Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
I arose to open to my beloved, and my hands dropped myrrh, and my fingers, myrrh overflowing upon the hands of the bolt
New American Standard Bible
And my hands
And my fingers with
On the handles of the bolt.
King James Version
I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
Holman Bible
My hands dripped with myrrh,
my fingers with flowing myrrh
on the handles of the bolt.
International Standard Version
I got up to open the door, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handle of the lock.
American Standard Version
I rose up to open to my beloved; And my hands droppeth with myrrh, And my fingers with liquid myrrh, Upon the handles of the bolt.
Amplified
“I arose to open for my beloved;
And my hands dripped with myrrh,
And my fingers with liquid [sweet-scented] myrrh,
On the handles of the bolt.
Bible in Basic English
I got up to let my loved one in; and my hands were dropping with myrrh, and my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the lock of the door.
Darby Translation
I rose up to open to my beloved; And my hands dropped with myrrh, And my fingers with liquid myrrh, Upon the handles of the lock.
King James 2000
I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dripped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I myself arose to open to my beloved; my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh upon the handles of the bolt.
Modern King James verseion
I rose up to open to my Beloved; and my hands dripped with myrrh, and my fingers flowing with myrrh on the handles of the bolt.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
so that I stood up to open unto my beloved. My hands dropped with Myrrh, and the Myrrh ran down my fingers upon the lock.
NET Bible
I arose to open for my beloved; my hands dripped with myrrh -- my fingers flowed with myrrh on the handles of the lock.
New Heart English Bible
I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the lock.
The Emphasized Bible
I myself, arose, to open to my beloved, - and, my hands, dripped with myrrh, and, my fingers, with myrrh distilling, upon the handles of the bolt.
Webster
I rose up to open to my beloved: and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet-smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
World English Bible
I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the lock.
Youngs Literal Translation
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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Word Count of 19 Translations in Song of Solomon 5:5
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Context Readings
Maiden's Dream: Seeking And Not Finding
4 My beloved sent his hand from the hole, and my bowels were disquieted for him. 5 I arose to open to my beloved, and my hands dropped myrrh, and my fingers, myrrh overflowing upon the hands of the bolt 6 I opened to my beloved, and my beloved turned about, he passed away: my soul went forth in his speaking: I sought and I found him not; I called him and he answered me not
Cross References
Song of Songs 5:13
His cheeks as beds of spices, towers of aromatic herbs: his lips lilies, dropping overflowing myrrh.
Song of Songs 3:6
Who is this coming up from the desert as columns of smoke of burning incense, of myrrh and frankincense from all the powder of the trader.
Song of Songs 4:13-14
Thy sendings forth a park of pomegranates, with most precious fruits, cypresses with spikenards,
Song of Songs 5:2
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
Luke 12:36
And ye like men expecting their Lord, when he shall loose from the nuptials; that having come and knocked, they might quickly open to him.
2 Corinthians 7:7
And not only in his arrival, but also in the comfort which he was comforted in you, announcing to us your anxious desire, your lamentations, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced the more.
2 Corinthians 7:9-11
Now I rejoice, not that ye were grieved, but that ye were grieved to repentance: for ye were grieved according to God, that ye be injured in nothing by us.
Ephesians 3:17
For Christ to dwell by faith in your hearts; in love being rendered firm, and the foundation laid,
Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand before the door, and knock: and if any hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.