Parallel Verses

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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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Fausets

Hastings

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Watsons

Verse Info

Context Readings

Maiden's Poetic Praise Of Her Beloved

12 While the king was on his couch, my spikenard gave forth its fragrance. 13 “My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh
Which lies all night between my breasts.
14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.

Cross References

Psalm 45:8

All thy garments smell of myrrh and aloes and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, by which they have made thee glad.

John 19:39

Then Nicodemus came also, who at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about one hundred pounds.

Genesis 43:11

Then their father Israel answered them, If it must be so now, do this: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels and take the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, aromas, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds.

Song of Songs 2:7

I charge you, O ye virgins of Jerusalem, by the roes and by the hinds of the field that ye not awake nor stir up love, until he pleases.

Song of Songs 3:5

I charge you, O ye virgins of Jerusalem, by the roes and by the hinds of the field, that ye not awake nor stir up love, until he pleases.

Song of Songs 4:6

Until the day breaks, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.

Song of Songs 4:14

spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

Song of Songs 5:1

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.

Song of Songs 5:5

I rose up to open to my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

Song of Songs 5:13

His cheeks are as a bed of aromatic spices, as fragrant flowers; his lips like lilies, dripping sweet smelling myrrh that transcends.

Song of Songs 8:3-4

His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.

Ephesians 3:17

that the Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith, that ye, being rooted and grounded in charity,

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