The Bible
16 verses
I have come into 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.
[Friends]
Eat, friends!
Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.
2[Beloved]
I was asleep, but my heart was awake.
It is the voice of my beloved who knocks:
"Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled;
for my head is filled with dew,
and my hair with the dampness of the night."
3I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on?
I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?
4My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening.
My heart pounded for him.
5I rose up to open for my beloved.
My hands dripped with myrrh,
my fingers with liquid myrrh,
on the handles of the lock.
6I opened to my beloved;
but my beloved left, and had gone away.
My heart went out when he spoke.
I looked for him, but I didn't find him.
I called him, but he didn't answer.
7The watchmen who go about the city found me.
They beat me.
They bruised me.
The keepers of the walls took my cloak away from me. 8I solemnly-order you, daughters of Jerusalem,
If you find my beloved,
that you tell him that I am faint with love.
9[Friends]
How is your beloved better than another beloved,
you fairest among women?
How is your beloved better than another beloved,
that you do so solemnly-order us?
10[Beloved]
My beloved is dazzling and ruddy.
The best among myriads.
11His head is purest gold.
His hair is wavy and raven black.
12His eyes are doves beside the water brooks,
washed with milk, mounted jewels.
13His cheeks are a bed of spices with towers of perfumes.
His lips are lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
14His hands are rings of gold set with beryl.
His body is ivory work overlaid with sapphires.
15His legs are pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold.
His appearance is [like] Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
16His mouth is sweetness;
yes, he is altogether lovely.
This is my beloved, and this is my friend,
daughters of Jerusalem.
Song of Songs Chapter 5
1[Lover]I have come into 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.
[Friends]
Eat, friends!
Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.
2[Beloved]
I was asleep, but my heart was awake.
It is the voice of my beloved who knocks:
"Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled;
for my head is filled with dew,
and my hair with the dampness of the night."
3I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on?
I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?
4My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening.
My heart pounded for him.
5I rose up to open for my beloved.
My hands dripped with myrrh,
my fingers with liquid myrrh,
on the handles of the lock.
6I opened to my beloved;
but my beloved left, and had gone away.
My heart went out when he spoke.
I looked for him, but I didn't find him.
I called him, but he didn't answer.
7The watchmen who go about the city found me.
They beat me.
They bruised me.
The keepers of the walls took my cloak away from me. 8I solemnly-order you, daughters of Jerusalem,
If you find my beloved,
that you tell him that I am faint with love.
9[Friends]
How is your beloved better than another beloved,
you fairest among women?
How is your beloved better than another beloved,
that you do so solemnly-order us?
10[Beloved]
My beloved is dazzling and ruddy.
The best among myriads.
11His head is purest gold.
His hair is wavy and raven black.
12His eyes are doves beside the water brooks,
washed with milk, mounted jewels.
13His cheeks are a bed of spices with towers of perfumes.
His lips are lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
14His hands are rings of gold set with beryl.
His body is ivory work overlaid with sapphires.
15His legs are pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold.
His appearance is [like] Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
16His mouth is sweetness;
yes, he is altogether lovely.
This is my beloved, and this is my friend,
daughters of Jerusalem.
The Bible text is an adaptation of the WEB
to include nuanced meanings of particular ancient words for placenames, God and others of special interest.
In general square brackets:[] are used to indicate words not found in the original text.
They also indicate the 5 books of the Psalms, and the letters in Psalm 119;
and a few passages considered by some to be of questionable authenticity, marked with an asterisk(*).
