Song of Songs 8:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised you up under the apple tree; there your mother brought you forth; there she gave birth to you.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother was in labor with you; there she who bore you was in labor.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple-tree I awakened thee: There thy mother was in travail with thee, There was she in travail that brought thee forth.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    What is she this, that cometh vp from the wildernes, and leaneth vpon hir loue? I am the same that waked the vp amonge the aple trees, where thy mother beare ye, where yi mother brought the in to the worlde.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    (Who is this that commeth vp out of the wildernesse, leaning vpon her welbeloued?) I raysed thee vp vnder an apple tree: there thy mother conceiued thee: there she coceiued that bare thee.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    (What is she this that cometh vp from the wildernesse, and leaneth vpon her loue?) I wake thee vp among the apple trees where thy mother conceaued thee, where thy mother I say brought thee into the worlde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ Who [is] this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth [that] bare thee.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, Leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I aroused you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and bore you.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Who `is' this coming from the wilderness, Hasting herself for her beloved? Under the citron-tree I have waked thee, There did thy mother pledge thee, There she gave a pledge `that' bare thee.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple-tree I awakened thee: There thy mother was in travail with thee, There was she in travail that brought thee forth.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple-tree I awakened thee: There thy mother was in travail with thee, There was she in travail that brought thee forth.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Who is this, who comes up from the waste places, resting on her loved one? It was I who made you awake under the apple-tree, where your mother gave you birth; there she was in pain at your birth.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I aroused you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and bore you.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Awakening of LoveThe Maidens about His Beloved: Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved?The Beloved to Her Lover: Under the apple tree I aroused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who bore you was in labor of childbirth.

Referenced Verses

  • Song 3:6 : 6 Who is this coming out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the powders of the merchant?
  • Song 2:3 : 3 As the apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
  • Song 3:4 : 4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her who conceived me.
  • Isa 40:3 : 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
  • Song 6:10 : 10 Who is she who looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and awesome as an army with banners?
  • Isa 26:3-4 : 3 You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. 4 Trust in the LORD forever, for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.
  • Eph 1:12-13 : 12 That we should be to the praise of His glory, who first trusted in Christ. 13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
  • 1 Pet 1:21 : 21 Who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
  • Song 3:11 : 11 Go forth, O daughters of Zion, and behold King Solomon with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his marriage, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
  • 2 Chr 32:8 : 8 With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles. And the people relied on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
  • Ps 45:10-11 : 10 Listen, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear; forget your own people, and your father's house; 11 So shall the king greatly desire your beauty: for he is your Lord; and you shall worship him.
  • Ps 63:8 : 8 My soul follows hard after you: your right hand upholds me.
  • Ps 107:2-8 : 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy; 3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to live in. 5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. 6 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. 7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. 8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
  • Isa 43:19 : 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
  • Isa 49:20-23 : 20 The children which you shall have, after you have lost the other, shall say again in your ears, The place is too narrow for me: give place to me that I may dwell. 21 Then you shall say in your heart, Who has begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and moving to and fro? and who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where have they been? 22 Thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring your sons in their arms, and your daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. 23 And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed who wait for me.
  • Jer 2:2 : 2 Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the LORD; I remember you, the kindness of your youth, the love of your engagements, when you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
  • Hos 12:4 : 4 Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept and made supplication to him; he found him in Bethel, and there He spoke with us;
  • Mic 3:11 : 11 The leaders judge for reward, and the priests teach for hire, and the prophets divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? No harm can come upon us.
  • John 1:48-51 : 48 Nathanael said to him, How do you know me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you. 49 Nathanael answered and said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel. 50 Jesus answered and said to him, Because I said to you, I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these. 51 And he said to him, Verily, verily, I say to you, Hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
  • John 13:23 : 23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
  • Acts 27:23-25 : 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, 24 Saying, Do not fear, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar: and indeed, God has granted you all those who sail with you. 25 Therefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it will be just as it was told to me.
  • Rom 7:4 : 4 Therefore, my brothers, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ; that you may be married to another, even to Him who is raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God.
  • 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 And He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
  • Gal 4:19 : 19 My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you,
  • Rev 12:6 : 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God, so that she might be nourished there for one thousand two hundred sixty days.
  • Isa 36:6 : 6 Indeed, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt, which if a man leans on, it will pierce his hand. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
  • Song 8:1 : 1 Oh, that you were like my brother, who nursed at my mother's breasts! When I find you outside, I would kiss you, and I would not be despised.
  • Song 4:8 : 8 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Song 8:1-4
    4 verses
    80%

    1Oh, that you were like my brother, who nursed at my mother's breasts! When I find you outside, I would kiss you, and I would not be despised.

    2I would lead you and bring you into my mother's house, who would teach me: I would cause you to drink of spiced wine from the juice of my pomegranate.

    3His left hand would be under my head, and his right hand would embrace me.

    4I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not stir up or awaken my love until he pleases.

  • Song 3:3-6
    4 verses
    80%

    3The watchmen who go about the city found me: to whom I said, Have you seen him whom my soul loves?

    4It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her who conceived me.

    5I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles, and by the hinds of the field, that you do not stir up nor awaken my love until he pleases.

    6Who is this coming out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the powders of the merchant?

  • Song 2:2-10
    9 verses
    78%

    2As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

    3As the apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

    4He brought me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me was love.

    5Sustain me with raisins, comfort me with apples, for I am sick with love.

    6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.

    7I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the does of the field, that you not stir up nor awaken my love until he pleases.

    8The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

    9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall, he looks forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice.

    10My beloved spoke and said to me, 'Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.'

  • Song 7:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10I am my beloved's, and his desire is for me.

    11Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

    12Let us rise early to the vineyards, let us see if the vine has flourished, if the tender grapes appear, and the pomegranates blossom. There I will give you my love.

  • Song 2:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

    13The fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grapes give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

    14O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for sweet is your voice, and your countenance is lovely.

  • Song 7:6-8
    3 verses
    76%

    6How fair and how pleasant you are, O love, for delights!

    7This stature of yours is like a palm tree, and your breasts like clusters of fruit.

    8I said, I will climb the palm tree, I will take hold of its branches. Now let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the fragrance of your breath like apples;

  • Song 5:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

  • Song 1:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, where you feed, where you make your flock to rest at noon. Why should I be like one who turns aside by the flocks of your companions?

    8If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow the trail of the flock, and feed your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.

  • Song 6:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned aside? That we may seek him with you.

    2My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

    3I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies.

  • Song 4:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5Your two breasts are like two young deer that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

    6Until the day breaks, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

  • Song 4:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

    9You have ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; you have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.

  • Song 1:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me; he shall lie all night between my breasts.

    14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blooms in the vineyards of Engedi.

  • Song 5:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am lovesick.

    9What is your beloved more than another beloved, O fairest among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you so charge us?

  • Song 4:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

    16Awake, O north wind; and come, O south; blow upon my garden, that the spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

  • Song 6:10
    74%

    10Who is she who looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and awesome as an army with banners?

  • Song 8:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13You who dwell in the gardens, the companions listen for your voice: cause me to hear it.

    14Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young deer on the mountains of spices.

  • Song 1:4
    73%

    4Draw me, we will run after you; the king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in you, we will remember your love more than wine; the upright love you.

  • Song 4:12
    72%

    12A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

  • Song 2:16
    72%

    16My beloved is mine, and I am his; he feeds among the lilies.

  • Song 8:6
    72%

    6Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is as strong as death; jealousy is as cruel as the grave: its coals are coals of fire, with a most vehement flame.

  • Song 5:6
    72%

    6I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was 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.