Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
I gather
I eat my honeycomb with my honey.
I drink my wine with my milk.
Drink, be intoxicated with love!
New American Standard Bible
I have gathered my
I have eaten my honeycomb
I have
Eat,
Drink and
King James Version
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
International Standard Version
I've come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I've gathered my myrrh with my spices. I've eaten my honeycomb with my honey. I've drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends! Drink and become drunk with love.
American Standard Version
I am come into my garden, my sister, my bride: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; Drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Amplified
(The Bridegroom)
I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam and spice [from your sweet words].
I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;
I have drunk my wine with my milk.
Eat, friends;
Drink and drink deeply, O lovers.”
Bible in Basic English
I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; to take my myrrh with my spice; my wax with my honey; my wine with my milk. Take meat, O friends; take wine, yes, be overcome with love.
Darby Translation
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, beloved ones!
Julia Smith Translation
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.
King James 2000
I have come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I have come to my garden, my sister bride, I have gathered my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk! Eat, O friends! {Drink and become drunk [with] love}!
Modern King James verseion
I have come into My garden, My sister, My spouse; I have gathered My myrrh with My spice; I have eaten My honeycomb with My honey; I have drunk My wine with My milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O Beloved.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Come into my garden O my sister, my Spouse: I have gathered my Myrrh with my spice. I will eat my honey and my honeycomb, I will drink my wine and my milk. Eat, O ye friends, drink and be merry, O ye beloved.
NET Bible
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!
New Heart English Bible
I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends. Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.
The Emphasized Bible
HEI have entered my garden, my sister, bride, I have plucked my myrrh, with my balsam, I have eaten the honey of my thicket, I have drunk my wine, with my milk: - Eat ye, O friends, Drink, yea drink abundantly, ye beloved!
Webster
I have come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh, with my spice; I have eaten my honey-comb with my honey; I have drank my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yes, drink abundantly, O beloved.
World English Bible
I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Friends Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved. Beloved
Youngs Literal Translation
I have come in to my garden, my sister-spouse, I have plucked my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my comb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, drink, Yea, drink abundantly, O beloved ones!
Themes
the Diet of the jews » Articles used for » Honey
Gardens » Illustrative » Of the church
Gardens » Often used for » Entertainments
Honey » Was eaten » With the comb
Love of Christ » To his church
Milk » Illustrative of » Doctrines of the gospel
myrrh » A product of the land of canaan
Topics
References
Word Count of 19 Translations in Song of Solomon 5:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Locked Garden Of Delights Is Unlocked
1
I gather
I eat my honeycomb with my honey.
I drink my wine with my milk.
Drink, be intoxicated with love!
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.
Phrases
Cross References
Song of Songs 6:2
to beds of spice,
to feed in the gardens
and gather lilies.
Song of Songs 4:16
come, south wind.
Blow on my garden,
and spread the fragrance of its spices.
Let my love come to his garden
and eat its choicest fruits.
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John 3:29
He who has the bride
John 15:14-15
Deuteronomy 16:13-17
“You are to celebrate the Festival of Booths for seven days when you have gathered in everything from your threshing floor and winepress.
Deuteronomy 26:10-14
I have now brought the first of the land’s produce that You, Lord, have given me.
You will then place the container before the Lord your God and bow down to Him.
2 Chronicles 31:6-10
As for the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah, they also brought a tenth of the cattle and sheep, and a tenth of the dedicated things that were consecrated to the Lord their God.
Psalm 16:3
they are the noble ones.
All my delight is in them.
Psalm 147:11
those who put their hope in His faithful love.
Proverbs 9:5
and drink the wine I have mixed.
Song of Songs 4:9-14
You have captured my heart with one glance of your eyes,
with one jewel of your necklace.
Song of Songs 6:11
to see the blossoms of the valley,
to see if the vines were budding
and the pomegranates blooming.
Song of Songs 8:1
one who nursed at my mother’s breasts,
I would find you in public and kiss you,
and no one would scorn me.
Song of Songs 8:13
companions
let me hear you!
Isaiah 5:1
a song about my loved one’s vineyard:
The one I love had a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
Isaiah 23:18
But her profits and wages will be dedicated to the Lord. They will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live in the Lord’s presence, to provide them with ample food and sacred clothing.
Isaiah 51:3
He will comfort all her waste places,
and He will make her wilderness like Eden,
and her desert like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and melodious song.
Isaiah 53:11
and He will be satisfied with His knowledge.
My righteous
and He will carry their iniquities.
Isaiah 55:1-2
come to the waters;
and you without money,
come, buy, and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without cost!
Isaiah 58:11
satisfy you in a parched land,
and strengthen your bones.
You will be like a watered garden
and like a spring whose waters never run dry.
Isaiah 61:11
and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up,
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
to spring up before all the nations.
Isaiah 62:8-9
and His strong arm:
I will no longer give your grain
to your enemies for food,
and foreigners will not drink your new wine
you have labored for.
Isaiah 65:13
Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:
but you will be hungry;
My servants will drink,
but you will be thirsty;
My servants will rejoice,
but you will be put to shame.
Isaiah 66:14
and you
then the Lord’s power will be revealed to His servants,
but He will show His wrath against His enemies.
Zechariah 9:15-17
They will consume and conquer with slingstones;
they will drink and be rowdy as if with wine.
They will be as full as the sprinkling basin,
like those at the corners of the altar.
Matthew 25:40
Luke 12:4
Luke 15:6-7
Luke 15:9-10
John 14:21-23
Acts 11:29
So each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea.
2 Corinthians 9:11-15
You will be enriched
Ephesians 5:18
And don’t get drunk
1 Thessalonians 3:8-9
For now we live, if you stand firm
Hebrews 2:12-14
saying:
I will sing hymns to You in the congregation.
Revelation 22:17
Both the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Anyone who hears should say, “Come!” And the one who is thirsty should come. Whoever desires should take the living water as a gift.