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The American Standard Version of 1901

Song of Solomon 5

1

I am come into my garden, my sister, my bride: I have gathered my myrrh with my 1 spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; Drink, yea, drink abundantly, 2 O beloved. 1) Or balsam 2) Or of love

2

I 1 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 2 undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night. 1) Or sleep, but my heart waketh 2) Heb perfect

3

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

4

My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door , And my 1 heart was moved for him. 1) Heb bowels

5

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.

6

I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had 1 withdrawn himself, and was gone. My soul 2 had failed me when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. 1) Or turned away 2) Heb went forth

7

The watchmen that go about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my 1 mantle from me. 1) Or veil

8

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, 1 That ye tell him, that I am sick from love. 1) Heb What will ye tell him? That etc

9

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?

10

My beloved is white and ruddy, 1 The chiefest among ten thousand. 1) Heb Marked out by a banner

11

His head is as the most fine gold; His locks are 1 bushy, and black as a raven. 1) Or curling

12

His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks, Washed with milk, and 1 fitly set. 1) Or sitting by full streams

13

His cheeks are as a bed of 1 spices, As 2 banks of sweet herbs: His lips are as lilies, dropping liquid myrrh. 1) Or balsam 2) Or towers of perfumes

14

His hands are as 1 rings of gold set with 2 beryl: His body is as 3 ivory work 4 overlaid with sapphires. 1) Or cylinders 2) Or topaz 3) Or bright ivory 4) Or encrusted

15

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

16

His 1 mouth is most sweet; Yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. 1) Or speech ; Heb palate



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