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Song of Songs 5

Highlighted words differ from the KJV. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    KJVI 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.
    WEBI 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, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.
  2. 2
    KJVI 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.
    WEBI was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: “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. 3
    KJVI have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
    WEBI have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?
  4. 4
    KJVMy beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
    WEBMy beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him.
  5. 5
    KJVI 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.
    WEBI rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the lock.
  6. 6
    KJVI opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
    WEBI 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’t find him. I called him, but he didn’t answer.
  7. 7
    KJVThe 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.
    WEBThe 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. 8
    KJVI charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
    WEBI adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love.
  9. 9
    KJVWhat 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?
    WEBHow is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so adjure us?
  10. 10
    KJVMy beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
    WEBMy beloved is white and ruddy. The best among ten thousand.
  11. 11
    KJVHis head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
    WEBHis head is like the purest gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven.
  12. 12
    KJVHis eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
    WEBHis eyes are like doves beside the water brooks, washed with milk, mounted like jewels.
  13. 13
    KJVHis cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
    WEBHis cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
  14. 14
    KJVHis hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
    WEBHis hands are like rings of gold set with beryl. His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires.
  15. 15
    KJVHis legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
    WEBHis legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
  16. 16
    KJVHis mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
    WEBHis mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.
  • King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.
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