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Song of Songs 3 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:1 - On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not!
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:2 - -- Pray, let me rise, and go round the city, In the streets and in the broad places, I seek him whom my soul hath loved! -- I sought him, and I found him not.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:3 - The watchmen have found me, (Who are going round about the city), 'Him whom my soul have loved saw ye?'
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:4 - But a little I passed on from them, Till I found him whom my soul hath loved! I seized him, and let him not go, Till I brought him in unto the house of my mother -- And the chamber of her that conceived me.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:5 - I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!

Solomon's Wedding Day

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:6 - Who is this coming up from the wilderness, Like palm-trees of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, From every powder of the merchant?
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:7 - Lo, his couch, that is Solomon's, Sixty mighty ones are around it, Of the mighty of Israel,
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:8 - All of them holding sword, taught of battle, Each his sword by his thigh, for fear at night.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:9 - A palanquin king Solomon made for himself, Of the wood of Lebanon,
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:10 - Its pillars he made of silver, Its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, Its midst lined with love, By the daughters of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:11 - Go forth, and look, ye daughters of Zion, On king Solomon, with the crown, With which his mother crowned him, In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the joy of his heart!
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The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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