KJV King James Version
I sleep, but my heart waketh: [it is] the voice of my beloved that knocketh, [saying], Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, [and] my locks with the drops of the night.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Song of Solomon 5:2
I sleep, but my heart waketh: [it is] the voice of my beloved that knocketh, [saying], Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, [and] my locks with the drops of the night.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
WEB World English Bible
I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night.”
ASV American Standard Version
I was asleep, but my heart waked: It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I am sleeping, but my heart waketh: The sound of my beloved knocking! ‘Open to me, my sister, my friend, My dove, my perfect one, For my head is filled with dew, My locks with drops of the night.’
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 5
1 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.
2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: [it is] the voice of my beloved that knocketh, [saying], Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, [and] my locks with the drops of the night.
3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole [of the door], and my bowels were moved for him.
5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped [with] myrrh, and my fingers [with] sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אֲנִ֥יH589 · a.niIיְשֵׁנָ֖הH3463 · ya.shensleepingוְלִבִּ֣יH3820 · levheartעֵ֑רH5782 · urto rouseק֣וֹל׀H6963 · qolvoiceדּוֹדִ֣יH1730 · dodbelovedדוֹפֵ֗קH1849 · da.phaqto beatפִּתְחִי־H6605 · pa.tachto openלִ֞יH9030 · nimeאֲחֹתִ֤יH269 · a.chotsisterרַעְיָתִי֙H7474 · ra.yahdarlingיוֹנָתִ֣יH3123 · yo.nahdoveתַמָּתִ֔יH8535 · tamcompleteשֶׁרֹּאשִׁי֙H7218 · roshheadנִמְלָא־H4390 · ma.leto fillטָ֔לH2919 · taldewקְוֻּצּוֹתַ֖יH6977 · qe.vuts.tsahlockרְסִ֥יסֵיH7447 · ra.sisdropלָֽיְלָה׃H3915 · lay.lahnight
Cross-references
Revelation 3:20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.Song of Solomon 2:14O my dove, [that art] in the clefts of the rock, in the secret [places] of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet [is] thy voice, and thy countenance [is] comely.Zechariah 4:1And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,Song of Solomon 6:9My dove, my undefiled is [but] one; she [is] the [only] one of her mother, she [is] the choice [one] of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; [yea], the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.Psalm 119:1ALEPH. Blessed [are] the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.Song of Solomon 4:9Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, [my] spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.Song of Solomon 2:10My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.Song of Solomon 4:7Thou [art] all fair, my love; [there is] no spot in thee.Song of Solomon 5:11His head [is as] the most fine gold, his locks [are] bushy, [and] black as a raven.Isaiah 52:14As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.Genesis 29:20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him [but] a few days, for the love he had to her.Song of Solomon 7:9And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth [down] sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.Isaiah 53:3-5He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.Proverbs 23:26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.Song of Solomon 2:8The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.Genesis 31:40-41[Thus] I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.Psalm 24:7-10Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
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