Song of Solomon 5:7

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Song of Solomon 5:7

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

I 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.

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KJV

King James Version

The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

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WEB

World English Bible

The 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.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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Berean Literal Bible

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Song of Solomon 5

⁵ I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.

⁶ I 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.

⁷ I 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.

⁸ O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.

⁹ How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?

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