Song of Solomon 3 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Bride: <font color=#0000CC>On my bed, throughout the night, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, and did not find him.</font> On my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not. All night long on my bed I looked for the one my heart loves; I looked for him but did not find him.
2 <font color=#0000CC>I will rise up, and I will circle through the city. Through the side streets and thoroughfares, I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, and did not find him.</font> I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but found him not. 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.
3 <font color=#0000CC>The watchers who guard the city found me: “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”</font> The watchmen found me as they went about in the city. “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?”
4 <font color=#0000CC>When I had passed by them a little, I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not release him, until I would bring him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her who bore me.</font> Scarcely had I passed them when I found him whom my soul loves. 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 who conceived me. 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.
5 Groom to Chorus: <font color=#CC0000>I bind you by oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the does and the stags of the open field, not to disturb or awaken the beloved, until she wills.</font> I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases. 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.
6 Chorus to Groom: <font color=#008800>Who is she, who ascends through the desert, like a staff of smoke from the aromatics of myrrh, and frankincense, and every powder of the perfumer?</font> What is that coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of a merchant? 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?
7 Chorus to Bride: <font color=#008800>Lo, sixty strong ones, out of all the strongest in Israel, stand watch at the bed of Solomon,</font> Behold, it is the litter of Solomon! Around it are sixty mighty men, some of the mighty men of Israel, Look! It is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty warriors, the noblest of Israel,
8 <font color=#008800>all holding swords and well-trained in warfare, each one’s weapon upon his thigh, because of fears in the night.</font> all of them wearing swords and expert in war, each with his sword at his thigh, against terror by 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.
9 Bride to Chorus: <font color=#0000CC>King Solomon made himself a portable throne from the wood of Lebanon.</font> King Solomon made himself a carriage from the wood of Lebanon. King Solomon made for himself the carriage; he made it of wood from Lebanon.
10 <font color=#0000CC>He made its columns of silver, the reclining place of gold, the ascent of purple; the middle he covered well, out of charity for the daughters of Jerusalem.</font> He made its posts of silver, its back of gold, its seat of purple; its interior was inlaid with love 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,
11 <font color=#0000CC>O daughters of Zion, go forth and see king Solomon with the diadem with which his mother crowned him, on the day of his espousal, on the day of the rejoicing of his heart.</font> Go out, O daughters of Zion, and look upon King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, on the day of the gladness of his heart. come out, and look, you daughters of Zion. Look 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.
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