Verse 5

Song of Songs 5:5

Young's Literal Translation

5 I rose to open to my beloved, And my hands dropped myrrh, Yea, my fingers flowing myrrh, On the handles of the lock.

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Chapter 5 Context

1 I have come in to my garden, my sister-spouse, I have plucked my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten m... Focus ↗

2 I am sleeping, but my heart waketh: The sound of my beloved knocking! 'Open to me, my sister, my fri... Focus ↗

3 I have put off my coat, how do I put it on? I have washed my feet, how do I defile them? Focus ↗

4 My beloved sent his hand from the net-work, And my bowels were moved for him. Focus ↗

5 I rose to open to my beloved, And my hands dropped myrrh, Yea, my fingers flowing myrrh, On the hand...

6 I opened to my beloved, But my beloved withdrew -- he passed on, My soul went forth when he spake, I... Focus ↗

7 The watchmen who go round about the city, Found me, smote me, wounded me, Keepers of the walls lifte... Focus ↗

8 I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved -- What do ye tell him? that I [am... Focus ↗

9 What [is] thy beloved above [any] beloved, O fair among women? What [is] thy beloved above [any] bel... Focus ↗

10 My beloved [is] clear and ruddy, Conspicuous above a myriad! Focus ↗

11 His head [is] pure gold -- fine gold, His locks flowing, dark as a raven, Focus ↗

12 His eyes as doves by streams of water, Washing in milk, sitting in fulness. Focus ↗

13 His cheeks as a bed of the spice, towers of perfumes, His lips [are] lilies, dropping flowing myrrh, Focus ↗

14 His hands rings of gold, set with beryl, His heart bright ivory, covered with sapphires, Focus ↗

15 His limbs pillars of marble, Founded on sockets of fine gold, His appearance as Lebanon, choice as t... Focus ↗

16 His mouth is sweetness -- and all of him desirable, This [is] my beloved, and this my friend, O daug... Focus ↗

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