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Song of Solomon 5:2

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2I sleep, but my heart waketh:

It is the voice of my beloved that iknocketh, ksaying,

Open to me, bmy sister, lmy love, mmy dove, nmy undefiled:

For my head is filled with dew,

And my olocks with the pdrops of the night.

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Footnotes

  1. kComp. Ex. 18:4.
  2. bSee ch. 4:9.
  3. lSee ch. 1:15.
  4. mSee ch. 2:14.
  5. nch. 6:9.
  6. over. 11.
  7. pAmos 6:11 marg.

Cross references

  1. iRev. 3:20.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I slept, but my heart was awake.

A sound! My beloved is knocking.

“Open to me, my sister, my love,

my dove, my perfect one,

for my head is wet with dew,

my locks with the drops of the night.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I slept but my heart was awake.

Listen! My beloved is knocking:

“Open to me, my sister, my darling,

my dove, my flawless one.

My head is drenched with dew,

my hair with the dampness of the night.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I was sleeping, but my heart was awake.

A sound! My love was knocking!

Open to me, my sister, my darling,

my dove, my perfect one.

For my head is drenched with dew,

my hair with droplets of the night.

NLTNew Living Translation

I slept, but my heart was awake,

when I heard my lover knocking and calling:

“Open to me, my treasure, my darling,

my dove, my perfect one.

My head is drenched with dew,

my hair with the dampness of the night.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I was asleep but my heart was awake.

A sound! My beloved knocking!

“Open to me, my sister, my beloved,

my dove, my perfect one!

For my head is full of dew,

my hair drenched from the moist night air.”