Song Of Solomon 3

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NIVUK — New International Version - UK Bible (NIVUK)

Verse 1

“On my bed night after night [I dreamed that] I sought the one
Whom my soul loves;
I sought him but did not find him.

All night long on my bed
I looked for the one my heart loves;
I looked for him but did not find him.

Verse 2

“I said ‘So I must arise now and go out into the city;
Into the streets and into the squares [places I do not know]
I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
I sought him but I did not find him.

I will get up now and go about the city,
through its streets and squares;
I will search for the one my heart loves.
So I looked for him but did not find him.

Verse 3

“The watchmen who go around the city found me,
And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’

The watchmen found me
as they made their rounds in the city.
‘Have you seen the one my heart loves?’

Verse 4

“Scarcely had I passed them
When I found him whom my soul loves.
I held on to him and would not let him go
Until I had brought him to my mother’s house,
And into the chamber of her who conceived me.”

(The Bridegroom)

Scarcely had I passed them
    when I found the one my heart loves.
I held him and would not let him go
    till I had brought him to my mother’s house,
    to the room of the one who conceived me.

Verse 5

“I command that you take an oath, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the does of the field,
That you do not rouse nor awaken my love
Until she pleases.”

Solomon’s Wedding Day

(The Shulammite Bride)

Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you
by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.

Verse 6

“What is this coming up from the wilderness
Like [stately] pillars of smoke
Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
With all the fragrant powders of the merchant?”

(The Chorus)

Who is this coming up from the wilderness
like a column of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh and incense
made from all the spices of the merchant?

Verse 7

“Behold, it is the couch (^[a]palanquin) of Solomon;
Sixty mighty men around it,
Of the mighty men of Israel.

Look! It is Solomon’s carriage,
escorted by sixty warriors,
the noblest of Israel,

Verse 8

“All of them handle the sword,
All expert in war;
Each man has his sword at his thigh,
Guarding against the terrors of the night.

all of them wearing the sword,
all experienced in battle,
each with his sword at his side,
prepared for the terrors of the night.

Verse 9

“King Solomon has made for himself a palanquin
From the [cedar] wood of Lebanon.

King Solomon made for himself the carriage;
he made it of wood from Lebanon.

Verse 10

“He made its posts of silver,
Its back of gold,
Its seat of purple cloth,
The interior lovingly and intricately wrought
By the daughters of Jerusalem.

Its posts he made of silver,
    its base of gold.
Its seat was upholstered with purple,
    its interior inlaid with love.
Daughters of Jerusalem, ¹¹come out,
    and look, you daughters of Zion.
Look^[a] on King Solomon wearing a crown,
    the crown with which his mother crowned him
on the day of his wedding,
    the day his heart rejoiced.

Verse 11

“Go forth, O daughters of Zion,
And gaze on King Solomon wearing the crown
With which his mother [Bathsheba] has crowned him
On the day of his wedding,
On the day of his gladness of heart.”

— not in NIVUK