Parallel Verses

King James 2000

Until the day breaks, and the shadows flee away, I will go up to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

New American Standard Bible

Until the cool of the day
When the shadows flee away,
I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh
And to the hill of frankincense.

King James Version

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

Holman Bible

Before the day breaks
and the shadows flee,
I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh
and the hill of frankincense.

International Standard Version

Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, I'll go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.

American Standard Version

Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, And to the hill of frankincense.

Amplified


“Until the day breaks
And the shadows flee away,
[In my thoughts] I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh
And to the hill of frankincense.

Bible in Basic English

Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

Darby Translation

Until the day dawn, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, And to the hill of frankincense.

Julia Smith Translation

Till the day shall breathe, and the shadows fled away, I will go for myself to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of Lebanon.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, I will go to the mountain of the myrrh, to the hill of the frankincense.

Modern King James verseion

Until when the day blows, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

O that I might go to the mountain of Myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense, till the day break, and till the shadows be past away.

NET Bible

Until the dawn arrives and the shadows flee, I will go up to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

New Heart English Bible

Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, to the hill of frankincense.

The Emphasized Bible

Until the day, breathe, and the shadows, be lengthened, I will get me unto the mountain of myrrh, and unto the hill of frankincense.

Webster

Until the day shall break, and the shadows flee away, I will repair to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

World English Bible

Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, to the hill of frankincense.

Youngs Literal Translation

Till the day doth break forth, And the shadows have fled away, I will get me unto the mountain of myrrh, And unto the hill of frankincense.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Until the day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

פּוּח 
Puwach 
Usage: 14

and the shadows
צלל 
Tselel 
Usage: 4

נוּס 
Nuwc 
Usage: 160

I will get
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

me to the mountain
הר 
Har 
Usage: 544

of myrrh
מור מר 
More 
Usage: 12

and to the hill
גּבעה 
Gib`ah 
Usage: 69

References

Context Readings

Groom's Praise Of His Bride

5 Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, which feed among the lilies. 6 Until the day breaks, and the shadows flee away, I will go up to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. 7 You are all fair, my love; there is no spot in you.


Cross References

Song of Songs 2:17

Until the day breaks, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of Bether.

Song of Songs 4:14

Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

Exodus 20:24

An altar of earth you shall make for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings, and your peace offerings, your sheep, and your oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto you, and I will bless you.

Exodus 30:8

And when Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.

Exodus 30:23-26

Take also unto you the finest spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet-smelling cane two hundred and fifty shekels,

Exodus 37:29

And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the perfumer.

Deuteronomy 12:5-6

But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his dwelling place shall you seek, and there you shall come:

Psalm 66:15

I will offer unto you burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

Isaiah 2:2

And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

Malachi 1:11

For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the nations, says the LORD of hosts.

Malachi 4:2

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and you shall go forth, and grow up like calves of the stall.

Luke 1:9-10

According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.

Luke 1:78

Through the tender mercy of our God; by which the dawn from on high has visited us,

2 Peter 1:19

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; to which you do well that you take heed, as unto a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

1 John 2:8

Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shines.

Revelation 5:8

And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of saints.

Revelation 22:16

I Jesus have sent my angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

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