_.

6:12

Or ever I was aware
<03045> (8804)_,

my soul
<05315>

made
<07760> (8804)

me [like] the chariots
<04818>

of Amminadib
<05993>_.

{Or ever...: Heb. I knew not} {made...: or, set me on the chariots of my willing people}

6:13

Return
<07725> (8798)_,

return
<07725> (8798)_,

O Shulamite
<07759>_;

return
<07725> (8798)_,

that we may look
<02372> (8799)

upon thee. What will ye see
<02372> (8799)

in the Shulamite
<07759>_?

As it were the company
<04246>

of two armies
<04264>_.

{of...: or, of Mahanaim}

7:1

How beautiful
<03302> (8804)

are thy feet
<06471>

with shoes
<05275>_,

O prince's
<05081>

daughter
<01323>_!

the joints
<02542>

of thy thighs
<03409>

[are] like jewels
<02481>_,

the work
<04639>

of the hands
<03027>

of a cunning workman
<0542>_.

7:2

Thy navel
<08326>

[is like] a round
<05469>

goblet
<0101>_,

[which] wanteth
<02637> (8799)

not liquor
<04197>_:

thy belly
<0990>

[is like] an heap
<06194>

of wheat
<02406>

set about
<05473> (8803)

with lilies
<07799>_.

{liquor: Heb. mixture}

7:3

Thy two
<08147>

breasts
<07699>

[are] like two
<08147>

young
<06082>

roes
<06646>

[that are] twins
<08380>_.

7:4

Thy neck
<06677>

[is] as a tower
<04026>

of ivory
<08127>_;

thine eyes
<05869>

[like] the fishpools
<01295>

in Heshbon
<02809>_,

by the gate
<08179>

of Bathrabbim
<01337>_:

thy nose
<0639>

[is] as the tower
<04026>

of Lebanon
<03844>

which looketh
<06822> (8802)

toward
<06440>

Damascus
<01834>_.

7:5

Thine head
<07218>

upon thee [is] like Carmel
<03760>_,

and the hair
<01803>

of thine head
<07218>

like purple
<0713>_;

the king
<04428>

[is] held
<0631> (8803)

in the galleries
<07298>_.

{Carmel: or, crimson} {held: Heb. bound}

7:6

How fair
<03302> (8804)

and how pleasant
<05276> (8804)

art thou, O love
<0160>_,

for delights
<08588>_!

7:7

This thy stature
<06967>

is like
<01819> (8804)

to a palm tree
<08558>_,

and thy breasts
<07699>

to clusters
<0811>

[of grapes].

7:8

I said
<0559> (8804)_,

I will go up
<05927> (8799)

to the palm tree
<08558>_,

I will take hold
<0270> (8799)

of the boughs
<05577>

thereof: now also thy breasts
<07699>

shall be as clusters
<0811>

of the vine
<01612>_,

and the smell
<07381>

of thy nose
<0639>

like apples
<08598>_;

7:9

And the roof of thy mouth
<02441>

like the best
<02896>

wine
<03196>

for my beloved
<01730>_,

that goeth
<01980> (8802)

[down] sweetly
<04339>_,

causing the lips
<08193>

of those that are asleep
<03463>

to speak
<01680> (8802)_.

{sweetly: Heb. straightly} {of those...: or, of the ancient}

7:10

I [am] my beloved's
<01730>_,

and his desire
<08669>

[is] toward me.

7:11

Come
<03212> (8798)_,

my beloved
<01730>_,

let us go forth
<03318> (8799)

into the field
<07704>_;

let us lodge
<03885> (8799)

in the villages
<03723>_.

7:12

Let us get up early
<07925> (8686)

to the vineyards
<03754>_;

let us see
<07200> (8799)

if the vine
<01612>

flourish
<06524> (8804)_,

[whether] the tender grape
<05563>

appear
<06605> (8765)_,

[and] the pomegranates
<07416>

bud forth
<05132> (8689)_:

there will I give
<05414> (8799)

thee my loves
<01730>_.

{appear: Heb. open}

7:13

The mandrakes
<01736>

give
<05414> (8804)

a smell
<07381>_,

and at our gates
<06607>

[are] all manner of pleasant
<04022>

[fruits], new
<02319>

and old
<03465>_,

[which] I have laid up
<06845> (8804)

for thee, O my beloved
<01730>_.

8:1

O that
<05414> (8799)

thou [wert] as my brother
<0251>_,

that sucked
<03243> (8802)

the breasts
<07699>

of my mother
<0517>_!

[when] I should find
<04672> (8799)

thee without
<02351>_,

I would kiss
<05401> (8799)

thee; yea, I should not be despised
<0936> (8799)_.

{I should not...: Heb. they should not despise me}

8:2

I would lead
<05090> (8799)

thee, [and] bring
<0935> (8686)

thee into my mother's
<0517>

house
<01004>_,

[who] would instruct
<03925> (8762)

me: I would cause thee to drink
<08248> (8686)

of spiced
<07544>

wine
<03196>

of the juice
<06071>

of my pomegranate
<07416>_.

8:3

His left hand
<08040>

[should be] under my head
<07218>_,

and his right hand
<03225>

should embrace
<02263> (8762)

me.

8:4

I charge
<07650> (8689)

you, O daughters
<01323>

of Jerusalem
<03389>_,

that ye stir not up
<05782> (8686)_,

nor awake
<05782> (8787)

[my] love
<0160>_,

until he please
<02654> (8799)_.

{that...: Heb. why should ye stir up, or, why, etc}