Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
A voice! My beloved was knocking:
‘Open to me,
For my head is
My
King James Version
I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Holman Bible
A sound! My love is knocking!
my dove, my perfect one.
For my head is drenched with dew,
my hair with droplets of the night.
International Standard Version
I was asleep, but my heart was awake. There's a sound! My beloved is knocking. "Open up for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one. For my head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night."
American Standard Version
I was asleep, but my heart waked: It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh,'saying , Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.
Amplified
(The Shulammite Bride)
“I was asleep, but my heart was awake.
A voice [in my dream]! My beloved was knocking:
‘Open to me, my sister, my darling,
My dove, my perfect one!
For my head is drenched with the [heavy night] dew;
My hair [is covered] with the dampness of the night.’
Bible in Basic English
I am sleeping, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my loved one at the door, saying, Be open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my very beautiful one; my head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.
Darby Translation
I slept, but my heart was awake. The voice of my beloved! he knocketh: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, mine undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.
Julia Smith Translation
I slept and my heart waked: the voice of my beloved knocks at the door; Open to me, my sister, my friend, my dove, my perfect one: my head was filled with dew, my locks with the drops of the night
King James 2000
I sleep, but my heart wakes: it is the voice of my beloved that knocks, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I [was] asleep but my heart was awake. A sound! My beloved knocking! "Open to me, my sister, my beloved, my dove, my perfect one! For my head is full of dew, {my hair drenched from the moist night air}."
Modern King James verseion
I sleep, but my heart is awake. It is the sound of my Beloved that knocks, saying, Open to Me, My sister, My love, My dove, My undefiled; for My head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As I was asleep, and my heart waking, I heard the voice of my beloved, when he knocked. Open to me, said he, O my sister, my love, my darling, my dove: for my head is full of dew, and my locks of my hair are full of the night drops.
NET Bible
The Beloved about Her Lover: I was asleep, but my mind was dreaming. Listen! My lover is knocking at the door! The Lover to His Beloved: "Open for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one! My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night."
New Heart English Bible
I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night."
The Emphasized Bible
SHEI, was sleeping, but, my heart, was awake, - The voice of my beloved - knocking! Open to me, my sister, my fair one, my dove, my perfect one, for, my head, is filled with dew, my locks, with the moisture of the night.
Webster
I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
World English Bible
I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night."
Youngs Literal Translation
I am sleeping, but my heart waketh: The sound of my beloved knocking! 'Open to me, my sister, my friend, My dove, my perfect one, For my head is filled with dew, My locks with drops of the night.'
Interlinear
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Hastings
Word Count of 19 Translations in Song of Solomon 5:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Maiden's Dream: Seeking And Not Finding
1
I have gathered my
I have eaten my honeycomb
I have
Eat,
Drink and
A voice! My beloved was knocking:
‘Open to me,
For my head is
My
How can I put it on again?
I have
How can I dirty them again?
Phrases
Cross References
Song of Songs 6:9
She is her mother’s
She is the pure child of the one who bore her.
The
The
Song of Songs 2:14
In the secret place of the steep
Let me see your
For your voice is sweet,
And your
Revelation 3:20
Genesis 29:20
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel and they seemed to him but a few days
Genesis 31:40-41
Thus I was: by day the
Psalm 24:7-10
And be lifted up, O
That the King of
Psalm 81:10
Who brought you up from the land of Egypt;
Psalm 119:1
Aleph.
How blessed are those whose way is
Who
Proverbs 23:26
And let your eyes
Song of Songs 2:8
Behold, he is coming,
Climbing
Leaping on the hills!
Song of Songs 2:10
‘
And come along.
Song of Songs 3:1
I
Song of Songs 4:7
And there is no blemish in you.
Song of Songs 4:9
You have made my heart beat faster with a single glance of your eyes,
With a single strand of your
Song of Songs 5:11
His
And black as a raven.
Song of Songs 7:9
“
Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep.
Song of Songs 8:7
Nor will rivers overflow it;
It would be utterly despised.”
Isaiah 50:6
And My cheeks to those who pluck out the beard;
I did not cover My face from humiliation and spitting.
Isaiah 52:14
So His
And His form more than the sons of men.
Isaiah 53:3-5
A man of
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was
Daniel 8:18
Now while he was talking with me, I
Zechariah 4:1
Then
Matthew 8:17
This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet: “
Matthew 25:4-5
Matthew 25:35-45
Matthew 26:40-41
And He *came to the disciples and *found them sleeping, and *said to Peter,
Mark 1:35
Luke 6:12
It was
Luke 9:32
Now Peter and his companions
Luke 22:44
And
John 10:4
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
For the love of Christ
Galatians 2:20
I have been
Ephesians 5:14
For this reason
“
And arise from
And Christ
Revelation 3:4
Revelation 14:4