Parallel Verses
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 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."
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.
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.
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!
Interlinear
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Hastings
Word Count of 19 Translations in Song of Solomon 5:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Adjuration Refrain
7 The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. They beat me, they bruised me; they took away my cloak, those watchmen on the walls! 8 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! 9 The Maidens to The Beloved: Why is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful of women? Why is your beloved better than others, that you would command us in this manner?
Names
Cross References
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 2:5
Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love. The Double Refrain: Embracing and Adjuration
Psalm 42:1-3
For the music director; a well-written song by the Korahites. As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God!
Psalm 63:1-3
A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
Psalm 77:1-3
For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of Asaph. I will cry out to God and call for help! I will cry out to God and he will pay attention to me.
Psalm 119:81-83
(Kaf) I desperately long for your deliverance. I find hope in your word.
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 8:4
The Beloved to the Maidens: I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem: "Do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases!"
Romans 15:30
Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join fervently with me in prayer to God on my behalf.
Galatians 6:1-2
Brothers and sisters, if a person is discovered in some sin, you who are spiritual restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness. Pay close attention to yourselves, so that you are not tempted too.
James 5:16
So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.