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Song of Solomon 3:4

Love for othersJoyMarriage

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

3 I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”

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

5 O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

6 Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?

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BSB
I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.
KJV
It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: 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 that conceived me.
WEB
I had scarcely passed from 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, into the room of her who conceived me.
ASV
It was but a little that I passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth: 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 that conceived me.
DARBY
Scarcely had I passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth: 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 that conceived me.
BLB
Scarcely had I passed by them when I found the one my soul loves; I held him, and I 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.
ÅB
Ikke før var jeg gått fra dem, før jeg fant ham som min sjel elsker; jeg tok fatt i ham, og jeg slipper ham ikke før jeg har ført ham til min mors hus, til hennes kammer som har født meg.
OTB
Knapt hadde jeg gått forbi dem Da jeg fant ham som min sjel elsker; Jeg holdt fast på ham og ville ikke slippe ham Før jeg hadde ført ham til min mors hus, Og inn i rommet til henne som unnfanget meg.
B1930
Ikke før var jeg gått fra dem, før jeg fant ham som min sjel elsker; jeg tok fatt i ham, og jeg slipper ham ikke før jeg har ført ham til min mors hus, til hennes kammer som har født mig.

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