Song of Solomon 5:7 — compare English translations
Compare translationsSong of Solomon 5:7 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
מְצָאֻ֧נִי
mâtsâʼ
H4672
to find
הַשֹּׁמְרִ֛ים
shâmar
H8104
to keep
הַסֹּבְבִ֥ים
çâbab
H5437
to turn around
בָּעִ֖יר
ʻîyr
H5892
city
הִכּ֣וּנִי
nâkâh
H5221
to strike
פְצָע֑וּנִי
pâtsaʻ
H6481
to bruise
נָשְׂא֤וּ
nâsâʼ
H5375
to lift
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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רְדִידִי֙
râdîyd
H7289
veil
מֵֽעָלַ֔י
ʻal
H5921
upon
שֹׁמְרֵ֖י
shâmar
H8104
to keep
הַחֹמֽוֹת
chôwmâh
H2346
wall
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
The 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.
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King James Version Public Domain
The 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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
The guards going about in the city found me. They beat me and wounded me; they lifted my shawl from me, the guards of the walls.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).