KJV King James Version
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me [was] love.
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Song of Solomon 2:4
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me [was] love.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love.
WEB World English Bible
He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.
ASV American Standard Version
He brought me to the banqueting-house, And his banner over me was love.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
He hath brought me in unto a house of wine, And his banner over me is love,
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 2
1 I [am] the rose of Sharon, [and] the lily of the valleys.
2 As the lily among thorns, so [is] my love among the daughters.
3 As 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.
4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me [was] love.
5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I [am] sick of love.
6 His left hand [is] under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
7 I 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.
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Cross-references
Romans 5:8-10But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.Romans 8:28-39And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.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.John 15:9-15As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.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.Psalm 84:10For a day in thy courts [is] better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.Isaiah 11:10And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.Song of Solomon 6:4Thou [art] beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as [an army] with banners.John 14:21-23He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.Psalm 60:4Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.Psalm 20:5We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up [our] banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.Psalm 63:2-5To see thy power and thy glory, so [as] I have seen thee in the sanctuary.Song of Solomon 1:1The song of songs, which [is] Solomon’s.Song of Solomon 5:1I 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.Esther 7:7And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath [went] into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.Job 1:10Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
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