Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my Beloved, what do you tell Him? That I am sick with love.
New American Standard Bible
If you find my beloved,
As to what you will tell him:
For
King James Version
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
Holman Bible
if you find my love,
tell him that I am lovesick.
International Standard Version
I charge you, young women of Jerusalem, "If you find my beloved, what are you to tell him? Tell him that I'm weak with love."
American Standard Version
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, That ye tell him, that I am sick from love.
Amplified
“I command that you take an oath, O daughters of Jerusalem,
If you find my beloved,
As to what you tell him—
[Say that] I am sick from love [sick from being without him].”
Bible in Basic English
I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you see my loved one, what will you say to him? That I am overcome with love.
Darby Translation
I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, ... What will ye tell him? That I am sick of love.
Julia Smith Translation
I adjured you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye shall find my beloved, what ye shall announce to him: I am pierced by love.
King James 2000
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him, that I am sick with love.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I adjure you, {O maidens of Jerusalem}, if you find my beloved, what will you tell him? [Tell him] that I am {lovesick}!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I charge you therefore, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him how that I am sick for love.
NET Bible
The Beloved to the Maidens: O maidens of Jerusalem, I command you -- If you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him that I am lovesick!
New Heart English Bible
I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love.
The Emphasized Bible
I adjure you, ye daughters of Jerusalem, - If ye find my beloved, what will ye tell him? That, sick with love, I am.
Webster
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick with love.
World English Bible
I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love. Friends
Youngs Literal Translation
I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved -- What do ye tell him? that I am sick with love!
Interlinear
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Hastings
Word Count of 19 Translations in Song of Solomon 5:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Adjuration Refrain
7 The watchmen who went about the city found me and struck me; they wounded me. The keepers of the wall lifted my veil from me. 8 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my Beloved, what do you tell Him? That I am sick with love. 9 What is your Beloved more than another beloved, most beautiful among women? What is your Beloved more than another beloved, that you adjure us so?
Names
Cross References
Song of Songs 2:7
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles, and by the does of the field, do not stir up or awake my Love until He please.
Song of Songs 2:5
Feed me with raisin cakes, comfort me with apples, for I am sick with love.
Psalm 42:1-3
To the Chief Musician. A contemplation; for the sons of Korah. As the hart pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after You, O God.
Psalm 63:1-3
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God; I will seek You earnestly; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You, as in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
Psalm 77:1-3
To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I cried to God with my voice, to God is my voice; and He gave ear to me.
Psalm 119:81-83
KAPH: My soul faints for Your salvation; I hope in Your Word.
Song of Songs 3:5
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles, and by the does of the field, do not stir up nor awake my love until it pleases.
Song of Songs 8:4
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, why should you stir up or awaken my Love until it pleases?
Romans 15:30
But I exhort you, brothers, for the sake of the Lord Jesus Christ and for the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,
Galatians 6:1-2
Brothers, if a man is overtaken in a fault, you the spiritual ones restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering yourself, lest you also be tempted.
James 5:16
Confess faults to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous one avails much.