Song of Solomon 5:7

Love for others Shame

⁵ I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.

⁶ I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him, but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.

I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.

⁸ O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.

⁹ How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.
KJV: The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
WEB: The watchmen who go about the city found me. They beat me. They bruised me. The keepers of the walls took my cloak away from me.
ASV: The watchmen that go about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me.
DARBY: The watchmen that went about the city found me; They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
BLB: The guards found me in [their] going round about the city. They struck me, they bruised me, the guards of the walls; they lifted my wrap from me.

ÅB: Vekterne, som går omkring i byen, møtte meg, de slo meg, de såret meg; de tok mitt slør fra meg, vekterne på murene.
OTB: Vekterne som patruljerte byen fant meg, De slo meg og såret meg; Vaktmennene på murene tok sjalet mitt fra meg.
B1930: Vekterne, som går omkring i byen, møtte mig, de slo mig, de såret mig; de tok mitt slør fra mig, vekterne på murene.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Song of Solomon 3:3
I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”
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Matthew 23:2
“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
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Hosea 6:5
Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.
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Psalms 141:5
Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
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John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
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Philippians 3:6
as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
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Acts 20:29–30
I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
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Hosea 9:7–8
The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived— let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.
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