Song 5 | ESV | STEP | I came to my garden , my sister , my bride , I gathered my myrrh with my spice , I ate my honeycomb with my honey , I drank my wine with my milk . Eat , friends , drink , and be drunk with love !

x[See ver. 8 above]

y[1 Sam. 16:12]

z[Ps. 45:2]

aa ver. 2

ag[See ver. 5 above]

ah Ex. 28:20; 39:13; Ezek. 1:16

aj Ex. 24:10; Ezek. 1:26; 10:1

alSee 1 Kgs. 4:33

am[ch. 7:9]

ao[See ver. 8 above]

Song of Solomon 5

He

1 I ^acame to my garden, my ^bsister, my bride,
I gathered my ^cmyrrh with my spice,
I ate my ^dhoneycomb with my honey,
I ^edrank my wine with my milk.

Others

Eat, ^ffriends, drink,
and be drunk with love!

The Bride Searches for Her Beloved

She

2 I slept, but my heart was awake.
A sound! My beloved is ^gknocking.
“Open to me, my ^hsister, my ⁱlove,
my ^jdove, my ^kperfect one,
for my head is wet with dew,
my ^llocks with the drops of the night.”
3 ^mI had put off my garment;
how could I put it on?
I had ⁿbathed my feet;
how could I soil them?
4 My beloved put his hand to the latch,
and my heart was thrilled within me.
5 I arose to open to my beloved,
and my hands dripped with myrrh,
my fingers with ^oliquid myrrh,
on the handles of the bolt.
6 I opened to my beloved,
but my beloved had turned and gone.
My soul failed me when he ^pspoke.
^qI sought him, but found him not;
^rI called him, but he gave no answer.
7 ^sThe watchmen found me
as they went about in the city;
they beat me, they bruised me,
they took away my veil,
those watchmen of the walls.
8 I ^tadjure you, O ^udaughters of Jerusalem,
if you find my beloved,
that you tell him
^vI am sick with love.

Others

9 What is your beloved more than another beloved,
O ^wmost beautiful among women?
What is your beloved more than another beloved,
that you thus ^xadjure us?

The Bride Praises Her Beloved

She

10 My beloved is radiant and ^yruddy,
^zdistinguished among ten thousand.
11 His head is the finest gold;
^aahis locks are wavy,
black as a raven.
12 His ^abeyes are like doves
beside streams of water,
bathed in milk,
sitting beside a full pool. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}
13 His ^adcheeks are like ^aebeds of spices,
mounds of sweet-smelling herbs.
His lips are ^aflilies,
dripping ^agliquid myrrh.
14 His arms are rods of gold,
set with ^ahjewels.
His body is polished ivory, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain}
bedecked with ^ajsapphires. ^{▼▼Hebrew lapis lazuli}
15 His legs are alabaster columns,
set on bases of gold.
His appearance is like ^alLebanon,
choice as the cedars.
16 His ^ammouth ^{▼▼Hebrew palate} is most sweet,
and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
O ^aodaughters of Jerusalem.