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Song of Songs 3 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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A Troubled Night
The Shulamite Seeks Her True Love
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:1 - The Shulamite
By night on my bed I sought the one I love;
I sought him, but I did not find him.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:2 - “I will rise now,” I said,
“And go about the city;
In the streets and in the squares
I will seek the one I love.”
I sought him, but I did not find him.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:3 - The watchmen who go about the city found me;
I said,
“Have you seen the one I love?”
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:4 - Scarcely had I passed by them,
When I found the one I love.
I held him and would not let him go,
Until I had brought him to the house of my mother,
And into the chamber of her who conceived me.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:5 - I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the does of the field,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.
The Coming of Solomon
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:6 - The Shulamite
Who is this coming out of the wilderness
Like pillars of smoke,
Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
With all the merchant’s fragrant powders?
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:7 - Behold, it is Solomon’s couch,
With sixty valiant men around it,
Of the valiant of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:8 - They all hold swords,
Being expert in war.
Every man has his sword on his thigh
Because of fear in the night.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:9 - Of the wood of Lebanon
Solomon the King
Made himself a palanquin:[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:10 - He made its pillars of silver,
Its support of gold,
Its seat of purple,
Its interior paved with love
By the daughters of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:11 - Go forth, O daughters of Zion,
And see King Solomon with the crown
With which his mother crowned him
On the day of his wedding,
The day of the gladness of his heart.
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New King James Version, © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

The text of the New King James Version (NKJV) appearing on or deriving from this or any other web page is for personal use only. Any other use of the NKJV must be in conformity with the Quotation Policy for the New King James Version. For more information about the New King James Version, the Quotation Policy, and for inquiries about permission to use the New King James Version, go to Thomas Nelson, Inc..

For more information on this translation, see the NKJV Preface.

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