7The watchmen who go round about the city, Found me, smote me, wounded me, Keepers of the walls lifted up my veil from off me.


In Context

4 My beloved sent his hand from the net-work, And my bowels were moved for him.

5 I rose to open to my beloved, And my hands dropped myrrh, Yea, my fingers flowing myrrh, On the handles of the lock.

6 I opened to my beloved, But my beloved withdrew — he passed on, My soul went forth when he spake, I sought him, and found him not. I called him, and he answered me not.

7 The watchmen who go round about the city, Found me, smote me, wounded me, Keepers of the walls lifted up my veil from off me.

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

9 What is thy beloved above any beloved, O fair among women? What is thy beloved above any beloved, That thus thou hast adjured us?

Song of Solomon 5:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:7The 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:7The 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!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:7The keepers that go about the city found me: they struck me: and wounded me: the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:7The watchmen that go about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7The 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:7The watchmen that go about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my vail from me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7The watchmen who go about the city found me. They beat me. They bruised me. The keepers of the walls took my cloak away from me.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:7The 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.