Parallel Verses
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.
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."
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 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.
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!
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Song of Solomon 5:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Adjuration Refrain
7 The watchmen that go about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me. 8 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, That ye tell him, that I am sick from love. 9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, That thou dost so adjure us?
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Cross References
Song of Songs 2:7
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.
Song of Songs 2:5
Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love.
Psalm 42:1-3
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Psalm 63:1-3
O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.
Psalm 77:1-3
I will cry unto God with my voice, Even unto God with my voice; and he will give ear unto me.
Psalm 119:81-83
KAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; But I hope in thy word.
Song of Songs 3:5
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.
Song of Songs 8:4
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.
Romans 15:30
Now I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
Galatians 6:1-2
Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
James 5:16
Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.