Song of Solomon 5

Song of Solomon 5:1

ASV: I am 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. Eat, O friends; Drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

DARBY: 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, beloved ones!

DRA: Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat the fruit of his apple trees. I am come into my garden, O my sister, my spouse, I have gathered my myrrh, with my aromatical spices: I have eaten the honeycomb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends, and drink, and be inebriated, my dearly beloved.

KJV: 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.

Song of Solomon 5:2

ASV: I was asleep, but my heart waked: 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, My locks with the drops of the night.

DARBY: I slept, but my heart was awake. The voice of my beloved! he knocketh: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, mine undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.

DRA: I sleep, and my heart watcheth; the voice of my beloved knocking: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is full of dew, and my locks of the drops of the nights.

KJV: 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.

Song of Solomon 5:3

ASV: I have put off my garment; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

DARBY: I have put off my tunic, how should I put it on? I have washed my feet, how should I pollute them?

DRA: I have put off my garment, how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?

KJV: I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

Song of Solomon 5:4

ASV: My beloved put in his hand by the hole [of the door], And my heart was moved for him.

DARBY: My beloved put in his hand by the hole [of the door]; And my bowels yearned for him.

DRA: My beloved put his hand through the key hole, and my bowels were moved at his touch.

KJV: My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.

Song of Solomon 5:5

ASV: I rose up to open to my beloved; And my hands droppeth with myrrh, And my fingers with liquid myrrh, Upon the handles of the bolt.

DARBY: I rose up to open to my beloved; And my hands dropped with myrrh, And my fingers with liquid myrrh, Upon the handles of the lock.

DRA: I arose up to open to my beloved: my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers were full of the choicest myrrh.

KJV: 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.

Song of Solomon 5:6

ASV: I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself, [and] was gone. My soul had failed me when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

DARBY: I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself; he was gone: My soul went forth when he spoke. I sought him, but I found him not; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

DRA: I opened the bolt of my door to my beloved: but he had turned aside, and was gone. My soul melted when he spoke: I sought him, and found him not: I called, and he did not answer me.

KJV: 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.

Song of Solomon 5:7

ASV: The watchmen that go about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me.

DARBY: 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.

DRA: The keepers that go about the city found me: they struck me: and wounded me: the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

KJV: 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.

Song of Solomon 5:8

ASV: I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, That ye tell him, that I am sick from love.

DARBY: I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, What will ye tell him? That I am sick of love.

DRA: I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him that I languish with love.

KJV: I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

Song of Solomon 5:9

ASV: What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, That thou dost so adjure us?

DARBY: What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, Thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, That thou dost so charge us?

DRA: What manner of one is thy beloved of the beloved, O thou most beautiful among women? what manner of one is thy beloved of the beloved, that thou hast so adjured us?

KJV: What 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?

Song of Solomon 5:10

ASV: My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand.

DARBY: My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand.

DRA: My beloved is white and ruddy, chosen out of thousands.

KJV: My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

Song of Solomon 5:11

ASV: His head is [as] the most fine gold; His locks are bushy, [and] black as a raven.

DARBY: His head is [as] the finest gold; His locks are flowing, black as the raven;

DRA: His head is as the finest gold: his locks as branches of palm trees, black as a raven.

KJV: His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.

Song of Solomon 5:12

ASV: His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks, Washed with milk, [and] fitly set.

DARBY: His eyes are like doves by the water-brooks, Washed with milk, fitly set;

DRA: His eyes as doves upon brooks of waters, which are washed with milk, and sit beside the plentiful streams.

KJV: His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

Song of Solomon 5:13

ASV: His cheeks are as a bed of spices, [As] banks of sweet herbs: His lips are [as] lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

DARBY: His cheeks are as a bed of spices, raised beds of sweet plants; His lips lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

DRA: His cheeks are as beds of aromatical spices set by the perfumers. His lips are as lilies dropping choice myrrb.

KJV: His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

Song of Solomon 5:14

ASV: His hands are [as] rings of gold set with beryl: His body is [as] ivory work overlaid [with] sapphires.

DARBY: His hands gold rings, set with the chrysolite; His belly is bright ivory, overlaid [with] sapphires;

DRA: His hands are turned and as of gold, full of hyacinths. His belly as of ivory, set with sapphires.

KJV: His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

Song of Solomon 5:15

ASV: His legs are [as] pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: His aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

DARBY: His legs, pillars of marble, set upon bases of fine gold: His bearing as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars;

DRA: His legs as pillars of marble, that are set upon bases of gold. His form as of Libanus, excellent as the cedars.

KJV: His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

Song of Solomon 5:16

ASV: His mouth is most sweet; Yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

DARBY: His mouth is most sweet: Yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, yea, this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

DRA: His throat most sweet, and he is all lovely: such is my beloved, and he is my friend, O ye daughters of Jerusalem.

KJV: His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

Song of Solomon 5:17

DRA: Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou most beautiful among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside, and we will seek him with thee?