KJV King James Version
My beloved put in his hand by the hole [of the door], and my bowels were moved for him.
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Song of Solomon 5:4
My beloved put in his hand by the hole [of the door], and my bowels were moved for him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
My beloved put his hand to the latch; my heart pounded for him.
WEB World English Bible
My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him.
ASV American Standard Version
My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, And my heart was moved for him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
My beloved sent his hand from the net-work, And my bowels were moved for him.
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.
6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, [and] was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
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Cross-references
2 Corinthians 8:16But thanks [be] to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.1 Kings 3:26Then spake the woman whose the living child [was] unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, [but] divide [it].2 Corinthians 8:1-2Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;Genesis 43:30And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought [where] to weep; and he entered into [his] chamber, and wept there.Acts 16:14And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard [us]: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.Song of Solomon 1:4Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.Philippians 2:13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of [his] good pleasure.Psalm 110:3Thy people [shall be] willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.Isaiah 26:8-9Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of [our] soul [is] to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.1 John 3:16-17Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren.
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