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Song of Solomon 5:6-8
Lexham English Bible
Song of Solomon 5:6-8
Lexham English Bible
6 I opened myself to my beloved,
but my beloved had turned and gone;[a]
my heart sank[b] when he turned away.[c]
I sought him, but I did not find him;
I called him, but he did not answer me.
7 The sentinels making rounds in the city found me;
they beat me, they wounded me;
they took my cloak[d] away from me—
those sentinels on the walls![e]
Adjuration Refrain
8 I adjure you, O maidens of Jerusalem,[f]
if you find my beloved, what will you tell him?
Tell him that I am lovesick![g]
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 5:6 Or “my beloved had left; he was gone”
- Song of Solomon 5:6 Or “my soul left”
- Song of Solomon 5:6 Or “when he was speaking.” Translations equivocate on how to translate this verb, since there are two terms in Hebrew spelled identically: “to speak” and “to turn aside” (HALOT 1:210). The context suggests the latter
- Song of Solomon 5:7 Or “mantle”
- Song of Solomon 5:7 Literally “the sentinels of the walls”
- Song of Solomon 5:8 Literally “O daughters of Jerusalem”
- Song of Solomon 5:8 Literally “sick with love”
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