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Song of Solomon 3

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 By night on my bed I was looking for him who is the love of my soul: I was looking for him, but I did not see him.

2 I will get up now and go about the town, in the streets and in the wide ways I will go after him who is the love of my soul: I went after him, but I did not see him.

3 The watchmen who go about the town came by me; to them I said, Have you seen him who is my heart's desire?

4 I was but a little way from them, when I came face to face with him who is the love of my soul. I took him by the hands, and did not let him go, till I had taken him into my mother's house, and into the room of her who gave me birth.

5 I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, let not love be moved till it is ready.

6 Who is this coming out of the waste places like pillars of smoke, perfumed with sweet spices, with all the spices of the trader?

7 See, it is the bed of Solomon; sixty men of war are about it, of the army of Israel,

8 All of them armed with swords, trained in war; every man has his sword at his side, because of fear in the night.

9 King Solomon made himself a bed of the wood of Lebanon.

10 He made its pillars of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple, the middle of it of ebony.

11 Go out, O daughters of Jerusalem, and see King Solomon, with the crown which his mother put on his head on the day when he was married, and on the day of the joy of his heart.

Good News Translation GNT

1 Asleep on my bed, night after night I dreamed of the one I love; I was looking for him, but couldn't find him.

2 I went wandering through the city, through its streets and alleys. I looked for the one I love. I looked, but couldn't find him.

3 The sentries patrolling the city saw me. I asked them, "Have you found my lover?"

4 As soon as I left them, I found him. I held him and wouldn't let him go until I took him to my mother's house, to the room where I was born.

5 Promise me, women of Jerusalem; swear by the swift deer and the gazelles that you will not interrupt our love.

6 What is this coming from the desert like a column of smoke, fragrant with incense and myrrh, the incense sold by the traders?

7 Solomon is coming, carried on his throne; sixty soldiers form the bodyguard, the finest soldiers in Israel.

8 All of them are skillful with the sword; they are battle-hardened veterans. Each of them is armed with a sword, on guard against a night attack.

9 King Solomon is carried on a throne made of the finest wood.

10 Its posts are covered with silver; over it is cloth embroidered with gold. Its cushions are covered with purple cloth, lovingly woven by the women of Jerusalem.

11 Women of Zion, come and see King Solomon. He is wearing the crown that his mother placed on his head on his wedding day, on the day of his gladness and joy.