Parallel Verses

NET Bible

My beloved is like a fragrant pouch of myrrh spending the night 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.

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.

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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Verse Info

Context Readings

Maiden's Poetic Praise Of Her Beloved

12 The Beloved about Her Lover: While the king was at his banqueting table, my nard gave forth its fragrance. 13 My beloved is like a fragrant pouch of myrrh spending the night between my breasts. 14 My beloved is like a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-Gedi.

Cross References

Psalm 45:8

All your garments are perfumed with myrrh, aloes, and cassia. From the luxurious palaces comes the music of stringed instruments that makes you happy.

John 19:39

Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus at night, accompanied Joseph, carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five pounds.

Genesis 43:11

Then their father Israel said to them, "If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and take a gift down to the man -- a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.

Song of Songs 2:7

The Beloved to the Maidens: I adjure you, O maidens of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the young does of the open fields: Do not awaken or arouse love until it pleases!

Song of Songs 3:5

The Adjuration Refrain The Beloved to the Maidens:I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the young does of the open fields: "Do not awake or arouse love until it pleases!"

Song of Songs 4:6

Until the dawn arrives and the shadows flee, I will go up to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

Song of Songs 4:14

nard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon with every kind of spice, myrrh and aloes with all the finest spices.

Song of Songs 5:1

The Lover to His Beloved: I have entered my garden, O my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk! The Poet to the Couple: Eat, friends, and drink! Drink freely, O lovers!

Song of Songs 5:5

I arose to open for my beloved; my hands dripped with myrrh -- my fingers flowed with myrrh on the handles of the lock.

Song of Songs 5:13

His cheeks are like garden beds full of balsam trees yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with drops of myrrh.

Song of Songs 8:3-4

The Beloved about Her Lover: His left hand caresses my head, and his right hand stimulates me.

Ephesians 3:17

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,

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