Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Leaning on her beloved?”
“
There your mother was in labor with you,
There she was in labor and gave you birth.
King James Version
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
Holman Bible
leaning on the one she loves?
There your mother conceived you;
there she conceived and gave you birth.
International Standard Version
Who is this coming up from the desert, leaning on her beloved? Under theapple tree I awakened you. There your mother had gone into labor with you; there she went into labor and gave birth to you.
A Conservative Version
Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple tree I awoke thee. There thy mother was in travail with thee. There she who brought thee forth was in travail.
American Standard Version
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple-tree I awakened thee: There thy mother was in travail with thee, There was she in travail that brought thee forth.
Amplified
(The Chorus)
“Who is this coming up from the wilderness
Leaning upon her beloved?”
Bible in Basic English
Who is this, who comes up from the waste places, resting on her loved one? It was I who made you awake under the apple-tree, where your mother gave you birth; there she was in pain at your birth.
Darby Translation
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? I awoke thee under the apple-tree: There thy mother brought thee forth; There she brought thee forth that bore thee.
Julia Smith Translation
Who this coming up from the desert, leaning herself upon her beloved? Under the apple tree I aroused thee: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she bearing thee, brought forth .
King James 2000
Who is this that comes up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I awakened you under the apple tree: there your mother brought you forth: there she brought you forth that bore you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Who [is] this coming up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you; there your mother {conceived you}; there she who was in labor gave birth to you.
Modern King James verseion
Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her Beloved? I awakened you under the apple tree; there your mother travailed with you; there she travailed and bore you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I am the same that waked thee up among the apple trees, where thy mother bare thee, where thy mother brought thee in to the world.
NET Bible
The Maidens about His Beloved: Who is this coming up from the desert, leaning on her beloved? The Beloved to Her Lover: Under the apple tree I aroused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who bore you was in labor of childbirth.
New Heart English Bible
Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I aroused you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and bore you.
The Emphasized Bible
THEYWho is this, coming up out of the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? HEUnder the apple-tree, I roused thee, where thy mother, was in pain with thee, where she was in pain who gave thee birth!
Webster
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple-tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bore thee.
World English Bible
Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I aroused you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and bore you.
Youngs Literal Translation
Who is this coming from the wilderness, Hasting herself for her beloved? Under the citron-tree I have waked thee, There did thy mother pledge thee, There she gave a pledge that bare thee.
Themes
journey of israel through the Desert » Illustrative of the pilgrimage of the church
Interlinear
`alah
Chabal
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Song of Solomon 8:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Up From The Wilderness And Under The Apple Tree
4
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not stir me up or awake my love until he pleases.
5
Leaning on her beloved?”
“
There your mother was in labor with you,
There she was in labor and gave you birth.
Phrases
Cross References
Song of Songs 3:6
Who is this that comes out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Song of Songs 2:3
(The Shulamite) Just like the apple tree among the trees of the wood so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Song of Songs 3:4
Shortly after I passed by them, I found the one I love. I held him, and would not let him go, until I brought him to my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.'
2 Chronicles 32:8
Jehovah our God fights on our side. The Assyrians must rely on human power alone. These words encouraged the army of Judah.
Psalm 45:10-11
Listen, O daughter, pay attention and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father's house.
Psalm 63:8
I cling to you. Your right hand supports (holds) me.
Psalm 107:2-8
Let the redeemed by Jehovah say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
Song of Songs 3:11
Go forth, O you daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown that his mother crowned him with in the day of his wedding, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Song of Songs 4:8
Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon! Look from the peak of Mount Amana, from the peak of Mount Shenir and Mount Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
Song of Songs 6:10
Who is she who looks as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
Song of Songs 8:1
If only you were like my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! When I find you outside I would kiss you. I would not be despised.
Isaiah 26:3-4
You will keep the steadfast mind in perfect peace, because he trusts (hopes) in you.
Isaiah 36:6
When you trust Egypt, you trust a broken stick for a staff. If you lean on it, it stabs your hand and goes through it. This is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is like for everyone who trusts him.
Isaiah 40:3
A voice of one calling: In the wilderness prepare the way for Jehovah. Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Isaiah 43:19
I am going to do something new. It is already happening. Do you recognize it? I will clear a way in the desert. I will make rivers on dry land.
Isaiah 49:20-23
The children removed from you will say to you: 'This place is too crowed for me. Make room for me to live here.'
Jeremiah 2:2
Go and announce to Jerusalem, 'This is what Jehovah says: I remember the unfailing loyalty of your youth, the love you had for me as a bride. I remember how you followed me into the desert, into a land that was not sown (farmed).
Hosea 12:4
He struggled with the angel and won. Jacob cried and pleaded with him. Jacob found him at Bethel, and he talked with him there.
Micah 3:11
The leaders judge for a bribe, and the priests teach for wages! The prophets predict for money yet they rely on Jehovah when they say: Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? No evil will come upon us.
John 1:48-51
Nathanael asked: How do you know me? Jesus answered: I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.
John 13:23
The disciple whom Jesus loved was leaning on his chest.
Acts 27:23-25
Last night an angel of the God of whom I serve stood beside me.
Romans 7:4
Brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ; that you should be joined to another, even to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit to God.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
He told me: My grace is sufficient for you for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore, I would rather glory in my infirmities (frailities), that the power of Christ may rest upon me (cover me like a tent) (descend upon me) (abide with me). (Isaiah 40:29-31)
Galatians 4:19
My little children, of whom I am again in labor pains until Christ is formed in you
Ephesians 1:12-13
We who were first to hope in Christ should serve to the praise of his glory.
1 Peter 1:21
Through him you believe in God. God raised him from the dead, and gave him glory so that your faith and hope are in God.
Revelation 12:6
The woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God. There they feed her a thousand two hundred and sixty days.