The Song of Solomon 5
- 1I have 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, yes, drink abundantly, O beloved.
- 2I sleep, but my heart wakes. It is the voice of my beloved that knocks, 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.
- 3I have put off my coat. How shall I put it on? I have washed my feet. How shall I defile them?
- 4My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my inward parts were moved for him.
- 5I rose up to open to my beloved, and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, on the handles of the lock.
- 6I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and had gone. My soul failed when he spoke. I sought him, but I could not find him. I called him, but he gave me no answer.
- 7The watchmen who went about the city found me, they struck me, they wounded me. The keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
- 8I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him, that I am sick with love.
- 9What is your beloved more than another beloved, O you fairest among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you do so charge us?
- 10My beloved is white and ruddy, the foremost among ten thousand.
- 11His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
- 12His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and perfectly set.
- 13His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
- 14His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory covered with sapphires.
- 15His legs are as pillars of marble, set on bases of fine gold: his face is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
- 16His mouth is most sweet: yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of The Song of Solomon 5 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVI 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.
GIGAKJVI have 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, yes, drink abundantly, O beloved.
KJVI 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.
GIGAKJVI sleep, but my heart wakes. It is the voice of my beloved that knocks, 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.
KJVI have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
GIGAKJVI have put off my coat. How shall I put it on? I have washed my feet. How shall I defile them?
KJVMy beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
GIGAKJVMy beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my inward parts were moved for him.
KJVI 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.
GIGAKJVI rose up to open to my beloved, and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, on the handles of the lock.
KJVI 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.
GIGAKJVI opened to my beloved, but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and had gone. My soul failed when he spoke. I sought him, but I could not find him. I called him, but he gave me no answer.
KJVThe 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.
GIGAKJVThe watchmen who went about the city found me, they struck me, they wounded me. The keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
KJVI charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
GIGAKJVI charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him, that I am sick with love.
KJVWhat 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?
GIGAKJVWhat is your beloved more than another beloved, O you fairest among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you do so charge us?
KJVMy beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
GIGAKJVMy beloved is white and ruddy, the foremost among ten thousand.
KJVHis eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
GIGAKJVHis eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and perfectly set.
KJVHis hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
GIGAKJVHis hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory covered with sapphires.
KJVHis legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
GIGAKJVHis legs are as pillars of marble, set on bases of fine gold: his face is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
KJVHis mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
GIGAKJVHis mouth is most sweet: yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
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