Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

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

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.

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

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Verse Info

Context Readings

Maiden's Poetic Praise Of Her Beloved

12 The king yet in his divan, my spikenard gave its odor. 13 A bundle of myrrh my beloved to me; he shall lodge between my breasts. 14 A cluster of cypress my beloved to me in the vineyards of the kids' fountain.


Cross References

Psalm 45:8

Myrrh and aloes, cassia, all thy garments, from the temples of ivory, by which they gladdened thee.

John 19:39

And Nicodemus also came, he having come to Jesus at first by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about one hundred pounds.

Genesis 43:11

And Israel their father will say to them, If so now, do this; take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down to the man a gift of a little balsam, and a little honey and spice and resin, pistacia nuts, and almonds.

Song of Songs 2:7

I adjured you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, if ye shall awake and if ye shall arouse love till he shall desire.

Song of Songs 3:5

I adjured you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, if ye shall awake and if ye shall arouse love till he shall desire.

Song of Songs 4:6

Till the day shall breathe, and the shadows fled away, I will go for myself to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of Lebanon.

Song of Songs 4:14

Spikenard and saffron; the reed and cinnamon, with all the woods of Lebanon; myrrh and aloes, with all the heads of spices.

Song of Songs 5:1

I Came to my garden, my sister, O spouse: I gathered my myrrh with my spices; I ate my droppings with my honey; I drank my wine with my milk: Eat, O friends; drink ye, and drink to the full, O beloved ones.

Song of Songs 5:5

I arose to open to my beloved, and my hands dropped myrrh, and my fingers, myrrh overflowing upon the hands of the bolt

Song of Songs 5:13

His cheeks as beds of spices, towers of aromatic herbs: his lips lilies, dropping overflowing myrrh.

Song of Songs 8:3-4

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

Ephesians 3:17

For Christ to dwell by faith in your hearts; in love being rendered firm, and the foundation laid,

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