Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
A voice! My beloved was knocking:
‘Open to me,
For my head is
My
King James Version
I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Holman Bible
A sound! My love is knocking!
my dove, my perfect one.
For my head is drenched with dew,
my hair with droplets of the night.
International Standard Version
I was asleep, but my heart was awake. There's a sound! My beloved is knocking. "Open up for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one. For my head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night."
American Standard Version
I was asleep, but my heart waked: It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh,'saying , Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.
Amplified
(The Shulammite Bride)
“I was asleep, but my heart was awake.
A voice [in my dream]! My beloved was knocking:
‘Open to me, my sister, my darling,
My dove, my perfect one!
For my head is drenched with the [heavy night] dew;
My hair [is covered] with the dampness of the night.’
Bible in Basic English
I am sleeping, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my loved one at the door, saying, Be open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my very beautiful one; my head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.
Darby Translation
I slept, but my heart was awake. The voice of my beloved! he knocketh: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, mine undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.
Julia Smith Translation
I slept and my heart waked: the voice of my beloved knocks at the door; Open to me, my sister, my friend, my dove, my perfect one: my head was filled with dew, my locks with the drops of the night
King James 2000
I sleep, but my heart wakes: it is the voice of my beloved that knocks, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I [was] asleep but my heart was awake. A sound! My beloved knocking! "Open to me, my sister, my beloved, my dove, my perfect one! For my head is full of dew, {my hair drenched from the moist night air}."
Modern King James verseion
I sleep, but my heart is awake. It is the sound of my Beloved that knocks, saying, Open to Me, My sister, My love, My dove, My undefiled; for My head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As I was asleep, and my heart waking, I heard the voice of my beloved, when he knocked. Open to me, said he, O my sister, my love, my darling, my dove: for my head is full of dew, and my locks of my hair are full of the night drops.
NET Bible
The Beloved about Her Lover: I was asleep, but my mind was dreaming. Listen! My lover is knocking at the door! The Lover to His Beloved: "Open for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one! My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night."
New Heart English Bible
I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night."
The Emphasized Bible
SHEI, was sleeping, but, my heart, was awake, - The voice of my beloved - knocking! Open to me, my sister, my fair one, my dove, my perfect one, for, my head, is filled with dew, my locks, with the moisture of the night.
Webster
I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
World English Bible
I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night."
Youngs Literal Translation
I am sleeping, but my heart waketh: The sound of my beloved knocking! 'Open to me, my sister, my friend, My dove, my perfect one, For my head is filled with dew, My locks with drops of the night.'
Interlinear
Leb
Pathach
Ro'sh
References
Hastings
Word Count of 19 Translations in Song of Solomon 5:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Maiden's Dream: Seeking And Not Finding
1
I came into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh and my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk: eat, O friends; drink, beloved, drink abundantly.
2
A voice! My beloved was knocking:
‘Open to me,
For my head is
My
Phrases
Cross References
Song of Songs 6:9
My dove is but one, my perfect one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that brought her into the light. The virgins saw her and called her blessed; yea, the queens and the concubines and they praised her.
Song of Songs 2:14
O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is beautiful.
Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door and call; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him and will sup with him, and he with me.
Genesis 29:20
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Genesis 31:40-41
By day the drought consumed me, and by night, the frost; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Psalm 24:7-10
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and lift yourselves up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.
Psalm 81:10
I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt; open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Psalm 119:1
ALEPH. Blessed are those who walk in the perfect way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
Proverbs 23:26
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Song of Songs 2:8
The voice of my beloved! behold, he comes leaping over the mountains, skipping over the hills.
Song of Songs 2:10
My beloved spoke and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Song of Songs 3:1
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but I did not find him.
Song of Songs 4:7
Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
Song of Songs 4:9
Thou hast taken hold of my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast imprisoned my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
Song of Songs 5:11
His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy and black as a raven.
Song of Songs 7:9
and thy palate like the best wine that goes into my beloved sweetly and causes the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
Song of Songs 8:7
The many waters cannot quench love, neither can the rivers drown it; if a man would give all the substance of his house for this love, it would certainly be despised.
Isaiah 50:6
I gave my back to the smiters and my cheeks to those that plucked off the hair: I did not hide my face from shame and spitting.
Isaiah 52:14
As many rejected thee, in such manner was his likeness and his beauty, disfigured from the sons of men:
Isaiah 53:3-5
He is despised and rejected among men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with weakness; and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Daniel 8:18
Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep on the ground upon my face; and he touched me and changed my state.
Zechariah 4:1
And the angel that talked with me came again and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,
Matthew 8:17
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, He took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses.
Matthew 25:4-5
but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
Matthew 25:35-45
for I was hungry, and ye gave me food; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
Matthew 26:40-41
And he came unto the disciples and found them asleep and said unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
Mark 1:35
And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out and departed into a solitary place and prayed there.
Luke 6:12
And it came to pass in those days that he went out into the mountain to pray and continued all night in prayer to God.
Luke 9:32
But Peter and those that were with him were heavy with sleep, and when they awoke, they saw his glory and the two men that stood with him.
Luke 22:44
And being in agony, he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
John 10:4
And when he puts forth his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
For the charity of the Christ constrains us because we judge thus: that if one died for all, then all are dead:
Galatians 2:20
I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Ephesians 5:14
Therefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest and arise from the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.
Revelation 3:4
Yet thou hast a few persons in Sardis who have not defiled their garments, and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy.
Revelation 14:4
These are those who are not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These are redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.