(NIV)
In a desert land he found him,
in a barren and howling waste.
He shielded him and cared for him;
he guarded him as the apple of his eye,
“He
found him in a
desert land,
and in the
howling waste of the
wilderness;
he
encircled him, he
cared for him,
he
kept him as the
apple of his
eye.
(NIV)
Keep me as the apple of your eye;
hide me in the shadow of your wings
Keep me as the
apple of your
eye;
hide me in the
shadow of your
wings,
(NIV)
Keep my commands and you will live;
guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
keep my
commandments and
live;
keep my
teaching as the
apple of your
eye;
(NIV)
at twilight, as the day was fading,
as the dark of night set in.
in the
twilight, in the
evening,
at the
time of
night and
darkness.
(NIV)
If someone curses their father or mother,
their lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.
If
one curses his
father or his
mother,
his
lamp will be
put out in
utter darkness.
(NIV)
Like apples of gold in settings of silver
is a ruling rightly given.
A
word fitly spoken is like
apples of
gold in a
setting of
silver.
(NIV)
Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest
is my beloved among the young men.
I delight to sit in his shade,
and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
As an
apple tree among the
trees of the
forest,
so is my
beloved among the
young men.
With
great delight I
sat in his
shadow,
and his
fruit was
sweet to my
taste.
(NIV)
Strengthen me with raisins,
refresh me with apples,
for I am faint with love.
Sustain me with
raisins;
refresh me with
apples,
for I am
sick with
love.
(NIV)
I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree;
I will take hold of its fruit.’
May your breasts be like clusters of grapes on the vine,
the fragrance of your breath like apples,
I
say I will
climb the
palm tree and lay
hold of its
fruit.
Oh may your
breasts be like
clusters of the
vine,
and the
scent of your
breath like
apples,
(NIV)
Who is this coming up from the wilderness
leaning on her beloved?
Under the apple tree I roused you;
there your mother conceived you,
there she who was in labour gave you birth.
Who is that
coming up from the
wilderness,
leaning on her
beloved?
Under the
apple tree I
awakened you.
There your
mother was in
labor with you;
there she who
bore you was in
labor.
(NIV)
The vine is dried up
and the fig-tree is withered;
the pomegranate, the palm and the apple tree –
all the trees of the field – are dried up.
Surely the people’s joy
is withered away.
The
vine dries up;
the
fig tree languishes.
Pomegranate,
palm, and
apple,
all the
trees of the
field are
dried up,
and
gladness dries up from the
children of
man.
(NIV)
For this is what the
Lord Almighty says: ‘After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you – for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye –
For thus said the
Lord of
hosts,
after his
glory sent me to the
nations who
plundered you,
for he who
touches you
touches the
apple of his
eye:
Copyright information for
NIV,
ESV