| Berean Study Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1I have come to 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, and drink; drink freely, O beloved. | 1I've come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I've gathered my myrrh with my spices. I've eaten my honeycomb with my honey. I've drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends! Drink and become drunk with love. |
| 2I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.” | 2I was asleep, but my heart was awake. There's a sound! My beloved is knocking. "Open up for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one. For my head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night." |
| 3I have taken off my robe—must I put it back on? I have washed my feet—must I soil them again? | 3"I've taken off my clothes — am I supposed to put them on again? I've washed my feet— am I supposed to get them dirty again?" |
| 4My beloved put his hand to the latch; my heart pounded for him. | 4My beloved reached out his hand for the latch. My feelings for him were aroused. |
| 5I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt. | 5I got up to open the door, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handle of the lock. |
| 6I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him, but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer. | 6I opened the door for my beloved, but my beloved had turned away; he was gone! My very life went out when he departed. I searched for him, but couldn't find him. I called out to him, but he didn't answer. |
| 7I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls. | 7The watchmen making their rounds through the city found me. They beat me, they bruised me. Those guarding the walls took my cloak from me. |
| 8O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love. | 8I charge you, young women of Jerusalem, "If you find my beloved, what are you to tell him? Tell him that I'm weak with love." |
| 9How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so? | 9What is so special about your beloved, most beautiful of women? What is so special about your beloved, that you charge us like this? |
| 10My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand. | 10My beloved is dazzling, with a dark and healthy complexion, outstanding among ten thousand. |
| 11His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven. | 11His head is pure gold, his hair is wavy, black like a raven. |
| 12His eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk and mounted like jewels. | 12His eyes are like doves by streams of water, bathed in milk, mounted like jewels. |
| 13His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh. | 13His cheeks are like beds of spices, like towers of perfume. His lips are lilies, dripping with liquid myrrh. |
| 14His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is an ivory panel bedecked with sapphires. | 14His hands are rods of gold, set with beryl. His stomach is carved ivory, inlaid with sapphires. |
| 15His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars. | 15His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice like its cedars. |
| 16His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. | 16His mouth is sweetness, and all of him is desirable. This is my beloved, this is my friend, young women of Jerusalem! |
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