1 GLT On my bed in the night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but I did not find him. BSB BSB: On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.
2 GLT Let me get up, please, and go about in the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him. BSB BSB: I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.
3 GLT The guards going about in the city found me:“{ Have} you seen him whom my soul loves?” BSB BSB: I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”
4 GLT Almost had I passed by them when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him and I would not leave him until I had brought him to the house of my mother and to the room of the woman who had conceived me. BSB BSB: I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.
5 GLT I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the female gazelles or the does of the fields, do not awaken nor stir love until it desires. BSB BSB: O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
6 GLT Who{ is} that arising from the wilderness like a column of smoke, incensed{ with} myrrh and frankincense from all the powders of the merchant? BSB BSB: Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?
7 GLT Look— his litter, which{ belongs} to Solomon; sixty warriors surround it from the warriors of Israel. BSB BSB: Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.
8 GLT All of them are grasping a sword, studied{ in} war. Each one{ has} his sword at his side against the terrors in the nights. BSB BSB: All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.
9 GLT He made for himself a palanquin, King Solomon, from the trees of Lebanon. BSB BSB: King Solomon has made his carriage out of the timber of Lebanon.
10 GLT He made its posts{ out of} silver; its back, gold; its seat, purple cloth. Its interior was fitted{ with} love from the daughters of Jerusalem. BSB BSB: He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.
11 GLT Go out and look, daughters of Zion, at King Solomon, at the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, on the day of the joy of his heart. BSB BSB: Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding—the day of his heart’s rejoicing.
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