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Song of Songs 3

Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB

1 In my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.

2 I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and the plazas. I will seek the one I love. I sought him, but did not find him.

3 The guards who go about the city found me. "Have you seen the one I love?" [I asked them].

4 I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held on to him and would not let him go until I brought him to my mother's house- to the chamber of the one who conceived me.

5 Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you, by the gazelles and the wild does of the field: do not stir up or awaken love until the appropriate time.

6 What is this coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from every fragrant powder of the merchant?

7 It is Solomon's royal litter surrounded by 60 warriors from the mighty of Israel.

8 All of them are skilled with swords and trained in warfare. Each has his sword at his side [to guard] against the terror of the night.

9 King Solomon made a sedan chair for himself with wood from Lebanon.

10 He made its posts of silver, its back of gold, and its seat of purple. Its interior is inlaid with love by the young women of Jerusalem.

11 Come out, young women of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown his mother placed on him the day of his wedding- the day of his heart's rejoicing.

English Standard Version ESV

1 On my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not.

2 I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but found him not.

3 The watchmen found me as they went about in the city. “Have you seen him whom my soul loves? ”

4 Scarcely had I passed them when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her who conceived me.

5 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.

6 What is that coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of a merchant?

7 Behold, it is the litter of Solomon! Around it are sixty mighty men, some of the mighty men of Israel,

8 all of them wearing swords and expert in war, each with his sword at his thigh, against terror by night.

9 King Solomon made himself a carriage from the wood of Lebanon.

10 He made its posts of silver, its back of gold, its seat of purple; its interior was inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.

11 Go out, O daughters of Zion, and look upon King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, on the day of the gladness of his heart.