Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, Between my breasts it lodgeth.

New American Standard Bible

“My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh
Which lies all night between my breasts.

King James Version

A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

Holman Bible

My love is a sachet of myrrh to me,
spending the night between my breasts.

International Standard Version

My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh that lies between my breasts all night.

A Conservative Version

My beloved is to me a bundle of myrrh that lays between my breasts.

American Standard Version

My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh, That lieth betwixt my breasts.

Amplified


“My beloved is to me like a pouch of myrrh
Which lies all night between my breasts.

Bible in Basic English

As a bag of myrrh is my well-loved one to me, when he is at rest all night between my breasts.

Darby Translation

A bundle of myrrh is my beloved unto me; He shall pass the night between my breasts.

Julia Smith Translation

A bundle of myrrh my beloved to me; he shall lodge between my breasts.

King James 2000

A bundle of myrrh is my beloved unto me; he shall lie all night between my breasts.

Lexham Expanded Bible

My beloved [is] to me {a pouch} of myrrh, he spends the night between my breasts.

Modern King James verseion

A bundle of myrrh is my Beloved to me. He shall lie all night between my breasts.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

for a bundle of Myrrh is my love unto me; he will lie betwixt my breasts.

NET Bible

My beloved is like a fragrant pouch of myrrh spending the night between my breasts.

New Heart English Bible

My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.

The Emphasized Bible

A bag of myrrh, is my beloved to me, between my breasts, shall it tarry the night!

Webster

A bundle of myrrh is my well beloved to me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

World English Bible

My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
A bundle
צרר צרור 
Ts@rowr 
Usage: 10

of myrrh
מור מר 
More 
Usage: 12

is my wellbeloved
דּד דּוד 
Dowd 
Usage: 61

unto me he shall lie
לין לוּן 
Luwn 
Usage: 84

References

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Hastings

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Verse Info

Context Readings

Maiden's Poetic Praise Of Her Beloved

12 While the king is in his circle, My spikenard hath given its fragrance. 13 A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, Between my breasts it lodgeth. 14 A cluster of cypress is my beloved to me, In the vineyards of En-Gedi!


Cross References

Psalm 45:8

Myrrh and aloes, cassia! all thy garments, Out of palaces of ivory Stringed instruments have made thee glad.

John 19:39

and Nicodemus also came -- who came unto Jesus by night at the first -- bearing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, as it were, a hundred pounds.

Genesis 43:11

And Israel their father saith unto them, 'If so, now, this do: take of the praised thing of the land in your vessels, and take down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds;

Song of Songs 2:7

I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!

Song of Songs 3:5

I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!

Song of Songs 4:6

Till the day doth break forth, And the shadows have fled away, I will get me unto the mountain of myrrh, And unto the hill of frankincense.

Song of Songs 4:14

Cypresses with nard -- nard and saffron, Cane and cinnamon, With all trees of frankincense, Myrrh and aloes, with all chief spices.

Song of Songs 5:1

I have come in to my garden, my sister-spouse, I have plucked my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my comb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, drink, Yea, drink abundantly, O beloved ones!

Song of Songs 5:5

I rose to open to my beloved, And my hands dropped myrrh, Yea, my fingers flowing myrrh, On the handles of the lock.

Song of Songs 5:13

His cheeks as a bed of the spice, towers of perfumes, His lips are lilies, dropping flowing myrrh,

Song of Songs 8:3-4

His left hand is under my head, And his right doth embrace me.

Ephesians 3:17

that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, in love having been rooted and founded,

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