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Song of Songs 4:16-5:8
New International Version
Song of Songs 4:16-5:8
New International Version
She
16 Awake, north wind,
and come, south wind!
Blow on my garden,(A)
that its fragrance(B) may spread everywhere.
Let my beloved(C) come into his garden
and taste its choice fruits.(D)
He
5 I have come into my garden,(E) my sister, my bride;(F)
I have gathered my myrrh with my spice.
I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;
I have drunk my wine and my milk.(G)
Friends
Eat, friends, and drink;
drink your fill of love.
She
2 I slept but my heart was awake.
Listen! My beloved is knocking:
“Open to me, my sister, my darling,
my dove,(H) my flawless(I) one.(J)
My head is drenched with dew,
my hair with the dampness of the night.”
3 I have taken off my robe—
must I put it on again?
I have washed my feet—
must I soil them again?
4 My beloved thrust his hand through the latch-opening;
my heart began to pound for him.
5 I arose to open for my beloved,
and my hands dripped with myrrh,(K)
my fingers with flowing myrrh,
on the handles of the bolt.
6 I opened for my beloved,(L)
but my beloved had left; he was gone.(M)
My heart sank at his departure.[a]
I looked(N) for him but did not find him.
I called him but he did not answer.
7 The watchmen found me
as they made their rounds in the city.(O)
They beat me, they bruised me;
they took away my cloak,
those watchmen of the walls!
8 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you(P)—
if you find my beloved,(Q)
what will you tell him?
Tell him I am faint with love.(R)
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 5:6 Or heart had gone out to him when he spoke
Song of Solomon 4:16-5:8
English Standard Version
Song of Solomon 4:16-5:8
English Standard Version
16 Awake, O north wind,
and come, O south wind!
Blow upon my (A)garden,
let its spices flow.
Together in the Garden of Love
She
He
5 I (E)came to my garden, my (F)sister, my bride,
I gathered my (G)myrrh with my spice,
I ate my (H)honeycomb with my honey,
I (I)drank my wine with my milk.
Others
Eat, (J)friends, drink,
and be drunk with love!
The Bride Searches for Her Beloved
She
2 I slept, but my heart was awake.
A sound! My beloved is (K)knocking.
“Open to me, my (L)sister, my (M)love,
my (N)dove, my (O)perfect one,
for my head is wet with dew,
my (P)locks with the drops of the night.”
3 (Q)I had put off my garment;
how could I put it on?
I had (R)bathed my feet;
how could I soil them?
4 My beloved put his hand to the latch,
and my heart was thrilled within me.
5 I arose to open to my beloved,
and my hands dripped with myrrh,
my fingers with (S)liquid myrrh,
on the handles of the bolt.
6 I opened to my beloved,
but my beloved had turned and gone.
My soul failed me when he (T)spoke.
(U)I sought him, but found him not;
(V)I called him, but he gave no answer.
7 (W)The watchmen found me
as they went about in the city;
they beat me, they bruised me,
they took away my veil,
those watchmen of the walls.
8 I (X)adjure you, O (Y)daughters of Jerusalem,
if you find my beloved,
that you tell him
(Z)I am sick with love.
Song of Solomon 4:16-5:8
King James Version
Song of Solomon 4:16-5:8
King James Version
16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
5 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.
2 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.
3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
5 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.
6 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.
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.
8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
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