Song of Solomon 3 - Compare Translations
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Song of Solomon 3:1
KJVBy night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
WEBBy night on my bed,
YLTOn my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not!
Song of Solomon 3:2
KJVI 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.
WEBI will get up now, and go about the city;
YLT-- Pray, let me rise, and go round the city, In the streets and in the broad places, I seek him whom my soul hath loved! -- I sought him, and I found him not.
Song of Solomon 3:3
KJVThe watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
WEBThe watchmen who go about the city found me;
YLTThe watchmen have found me, (Who are going round about the city), `Him whom my soul have loved saw ye?'
Song of Solomon 3:4
KJVIt 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.
WEBI had scarcely passed from them,
YLTBut a little I passed on from them, Till I found him whom my soul hath loved! I seized him, and let him not go, Till I brought him in unto the house of my mother -- And the chamber of her that conceived me.
Song of Solomon 3:5
KJVI 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.
WEBI adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem,
YLTI have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!
Song of Solomon 3:6
KJVWho is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
WEBWho is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke,
YLTWho [is] this coming up from the wilderness, Like palm-trees of smoke, Perfumed [with] myrrh and frankincense, From every powder of the merchant?
Song of Solomon 3:7
KJVBehold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
WEBBehold, it is Solomon’s carriage!
YLTLo, his couch, that [is] Solomon's, Sixty mighty ones [are] around it, Of the mighty of Israel,
Song of Solomon 3:8
KJVThey all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
WEBThey all handle the sword, and are expert in war.
YLTAll of them holding sword, taught of battle, Each his sword by his thigh, for fear at night.
Song of Solomon 3:9
KJVKing Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
WEBKing Solomon made himself a carriage
YLTA palanquin king Solomon made for himself, Of the wood of Lebanon,
Song of Solomon 3:10
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Song of Solomon 3:11
KJVGo 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.
WEBGo out, you daughters of Zion, and see king Solomon,
YLTGo forth, and look, ye daughters of Zion, On king Solomon, with the crown, With which his mother crowned him, In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the joy of his heart!
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