Song of Songs 5:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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.'

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  • 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 6:9 : 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.
  • Rev 3:20 : 20 lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
  • Song 8:7 : 7 Many waters are not able to quench the love, And floods do not wash it away. If one give all the wealth of his house for love, Treading down -- they tread upon it.
  • Isa 50:6 : 6 My back I have given to those smiting, And my cheeks to those plucking out, My face I hid not from shame and spitting.
  • Isa 52:14 : 14 As astonished at thee have been many, (So marred by man his appearance, And his form by sons of men.)
  • Isa 53:3-5 : 3 He is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains -- he hath carried them, And we -- we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 And he is pierced for our transgressions, Bruised for our iniquities, The chastisement of our peace `is' on him, And by his bruise there is healing to us.
  • Dan 8:18 : 18 And in his speaking with me, I have been in a trance on my face, on the earth; and he cometh against me, and causeth me to stand on my station,
  • Zech 4:1 : 1 And the messenger who is speaking with me doth turn back, and stir me up as one who is stirred up out of his sleep,
  • Matt 8:17 : 17 that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, `Himself took our infirmities, and the sicknesses he did bear.'
  • Matt 25:4-5 : 4 and the prudent took oil in their vessels, with their lamps. 5 `And the bridegroom tarrying, they all nodded and were sleeping,
  • Matt 25:35-45 : 35 for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me; 36 naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me. 37 `Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and we gave to drink? 38 and when did we see thee a stranger, and we received? or naked, and we put around? 39 and when did we see thee infirm, or in prison, and we came unto thee? 40 `And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did `it' to one of these my brethren -- the least -- to me ye did `it'. 41 Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers; 42 for I did hunger, and ye gave me not to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me not to drink; 43 a stranger I was, and ye did not receive me; naked, and ye put not around me; infirm, and in prison, and ye did not look after me. 44 `Then shall they answer, they also, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or infirm, or in prison, and we did not minister to thee? 45 `Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did `it' not to one of these, the least, ye did `it' not to me.
  • Matt 26:40-41 : 40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and he saith to Peter, `So! ye were not able one hour to watch with me! 41 watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'
  • Mark 1:35 : 35 And very early, it being yet night, having risen, he went forth, and went away to a desert place, and was there praying;
  • Luke 6:12 : 12 And it came to pass in those days, he went forth to the mountain to pray, and was passing the night in the prayer of God,
  • Luke 9:32 : 32 but Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep, and having waked, they saw his glory, and the two men standing with him.
  • Luke 22:44 : 44 and having been in agony, he was more earnestly praying, and his sweat became, as it were, great drops of blood falling upon the ground.
  • John 10:4 : 4 and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;
  • 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 for the love of the Christ doth constrain us, having judged thus: that if one for all died, then the whole died, 15 and for all he died, that those living, no more to themselves may live, but to him who died for them, and was raised again.
  • Gal 2:20 : 20 with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh -- in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'
  • Rev 3:4 : 4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis who did not defile their garments, and they shall walk with me in white, because they are worthy.
  • Rev 14:4 : 4 these are they who with women were not defiled, for they are virgin; these are they who are following the Lamb whithersoever he may go; these were bought from among men -- a first-fruit to God and to the Lamb --
  • Song 7:9 : 9 And thy palate as the good wine --' Flowing to my beloved in uprightness, Strengthening the lips of the aged!
  • Song 3:1 : 1 On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not!
  • Song 4:7 : 7 Thou `art' all fair, my friend, And a blemish there is not in thee. Come from Lebanon, O spouse,
  • Song 4:9 : 9 Thou hast emboldened me, my sister-spouse, Emboldened me with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.
  • Song 5:11 : 11 His head `is' pure gold -- fine gold, His locks flowing, dark as a raven,
  • Gen 29:20 : 20 and Jacob serveth for Rachel seven years; and they are in his eyes as some days, because of his loving her.
  • Gen 31:40-41 : 40 I have been `thus': in the day consumed me hath drought, and frost by night, and wander doth my sleep from mine eyes. 41 `This `is' to me twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou changest my hire ten times;
  • Ps 24:7-9 : 7 Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory! 8 Who `is' this -- `the king of glory?' Jehovah -- strong and mighty, Jehovah, the mighty in battle. 9 Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory! 10 Who `is' He -- this `king of glory?' Jehovah of hosts -- He `is' the king of glory! Selah.
  • Ps 81:10 : 10 I `am' Jehovah thy God, Who bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge thy mouth, and I fill it.
  • Ps 119:1 : 1 `Aleph.' O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,
  • Prov 23:26 : 26 Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.
  • Song 2:8 : 8 The voice of my beloved! lo, this -- he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
  • Song 2:10 : 10 My beloved hath answered and said to me, `Rise up, my friend, my fair one, and come away,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Song 5:1
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    1I 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!

