# Song of Solomon 5 ## Song of Solomon 5:1 - [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. - [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. - [YLT] I have come in to my garden, my sister-spouse, I have plucked my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my comb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, drink, Yea, drink abundantly, O beloved ones! ### Notes on Song of Solomon 5:1 - ## Song of Solomon 5:2 - [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. - [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. - [YLT] I am sleeping, but my heart waketh: The sound of my beloved knocking! 'Open to me, my sister, my friend, My dove, my perfect one, For my head is filled *with* dew, My locks *with* drops of the night.' ### Notes on Song of Solomon 5:2 - ## Song of Solomon 5:3 - [KJV] I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? - [ASV] I have put off my garment; How shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? - [YLT] I have put off my coat, how do I put it on? I have washed my feet, how do I defile them? ### Notes on Song of Solomon 5:3 - ## Song of Solomon 5:4 - [KJV] My beloved put in his hand by the hole *of the door*, and my bowels were moved for him. - [ASV] My beloved put in his hand by the hole *of the door*, And my heart was moved for him. - [YLT] My beloved sent his hand from the net-work, And my bowels were moved for him. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 5:4 - ## Song of Solomon 5:5 - [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. - [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. - [YLT] I rose to open to my beloved, And my hands dropped myrrh, Yea, my fingers flowing myrrh, On the handles of the lock. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 5:5 - ## Song of Solomon 5:6 - [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. - [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. - [YLT] I opened to my beloved, But my beloved withdrew -- he passed on, My soul went forth when he spake, I sought him, and found him not. I called him, and he answered me not. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 5:6 - ## Song of Solomon 5:7 - [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. - [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. - [YLT] The watchmen who go round about the city, Found me, smote me, wounded me, Keepers of the walls lifted up my veil from off me. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 5:7 - ## Song of Solomon 5:8 - [KJV] I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I *am* sick of love. - [ASV] I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, That ye tell him, that I am sick from love. - [YLT] I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved -- What do ye tell him? that I *am* sick with love! ### Notes on Song of Solomon 5:8 - ## Song of Solomon 5:9 - [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? - [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? - [YLT] What *is* thy beloved above *any* beloved, O fair among women? What *is* thy beloved above *any* beloved, That thus thou hast adjured us? ### Notes on Song of Solomon 5:9 - ## Song of Solomon 5:10 - [KJV] My beloved *is* white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. - [ASV] My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand. - [YLT] My beloved *is* clear and ruddy, Conspicuous above a myriad! ### Notes on Song of Solomon 5:10 - ## Song of Solomon 5:11 - [KJV] His head *is as* the most fine gold, his locks *are* bushy, *and* black as a raven. - [ASV] His head is *as* the most fine gold; His locks are bushy, *and* black as a raven. - [YLT] His head *is* pure gold -- fine gold, His locks flowing, dark as a raven, ### Notes on Song of Solomon 5:11 - ## Song of Solomon 5:12 - [KJV] His eyes *are* as *the eyes* of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, *and* fitly set. - [ASV] His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks, Washed with milk, *and* fitly set. - [YLT] His eyes as doves by streams of water, Washing in milk, sitting in fulness. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 5:12 - ## Song of Solomon 5:13 - [KJV] His cheeks *are* as a bed of spices, *as* sweet flowers: his lips *like* lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. - [ASV] His cheeks are as a bed of spices, *As* banks of sweet herbs: His lips are *as* lilies, dropping liquid myrrh. - [YLT] His cheeks as a bed of the spice, towers of perfumes, His lips *are* lilies, dropping flowing myrrh, ### Notes on Song of Solomon 5:13 - ## Song of Solomon 5:14 - [KJV] His hands *are as* gold rings set with the beryl: his belly *is as* bright ivory overlaid *with* sapphires. - [ASV] His hands are *as* rings of gold set with beryl: His body is *as* ivory work overlaid *with* sapphires. - [YLT] His hands rings of gold, set with beryl, His heart bright ivory, covered with sapphires, ### Notes on Song of Solomon 5:14 - ## Song of Solomon 5:15 - [KJV] His legs *are as* pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance *is* as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. - [ASV] His legs are *as* pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: His aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. - [YLT] His limbs pillars of marble, Founded on sockets of fine gold, His appearance as Lebanon, choice as the cedars. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 5:15 - ## Song of Solomon 5:16 - [KJV] His mouth *is* most sweet: yea, he *is* altogether lovely. This *is* my beloved, and this *is* my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. - [ASV] His mouth is most sweet; Yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. - [YLT] His mouth is sweetness -- and all of him desirable, This *is* my beloved, and this my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem! ### Notes on Song of Solomon 5:16 -