Song of Solomon 3:5
3 I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”
4 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.
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?
7 Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
- WEB
- I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up nor awaken love, until it so desires.
- ASV
- I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, Until he please.
- DARBY
- I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.
- BLB
- I adjure you⁺, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the does of the field, do not arouse or awaken love, until it pleases.
- ÅB
- Jeg ber dere inderlig, dere Jerusalems døtre, ved rådyrene eller ved hindene på marken, at dere ikke vekker og ikke egger kjærligheten, før den selv vil!
- OTB
- Jeg besverger dere, Dere Jerusalems døtre, Ved gasellene eller ved hindene på marken, At dere ikke vekker eller oppvekker kjærligheten Før den selv vil.
- B1930
- Jeg ber eder inderlig, I Jerusalems døtre, ved rådyrene eller ved hindene på marken, at I ikke vekker og ikke egger kjærligheten, før den selv vil!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Song of Solomon 2:7
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.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 8:4
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
Read in contextMicah 4:8
And you, O watchtower of the flock, O stronghold of the Daughter of Zion— the former dominion will be restored to you; sovereignty will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem.”
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