Song of Solomon 3

1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth; I sought him, but I found him not.

In my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, and found him not.

2 'I will rise now, and go about the city, in the streets and in the broad ways, I will seek him whom my soul loveth.' I sought him, but I found him not.

I will rise, and will go about the city: in the streets and the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, and I found him not.

3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: 'Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?'

The watchmen who keep the city, found me: Have you seen him, whom my soul loveth?

4 Scarce 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.

When I had a little passed by them, I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him: and I will not let him go, till I bring him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that bore me.

5 'I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles, and by the hinds of the field, that ye awaken not, nor stir up love, until it please.'

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes and the harts of the fields, that you stir not up, nor awake my beloved, till she please.

6 Who is this that cometh up out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

Who is she that goeth up by the desert, as a pillar of smoke of aromatical spices, of myrrh, and frankincense, and of all the powders of the perfumer?

7 Behold, it is the litter of Solomon; threescore mighty men are about it, of the mighty men of Israel.

Behold threescore valiant ones of the most valiant of Israel, surrounded the bed of Solomon?

8 They all handle the sword, and are expert in war; every man hath his sword upon his thigh, because of dread in the night.

All holding swords, and most expert in war: every man’s sword upon his thigh, because of fears in the night.

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

King Solomon hath made him a litter of the wood of Libanus:

10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the top thereof of gold, the seat of it of purple, the inside thereof being inlaid with love, from the daughters of Jerusalem.

The pillars thereof he made of silver, the seat of gold, the going up of purple: the midst he covered with charity for the daughters of Jerusalem.

11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and gaze upon king Solomon, even upon the crown wherewith his mother hath crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

Go forth, ye daughters of Sion, and see king Solomon in the diadem, wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the joy of his heart.