Song of Songs 1:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Dark `am' I, and comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon.

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  • Song 5:8 : 8 I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved -- What do ye tell him? that I `am' sick with love!
  • Ps 120:5 : 5 Wo to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.
  • Song 2:7 : 7 I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!
  • Song 2:14 : 14 My dove, in clefts of the rock, In a secret place of the ascent, Cause me to see thine appearance, Cause me to hear thy voice, For thy voice `is' sweet, and thy appearance comely.
  • Song 4:3 : 3 As a thread of scarlet `are' thy lips, And thy speech `is' comely, As the work of the pomegranate `is' thy temple behind thy veil,
  • Song 5:16 : 16 His mouth is sweetness -- and all of him desirable, This `is' my beloved, and this my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem!
  • Song 6:4 : 4 Fair `art' thou, my friend, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts.
  • Song 8:4 : 4 I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, How ye stir up, And how ye wake the love till she please!
  • Isa 53:2 : 2 Yea, he cometh up as a tender plant before Him, And as a root out of a dry land, He hath no form, nor honour, when we observe him, Nor appearance, when we desire him.
  • Isa 60:7 : 7 All the flock of Kedar are gathered to thee, The rams of Nebaioth do serve thee, They ascend for acceptance Mine altar, And the house of My beauty I beautify.
  • Isa 61:10 : 10 I greatly rejoice in Jehovah, Joy doth my soul in my God, For He clothed me with garments of salvation, With a robe of righteousness covereth Me, As a bridegroom prepareth ornaments, And as a bride putteth on her jewels.
  • Ezek 16:14 : 14 And go forth doth thy name among nations, Because of thy beauty -- for it `is' complete, In My honour that I have set upon thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
  • Matt 10:25 : 25 sufficient to the disciple that he may be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord; if the master of the house they did call Beelzeboul, how much more those of his household?
  • Matt 22:11 : 11 `And the king having come in to view those reclining, saw there a man not clothed with clothing of the marriage-feast,
  • Luke 13:34 : 34 `Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto her, how often did I will to gather together thy children, as a hen her brood under the wings, and ye did not will.
  • Luke 15:22 : 22 `And the father said unto his servants, Bring forth the first robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet;
  • Rom 13:14 : 14 but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the flesh take no forethought -- for desires.
  • 1 Cor 4:10-13 : 10 we `are' fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we `are' ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured; 11 unto the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and wander about, 12 and labour, working with `our' own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer; 13 being spoken evil of, we entreat; as filth of the world we did become -- of all things an offscouring -- till now.
  • 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.
  • Gal 4:26 : 26 and the Jerusalem above is the free-woman, which is mother of us all,
  • Eph 5:26 : 26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed `it' with the bathing of the water in the saying,
  • 1 John 3:1 : 1 See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;
  • Song 3:5 : 5 I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!
  • Song 3:10 : 10 Its pillars he made of silver, Its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, Its midst lined `with' love, By the daughters of Jerusalem.
  • Ps 149:4 : 4 For Jehovah is pleased with His people, He beautifieth the humble with salvation.
  • Ps 45:9 : 9 Daughters of kings `are' among thy precious ones, A queen hath stood at thy right hand, In pure gold of Ophir.
  • Ps 90:17 : 17 And let the pleasantness of Jehovah our God be upon us, And the work of our hands establish on us, Yea, the work of our hands establish it!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Song 1:6-10
    5 verses
    85%

    6 Fear me not, because I `am' very dark, Because the sun hath scorched me, The sons of my mother were angry with me, They made me keeper of the vineyards, My vineyard -- my own -- I have not kept.

    7 Declare to me, thou whom my soul hath loved, Where thou delightest, Where thou liest down at noon, For why am I as one veiled, By the ranks of thy companions?

    8 If thou knowest not, O fair among women, Get thee forth by the traces of the flock, And feed thy kids by the shepherds' dwellings!

    9 To my joyous one in chariots of Pharaoh, I have compared thee, my friend,

    10 Comely have been thy cheeks with garlands, Thy neck with chains.

  • 4 Draw me: after thee we run, The king hath brought me into his inner chambers, We do joy and rejoice in thee, We mention thy loves more than wine, Uprightly they have loved thee!

  • Song 5:7-11
    5 verses
    76%

    7 The watchmen who go round about the city, Found me, smote me, wounded me, Keepers of the walls lifted up my veil from off me.

    8 I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved -- What do ye tell him? that I `am' sick with love!

    9 What `is' thy beloved above `any' beloved, O fair among women? What `is' thy beloved above `any' beloved, That thus thou hast adjured us?

