Song of Solomon 5 NIV HCSB Parallel

◄ Song of Solomon 5 ►

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1I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk. Friends Eat, friends, and drink; drink your fill of love.

1M I have come to my garden--my sister, my bride. I gather my myrrh with my spices. I eat my honeycomb with my honey. I drink my wine with my milk. N Eat, friends! Drink, be intoxicated with love! W

2I slept but my heart was awake. Listen! My beloved is knocking: "Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night."

2I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My love is knocking! M Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one. For my head is drenched with dew, my hair with droplets of the night. W

3I have taken off my robe-- must I put it on again? I have washed my feet-- must I soil them again?

3I have taken off my clothing. How can I put it back on? I have washed my feet. How can I get them dirty?

4My beloved thrust his hand through the latch-opening; my heart began to pound for him.

4My love thrust his hand through the opening, and my feelings were stirred for him.

5I arose to open for my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh, on the handles of the bolt.

5I rose to open for my love. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.

6I opened for my beloved, but my beloved had left; he was gone. My heart sank at his departure. I looked for him but did not find him. I called him but he did not answer.

6I opened to my love, but my love had turned and gone away. I was crushed that he had left. I sought him, but did not find him. I called him, but he did not answer.

7The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. They beat me, they bruised me; they took away my cloak, those watchmen of the walls!

7The guards who go about the city found me. They beat and wounded me; they took my cloak from me-- the guardians of the walls.

8Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you-- if you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him I am faint with love.

8Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you: if you find my love, tell him that I am lovesick. Y

9How is your beloved better than others, most beautiful of women? How is your beloved better than others, that you so charge us?

9What makes the one you love better than another, most beautiful of women? What makes him better than another, that you would give us this charge? W

10My beloved is radiant and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.

10My love is fit and strong, notable among ten thousand.

11His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.

11His head is purest gold. His hair is wavy and black as a raven.

12His eyes are like doves by the water streams, washed in milk, mounted like jewels.

12His eyes are like doves beside streams of water, washed in milk and set like jewels.

13His cheeks are like beds of spice yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with myrrh.

13His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.

14His arms are rods of gold set with topaz. His body is like polished ivory decorated with lapis lazuli.

14His arms are rods of gold set with topaz. His body is an ivory panel covered with sapphires.

15His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as its cedars.

15His legs are alabaster pillars set on pedestals of pure gold. His presence is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.

16His mouth is sweetness itself; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.

16His mouth is sweetness. He is absolutely desirable. This is my love, and this is my friend, young women of Jerusalem.

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