Song of Solomon 5:8
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
Song of Solomon 5:8 in other translations
| BSB | O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love. |
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| WEB | I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love. |
| ASV | I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, That ye tell him, that I am sick from love. |
| YLT | I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved--What do ye tell him? that I am sick with love! |
| DARBY | I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved,...What will ye tell him? — That I am sick of love. |
| BBE | I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you see my loved one, what will you say to him? That I am overcome with love. |
| Webster | I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick with love. |
What does Song of Solomon 5:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Song of Solomon 5:2-8
Churches and believers, by carelessness and security, provoke Christ to withdraw. We ought to notice our spiritual slumbers and distempers. Christ knocks to awaken us, knocks by his word and Spirit, knocks by afflictions and by our consciences; thus, Rev. 3:20. When we are unmindful of Christ, still he thinks of us. Christ's love to us should engage ours to him, even in the most self-denying instances; and we only…
Song of Solomon 5:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Song of Solomon 5:8
- Song of Solomon 2:5
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
- Song of Solomon 2:7
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
- Psalms 42:1-3
To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
- Song of Solomon 3:5
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
- Galatians 6:1-2
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
- Psalms 119:81-83
כ CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
- Psalms 77:1-3
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph. I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
- Psalms 63:1-3
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
- Romans 15:30
Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
- James 5:16
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
- Song of Solomon 8:4
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
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- Song of Solomon 5:7
The 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.
- Song of Solomon 5:8
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
- Song of Solomon 5:9
What 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?
Song of Solomon 5:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Yo os conjuro, oh doncellas de Jerusalem, si hallareis á mi amado, que le hagáis saber como de amor estoy enferma. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Je vous adjure, filles de Jérusalem, si vous trouvez mon bien-aimé, que lui direz-vous? Que je suis malade d’amour. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ich beschwöre euch, Töchter Jerusalems, wenn ihr meinen Geliebten findet, was sollt ihr ihm berichten? Daß ich krank bin vor Liebe. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Adjuro vos, filiæ Jerusalem, si inveneritis dilectum meum, ut nuntietis ei quia amore langueo. |