    10 My beloved `is' clear and ruddy, Conspicuous above a myriad!

    11 His head `is' pure gold -- fine gold, His locks flowing, dark as a raven,

  • Song 6:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4 Fair `art' thou, my friend, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts.

    5 Turn round thine eyes from before me, Because they have made me proud. Thy hair `is' as a row of the goats, That have shone from Gilead,

  • 30 My skin hath been black upon me, And my bone hath burned from heat,

  • Song 1:14-16
    3 verses
    75%

    14 A cluster of cypress `is' my beloved to me, In the vineyards of En-Gedi!

    15 Lo, thou `art' fair, my friend, Lo, thou `art' fair, thine eyes `are' doves!

    16 Lo, thou `art' fair, my love, yea, pleasant, Yea, our couch `is' green,

  • Song 4:6-8
    3 verses
    75%

    6 Till the day doth break forth, And the shadows have fled away, I will get me unto the mountain of myrrh, And unto the hill of frankincense.

    7 Thou `art' all fair, my friend, And a blemish there is not in thee. Come from Lebanon, O spouse,

    8 Come from Lebanon, come thou in. Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Shenir and Hermon, From the habitations of lions, From the mountains of leopards.

  • Song 6:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9 One is my dove, my perfect one, One she `is' of her mother, The choice one she `is' of her that bare her, Daughters saw, and pronounce her happy, Queens and concubines, and they praise her.

    10 `Who `is' this that is looking forth as morning, Fair as the moon -- clear as the sun, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts?'

  • Song 7:4-6
    3 verses
    74%

    4 Thy neck as a tower of the ivory, Thine eyes pools in Heshbon, near the gate of Bath-Rabbim, Thy face as a tower of Lebanon looking to Damascus,

    5 Thy head upon thee as Carmel, And the locks of thy head as purple, The king is bound with the flowings!

    6 How fair and how pleasant hast thou been, O love, in delights.

  • 1 Lo, thou `art' fair, my friend, lo, thou `art' fair, Thine eyes `are' doves behind thy veil, Thy hair as a row of the goats That have shone from mount Gilead,

  • 10 I `am' my beloved's, and on me `is' his desire.

  • Song 3:5-6
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    73%

    5 I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!

    6 Who `is' this coming up from the wilderness, Like palm-trees of smoke, Perfumed `with' myrrh and frankincense, From every powder of the merchant?

  • Lam 4:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7 Purer were her Nazarites than snow, Whiter than milk, ruddier of body than rubies, Of sapphire their form.

    8 Darker than blackness hath been their visage, They have not been known in out-places, Cleaved hath their skin unto their bone, It hath withered -- it hath been as wood.

  • Song 5:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15 His limbs pillars of marble, Founded on sockets of fine gold, His appearance as Lebanon, choice as the cedars.

    16 His mouth is sweetness -- and all of him desirable, This `is' my beloved, and this my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem!

  • Song 2:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1 As a lily among the thorns,

    2 So `is' my friend among the daughters!

    3 As a citron among trees of the forest, So `is' my beloved among the sons, In his shade I delighted, and sat down, And his fruit `is' sweet to my palate.

  • 10 My beloved hath answered and said to me, `Rise up, my friend, my fair one, and come away,

  • 12 I knew not my soul, It made me -- chariots of my people Nadib.

  • 1 Whither hath thy beloved gone, O fair among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned, And we seek him with thee?

  • 11 Go forth, and look, ye daughters of Zion, On king Solomon, with the crown, With which his mother crowned him, In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the joy of his heart!

  • Song 5:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 I have come in to my garden, my sister-spouse, I have plucked my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my comb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, drink, Yea, drink abundantly, O beloved ones!

    2 I am sleeping, but my heart waketh: The sound of my beloved knocking! `Open to me, my sister, my friend, My dove, my perfect one, For my head is filled `with' dew, My locks `with' drops of the night.'

  • 10 I `am' a wall, and my breasts as towers, Then I have been in his eyes as one finding peace.

  • 10 How wonderful have been thy loves, my sister-spouse, How much better have been thy loves than wine, And the fragrance of thy perfumes than all spices.

  • 3 As a thread of scarlet `are' thy lips, And thy speech `is' comely, As the work of the pomegranate `is' thy temple behind thy veil,

  • 2 The comely and the delicate one I have cut off, The daughter of Zion.

  • 2 Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, For better `are' thy loves than wine.

  • Song 8:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4 I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, How ye stir up, And how ye wake the love till she please!

    5 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.

  • 7 I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!