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Song of Solomon 5:8

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I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I [am] sick of love.

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KJV 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.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.

WEB World English Bible

I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love.

ASV 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.

YLT Young’s 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!

Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 5

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6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, [and] was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.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.

8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I [am] sick of 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 charge us?

10 My beloved [is] white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

11 His head [is as] the most fine gold, his locks [are] bushy, [and] black as a raven.

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Cross-references

Song of Solomon 2:5Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I [am] sick of love.Song of Solomon 2:7I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.Song of Solomon 3:5I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.Psalm 42:1-3To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.Galatians 6:1-2Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.Psalm 119:81-83CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word.Romans 15:30Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in [your] prayers to God for me;Psalm 77:1-3To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph. I cried unto God with my voice, [even] unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.Psalm 63:1-3A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou [art] my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;James 5:16Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.Song of Solomon 8:4I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, until he please.