8O daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you- if you find my lover, what will you tell him? Tell him I am faint with love.


In Context

5 I arose to open for my lover, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh, on the handles of the lock.

6 I opened for my lover, but my lover had left; he was gone. My heart sank at his departure. I looked for him but did not find him. I called him but he did not answer.

7 The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. They beat me, they bruised me; they took away my cloak, those watchmen of the walls!

8 O daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you- if you find my lover, what will you tell him? Tell him I am faint with love.

9 How is your beloved better than others, most beautiful of women? How is your beloved better than others, that you charge us so?

10 My lover is radiant and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.

Song of Solomon 5:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:8I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I [am] sick of love.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:8I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him that I languish with love.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:8I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, That ye tell him, that I am sick from love.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, ... What will ye tell him? That I am sick of love.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:8I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick with love.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love. Friends

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved — What do ye tell him? that I am sick with love!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:8I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him, that I am sick of love.