Song of Solomon 8:3-5
Good News Translation
3 Your left hand is under my head,
and your right hand caresses me.
4 Promise me, women of Jerusalem,
that you will not interrupt our love.
The Sixth Song
The Women
5 Who is this coming from the desert,
arm in arm with her lover?
The Woman
Under the apple tree I woke you,
in the place where you were born.
Song of Solomon 8:3-5
New King James Version
(To the Daughters of Jerusalem)
3 (A)His left hand is under my head,
And his right hand embraces me.
4 (B)I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.
Love Renewed in Lebanon
A Relative
5 (C)Who is this coming up from the wilderness,
Leaning upon her beloved?
I awakened you under the apple tree.
There your mother brought you forth;
There she who bore you brought you forth.
Song of Solomon 8:3-5
English Standard Version
3 (A)His left hand is under my head,
and his right hand embraces me!
4 I (B)adjure you, O (C)daughters of Jerusalem,
(D)that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
5 (E)Who is that coming up from the wilderness,
leaning on her beloved?
Under the apple tree I awakened you.
There your mother was in labor with you;
there she who bore you was in labor.
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