| International Standard Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Night after night on my bed, I sought the one I love; I sought him, but didn't find him. | 1On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him. |
| 2I'll get up and go all around the city, throughout the streets, and in the squares. I'll seek the one I love. I sought him, but didn't find him. | 2I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him. |
| 3The watchmen who go all around the city found me. I asked, "Have you seen the one I love?" | 3I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?” |
| 4I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and wouldn't let him go until I brought him to my mother's house, to the room of the one who conceived me. | 4I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me. |
| 5Swear to me, young women of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the does of the field, that you won't awaken or arouse love before its proper time! | 5O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right. |
| 6What is this coming up from the desert like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and incense from all the fragrant powders of the merchant? | 6Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant? |
| 7Look! It's Solomon's sedan chair, with 60 of the best soldiers in Israel surrounding it. | 7Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel. |
| 8All of them are wearing swords and are experienced in battle. Each has his sword on his thigh, ready for the terror of the night. | 8All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night. |
| 9King Solomon made the sedan chair for himself from the trees of Lebanon. | 9King Solomon has made his carriage out of the timber of Lebanon. |
| 10He made its posts of silver, its back of gold. Its seat was purple, and its interior was lovingly inlaid by the young women of Jerusalem. | 10He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem. |
| 11Come out, young women of Zion, and see King Solomon with the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day— his day of great delight. | 11Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown his mother bestowed on the day of his wedding—the day of his heart’s rejoicing. |
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