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Song of Solomon 5:6 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. "
Song of Solomon 5:6
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My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved
I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
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Song of Solomon 5:1
"I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved."
Song of Solomon 5:2
"I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night."
Song of Solomon 5:3
"I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile"
Song of Solomon 5:4
"My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved"
Song of Solomon 5:5
"I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock."
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