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Song of Songs 3

All night on my bed I looked for the one my soul loves. I looked for him and didn't find him. I will get up now and go about the city, through the streets and the squares. I will look for the one my soul loves. I looked for him and didn't find him. The watchmen going round the city found me. Have you seen the one my soul loves? I had hard

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Looking for him at night

All night on my bed I looked for the one my soul loves. I looked for him and didn't find him. I will get up now and go about the city, through the streets and the squares. I will look for the one my soul loves. I looked for him and didn't find him. The watchmen going round the city found me. Have you seen the one my soul loves? I had hardly passed them when I found the one my soul loves. I held him and wouldn't let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, into the room of the one who conceived me. Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the roes and the hinds of the field: don't stir up or wake my love until he pleases.

By night on my bed I looked for the one my soul loves. I looked for him, but I didn't find him. I'll get up now and go about the town, in the streets and in the wide places. I'll look for the one my soul loves. I looked for him, but I didn't find him. The watchmen who go about the town found me. I said: Have you seen the one my soul loves? I'd only just gone past them when I found the one my soul loves. I held him and wouldn't let him go, till I'd brought him into my mother's house, into the room of the one who conceived me. I make you swear, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the deer of the field, that you don't stir up or wake my love till she wants to.

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

1

All night on my bed I looked for the one my soul loves. I looked for him and didn't find him.

Plain English

By night on my bed I looked for the one my soul loves. I looked for him, but I didn't find him.

King James Version, 1611

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

2

I will get up now and go about the city, through the streets and the squares. I will look for the one my soul loves. I looked for him and didn't find him.

Plain English

I'll get up now and go about the town, in the streets and in the wide places. I'll look for the one my soul loves. I looked for him, but I didn't find him.

King James Version, 1611

I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

3

The watchmen going round the city found me. Have you seen the one my soul loves?

Plain English

The watchmen who go about the town found me. I said: Have you seen the one my soul loves?

King James Version, 1611

The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

4

I had hardly passed them when I found the one my soul loves. I held him and wouldn't let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, into the room of the one who conceived me.

Plain English

I'd only just gone past them when I found the one my soul loves. I held him and wouldn't let him go, till I'd brought him into my mother's house, into the room of the one who conceived me.

King James Version, 1611

It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

5

Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the roes and the hinds of the field: don't stir up or wake my love until he pleases.

Plain English

I make you swear, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the deer of the field, that you don't stir up or wake my love till she wants to.

King James Version, 1611

I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

Solomon's carriage

Who is this coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the merchant's powders? Look — Solomon's bed, with sixty valiant men around it, of the valiant men of Israel. All of them are armed with swords, all trained for war, each with his sword at his side against the terrors of the night. King Solomon made himself a chariot from the wood of Lebanon. He made its pillars of silver, its bottom of gold, its covering of purple, and the middle of it paved with love for the daughters of Jerusalem. Come out, daughters of Zion, and look at King Solomon wearing the crown his mother placed on him on the day of his wedding, on the day his heart rejoiced.

Who's this coming up out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, sweet with myrrh and frankincense, with all the powders of the merchant? Look at his bed, that's Solomon's. Sixty strong men are round it, of the strong men of Israel. They all hold swords and know war. Every man has his sword on his thigh because of fear in the night. King Solomon made himself a carriage of the wood of Lebanon. He made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple, and the middle of it paved with love for the daughters of Jerusalem. Go out, daughters of Zion, and look at King Solomon with the crown his mother crowned him with on the day of his wedding, and on the day his heart was glad.

Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant? Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel. They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem. Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

6

Who is this coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the merchant's powders?

Plain English

Who's this coming up out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, sweet with myrrh and frankincense, with all the powders of the merchant?

King James Version, 1611

Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

7

Look — Solomon's bed, with sixty valiant men around it, of the valiant men of Israel.

Plain English

Look at his bed, that's Solomon's. Sixty strong men are round it, of the strong men of Israel.

King James Version, 1611

Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.

8

All of them are armed with swords, all trained for war, each with his sword at his side against the terrors of the night.

Plain English

They all hold swords and know war. Every man has his sword on his thigh because of fear in the night.

King James Version, 1611

They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.

9

King Solomon made himself a chariot from the wood of Lebanon.

Plain English

King Solomon made himself a carriage of the wood of Lebanon.

King James Version, 1611

King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.

10

He made its pillars of silver, its bottom of gold, its covering of purple, and the middle of it paved with love for the daughters of Jerusalem.

Plain English

He made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple, and the middle of it paved with love for the daughters of Jerusalem.

King James Version, 1611

He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.

11

Come out, daughters of Zion, and look at King Solomon wearing the crown his mother placed on him on the day of his wedding, on the day his heart rejoiced.

Plain English

Go out, daughters of Zion, and look at King Solomon with the crown his mother crowned him with on the day of his wedding, and on the day his heart was glad.

King James Version, 1611

Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.