  • Song 5:3-9
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    83%

    3I have put off my coat, how do I put it on? I have washed my feet, how do I defile them?

    4My beloved sent his hand from the net-work, And my bowels were moved for him.

    5I rose to open to my beloved, And my hands dropped myrrh, Yea, my fingers flowing myrrh, On the handles of the lock.

    6I opened to my beloved, But my beloved withdrew -- he passed on, My soul went forth when he spake, I sought him, and found him not. I called him, and he answered me not.

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

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

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

  • Song 2:6-10
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    6His left hand `is' under my head, And his right doth embrace me.

    7I 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!

    8The voice of my beloved! lo, this -- he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.

    9My beloved `is' like to a roe, Or to a young one of the harts. Lo, this -- he is standing behind our wall, Looking from the windows, Blooming from the lattice.

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

  • Song 4:12
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    12A garden shut up `is' my sister-spouse, A spring shut up -- a fountain sealed.

  • Song 7:9-12
    4 verses
    78%

    9And thy palate as the good wine --' Flowing to my beloved in uprightness, Strengthening the lips of the aged!

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

    11Come, my beloved, we go forth to the field,

    12We lodge in the villages, we go early to the vineyards, We see if the vine hath flourished, The sweet smelling-flower hath opened. The pomegranates have blossomed, There do I give to thee my loves;

  • Song 3:1-6
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    1On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not!

    2-- Pray, let me rise, and go round the city, In the streets and in the broad places, I seek him whom my soul hath loved! -- I sought him, and I found him not.

    3The watchmen have found me, (Who are going round about the city), `Him whom my soul have loved saw ye?'

    4But a little I passed on from them, Till I found him whom my soul hath loved! I seized him, and let him not go, Till I brought him in unto the house of my mother -- And the chamber of her that conceived me.

    5I 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!

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

  • Song 4:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    9Thou hast emboldened me, my sister-spouse, Emboldened me with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.

    10How 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.

  • Song 2:13-14
    2 verses
    78%

    13The fig-tree hath ripened her green figs, And the sweet-smelling vines have given forth fragrance, Rise, come, my friend, my fair one, yea, come away.

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  • Song 1:13-15
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    78%

    13A bundle of myrrh `is' my beloved to me, Between my breasts it lodgeth.

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

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

  • Song 4:15-16
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    77%

    15A fount of gardens, a well of living waters, And flowings from Lebanon!

    16Awake, O north wind, and come, O south, Cause my garden to breathe forth, its spices let flow, Let my beloved come to his garden, And eat its pleasant fruits!

  • Song 8:3-5
    3 verses
    77%

    3His left hand `is' under my head, And his right doth embrace me.

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

    5Who `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.

  • Song 1:7
    77%

    7Declare 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?

  • Song 6:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

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

    2My beloved went down to his garden, To the beds of the spice, To delight himself in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

    3I `am' my beloved's, and my beloved `is' mine, Who is delighting himself among the lilies.

  • Song 4:6
    76%

    6Till 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.

  • Song 2:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16My beloved `is' mine, and I `am' his, Who is delighting among the lilies,

    17Till the day doth break forth, And the shadows have fled away, Turn, be like, my beloved, To a roe, or to a young one of the harts, On the mountains of separation!

  • Song 8:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13The companions are attending to thy voice, Cause me to hear. Flee, my beloved, and be like to a roe,

    14Or to a young one of the harts on mountains of spices!

  • Song 4:1
    75%

    1Lo, 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,

  • Song 1:2
    74%

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

  • Song 5:16
    74%

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

  • Song 6:5
    74%

    5Turn 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,

  • Song 1:4
    74%

    4Draw 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!