Song Of Solomon 3
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Verse 1
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Verse 2
‘[b]I must arise now and [c]go about the city;
In the streets and in the squares
[d]I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
I sought him but did not find him.
In the streets and in the squares
[d]I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
I sought him but did not find him.
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.
Verse 3
“The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me,
And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’
And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’
The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
Verse 4
“Scarcely had I [e]left 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 room of her who conceived me.”
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 room of her who conceived me.”
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.
Verse 5
“[f]I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field,
That you will not arouse or awaken my love
Until [g]she pleases.”
By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field,
That you will not arouse or awaken my love
Until [g]she pleases.”
Solomon’s Wedding Day
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.
Verse 6
“[h][i]What is this coming up from the wilderness
Like columns of smoke,
Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
With all scented powders of the merchant?
Like columns of smoke,
Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
With all scented powders of the merchant?
Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Verse 7
“Behold, it is the traveling couch of Solomon;
Sixty mighty men around it,
Of the mighty men of Israel.
Sixty mighty men around it,
Of the mighty men of Israel.
Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
Verse 8
“All of them are wielders of the sword,
Expert in war;
Each man has his sword at his side,
Guarding against the [j]terrors of the night.
Expert in war;
Each man has his sword at his side,
Guarding against the [j]terrors of the night.
They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
Verse 9
“King Solomon has made for himself a sedan chair
From the timber of Lebanon.
From the timber of Lebanon.
King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
Verse 10
“He made its posts of silver,
Its [k]back of gold
And its seat of purple fabric,
With its interior lovingly fitted out
By the daughters of Jerusalem.
Its [k]back of gold
And its seat of purple fabric,
With its interior lovingly fitted out
By the daughters of Jerusalem.
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.
Verse 11
“Go forth, O daughters of Zion,
And gaze on King Solomon with the [l]crown
With which his mother has crowned him
On the day of his wedding,
And on the day of his gladness of heart.”
And gaze on King Solomon with the [l]crown
With which his mother has crowned him
On the day of his wedding,
And on the day of his gladness of heart.”
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.