Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

Draw me after you, let us run! May the king bring me into his chambers! Let us be joyful and let us rejoice in you; let us extol your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you!

New American Standard Bible

“Draw me after you and let us run together!
The king has brought me into his chambers.”
We will rejoice in you and be glad;
We will extol your love more than wine.
Rightly do they love you.”

King James Version

Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

Holman Bible

Take me with you—let us hurry.
Oh, that the king would bring me to his chambers.


Y We will rejoice and be glad for you;
we will praise your love more than wine.


W It is only right that they adore you.

International Standard Version

Take me with you! Let's run away! Let the king bring me into his private chambers. The daughters of Jerusalem will rejoice and be happy for you. We will value your love more than wine. They love you appropriately.

A Conservative Version

Draw me, we will run after thee. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in thee. We will make mention of thy love more than of wine. Rightly do they love thee.

American Standard Version

Draw me; we will run after thee: The king hath brought me into his chambers; We will be glad and rejoice in thee; We will make mention of thy love more than of wine: Rightly do they love thee.

Amplified


“Draw me away with you and let us run together!
Let the king bring me into his chambers.”

Bible in Basic English

Take me to you, and we will go after you: the king has taken me into his house. We will be glad and full of joy in you, we will give more thought to your love than to wine: rightly are they your lovers.

Darby Translation

Draw me, we will run after thee! The king hath brought me into his chambers We will be glad and rejoice in thee, We will remember thy love more than wine. They love thee uprightly.

Julia Smith Translation

Draw me, we will run after thee: the king brought me to his chambers: we will exult and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy breasts above wine: the upright loved thee.

King James 2000

Draw me, we will run after you: the king has brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in you, we will remember your love more than wine: the upright love you.

Modern King James verseion

Draw me, we will run after You. The King has brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in You, we will remember Your love more than wine; the upright love You.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Draw thou me unto thee; we will run after thee. The king hath brought me into his privy chamber: We will be glad and rejoice in thee, we think more of thy love than of wine. They that be righteous love thee.

NET Bible

Draw me after you; let us hurry! May the king bring me into his bedroom chambers! The Maidens to the Lover: We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. The Beloved to Her Lover: How rightly the young women adore you!

New Heart English Bible

Take me away with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine. They are right to love you.

The Emphasized Bible

SHEDraw me! THEYAfter thee, will we run! SHEThe king, hath brought me, into his chambers. THEYWe will exult and rejoice in thee, we will mention thy caresses, beyond wine, Sincerely they love thee.

Webster

Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

World English Bible

Take me away with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.

Youngs Literal Translation

Draw me: after thee we run, The king hath brought me into his inner chambers, We do joy and rejoice in thee, We mention thy loves more than wine, Uprightly they have loved thee!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
משׁך 
Mashak 
Usage: 36

me, we will run
רוּץ 
Ruwts 
Usage: 103

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

thee the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

we will be glad
גּוּל גּיל 
Giyl 
Usage: 45

and rejoice
שׂמח 
Samach 
Usage: 155

in thee, we will remember
זכר 
Zakar 
Usage: 231

דּד דּוד 
Dowd 
Usage: 61

יין 
Yayin 
Usage: 140

אהב אהב 
'ahab 
Usage: 212

Context Readings

Maiden's Soliloquy

3 As fragrance, {your perfumes} [are] {delightful}; your name is poured out {perfume}; therefore young women love you. 4 Draw me after you, let us run! May the king bring me into his chambers! Let us be joyful and let us rejoice in you; let us extol your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you! 5 I [am] black but beautiful, {O maidens of Jerusalem}, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.


Cross References

Psalm 45:14-15

She is brought to the king [in] colorful garments. [The] young women behind her, her attendants, [are] being brought to you.

Psalm 119:32

I will run the way of your commands, for you will enlarge my heart.

Hosea 11:4

I drew them {with human ties}, with the bands of love. I was to them like one who lifted up a yoke on their jaws, [though] I bent down to them [and] let them eat.

John 6:44

No one is able to come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.

John 12:32

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all [people] to myself."

Ephesians 2:6

and raised [us] together and seated [us] together in the heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus,

Psalm 42:4

These I remember and I pour out my soul within me: that I would go with the multitude; I led them [in procession] to the house of God, with a voice of rejoicing and thanksgiving, a crowd celebrating a festival.

Psalm 48:9

We have pondered your loyal love, O God, in the midst of your temple.

Psalm 63:5

My soul will be satisfied [as with the] best and richest [food], and [with] joyful lips my mouth will praise.

Psalm 98:4-9

Shout joyfully to Yahweh, all the earth. Be cheerful and sing for joy and sing praises.

Psalm 103:1-2

Bless Yahweh, O my soul, and all within me, [bless] his holy name.

Psalm 111:4

He has made his wonders {to be remembered}; Yahweh [is] gracious and compassionate.

Psalm 119:60

I hurry and do not delay to heed your commands.

Psalm 149:2

Let Israel be glad in its maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their king.

Song of Songs 1:2-3

{May you kiss me} {passionately with your lips}, for your love [is] better than wine.

Song of Songs 2:3-5

As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so [is] my beloved among the young men. In his shade {I sat down with delight}, and his fruit [was] sweet to my palate.

Song of Songs 3:4

{Scarcely had I passed} by them when I found him whom my {heart} loves. I held him and I would not let him go until I brought him to the house of my mother, into the bedroom chamber of she who conceived me.

Isaiah 25:8

He will {destroy} death forever, and the Lord Yahweh will wipe off [the] tears from all faces, and he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken.

Isaiah 45:25

In Yahweh all the offspring of Israel shall be in the right, and they shall boast."

Isaiah 61:3

to {give} for those in mourning in Zion, to give them a head wrap instead of ashes, [the] oil of joy instead of mourning, a garment of praise instead of a faint spirit. And {they will be called} oaks of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, to show his glory.

Isaiah 63:7

I will mention the loyal love of Yahweh, the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has done for us, and [the] greatness of goodness to the house of Israel that he has done to them according to his mercy and the abundance of his loyal love.

Jeremiah 31:3

From afar Yahweh appeared to me, [saying], "I have loved you [with] an everlasting love. {Therefore} I have drawn you [with] loyal love.

Zephaniah 3:14

Shout for joy, O daughter of Zion! Cry aloud, O Israel! Rejoice and be jubilant with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king comes to you; he [is] righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, and on a male donkey, {the foal of} a female donkey!

Matthew 25:10

But [while] they had gone away to buy [it] the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding celebration, and the door was shut.

Luke 2:10

And the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring good news to you of great joy which will be for all the people:

Luke 22:19

And he took bread, [and] [after] giving thanks, he broke [it] and gave [it] to them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."

John 14:2-3

In my Father's house there are many dwelling places; but if not, I would have told you, because I am going away to prepare a place for you.

John 21:15-17

Now when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon [son] of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs!"

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night in which he was betrayed, took bread,

Ephesians 6:24

Grace [be] with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruptibility.

Philippians 2:12-13

Therefore my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Philippians 3:3

For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God and boast in Christ Jesus and do not [put] confidence in the flesh,

Philippians 4:4

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice.

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, [since] we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, putting aside every weight and {the sin that so easily ensnares us}, let us run with patient endurance the race that has been set before us,

1 Peter 1:8

whom, [although you] have not seen, you love; in whom now you believe, [although you] do not see [him], and you rejoice greatly with joy inexpressible and full of glory,

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