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Song of Solomon Outline

    • THE SHULAMMITE GIRL IN KING SOLOMON’S CAMP (1:1–3:5)

        • Young woman (1-5)

          • ‘At night, I sought the one I love’ (1)

      THE SHULAMMITE IN JERUSALEM (3:6–8:4)

        • Daughters of Zion (6-11)

          • Solomon’s procession described

Song of Solomon 3:1

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “my soul loves.”

Marginal References

  • +Ca 1:7
  • +Ca 5:6

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    12/1/1957, pp. 729-731

  • Publications Index

    w57 730

Song of Solomon 3:2

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “my soul loves.”

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    12/1/1957, pp. 729-731

  • Publications Index

    w57 730

Song of Solomon 3:3

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “my soul loves.”

Marginal References

  • +Ca 5:7

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    12/1/1957, pp. 729-731

  • Publications Index

    w57 730

Song of Solomon 3:4

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “my soul loves.”

Marginal References

  • +Ca 8:2

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    12/1/1957, pp. 729-731

  • Publications Index

    w57 730

Song of Solomon 3:5

Marginal References

  • +Ca 2:7; 8:4

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 902

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 994

    The Watchtower,

    1/15/2015, p. 31

    11/15/2006, pp. 18-19

    11/15/1987, pp. 24-25

    4/15/1980, p. 19

    12/1/1957, pp. 729-731

  • Publications Index

    it-1 902; it-2 994; w15 1/15 31; w06 11/15 18-19; w87 11/15 24-25;

    w80 4/15 19; ad 630, 1526; w57 730

Song of Solomon 3:6

Marginal References

  • +Ex 30:23, 24, 34

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    12/1/1957, pp. 729-731

  • Publications Index

    w57 730

Song of Solomon 3:7

Marginal References

  • +1Ki 9:22

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    12/1/1957, pp. 725-727, 729-731

  • Publications Index

    w57 726, 730

Song of Solomon 3:8

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 649

    The Watchtower,

    12/1/1957, pp. 729-731

  • Publications Index

    it-1 649;

    w57 730

Song of Solomon 3:9

Footnotes

  • *

    A covered couch used to carry a person of importance.

Marginal References

  • +1Ki 5:8, 9

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 258

    The Watchtower,

    12/1/1957, pp. 729-731

  • Publications Index

    it-2 258;

    ad 1070; w57 730

Song of Solomon 3:10

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 258

    The Watchtower,

    12/1/1957, pp. 729-731

  • Publications Index

    it-2 258;

    ad 1070; w57 730

Song of Solomon 3:11

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “the wreath; the garland.”

Marginal References

  • +2Sa 12:24; Pr 4:3

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 994

    The Watchtower,

    12/1/1957, pp. 729-731

  • Publications Index

    it-2 994;

    ad 1526; w57 730

Parallel Translations

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General

Song of Sol. 3:1Ca 1:7
Song of Sol. 3:1Ca 5:6
Song of Sol. 3:3Ca 5:7
Song of Sol. 3:4Ca 8:2
Song of Sol. 3:5Ca 2:7; 8:4
Song of Sol. 3:6Ex 30:23, 24, 34
Song of Sol. 3:71Ki 9:22
Song of Sol. 3:91Ki 5:8, 9
Song of Sol. 3:112Sa 12:24; Pr 4:3
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New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
Song of Solomon 3:1-11

The Song of Solomon

3 “Upon my bed during the nights,

I sought the one I love.*+

I sought him, but I did not find him.+

 2 I will arise and roam the city;

In the streets and in the public squares,

Let me seek the one I love.*

I sought him, but I did not find him.

 3 The watchmen making their rounds in the city found me.+

‘Have you seen the one I love?’*

 4 Scarcely had I passed by them

When I found the one I love.*

I held on to him, I would not let him go

Until I brought him into my mother’s house,+

Into the interior room of her who conceived me.

 5 I put you under oath, O daughters of Jerusalem,

By the gazelles and the does of the field:

Do not try to awaken or arouse love in me until it feels inclined.”+

 6 “What is this coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke,

Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,

With all the fragrant powders of a merchant?”+

 7 “Look! It is the couch belonging to Solʹo·mon.

Sixty mighty men surround it,

Of the mighty men of Israel,+

 8 All of them armed with a sword,

All trained in warfare,

Each with his sword at his side

To guard against the terrors of the night.”

 9 “It is the royal litter* of King Solʹo·mon

That he made for himself from the trees of Lebʹa·non.+

10 Its pillars he made of silver,

Its supports of gold.

Its seat is of purple wool;

Its interior was lovingly decorated

By the daughters of Jerusalem.”

11 “Go out, O daughters of Zion,

Gaze at King Solʹo·mon

Wearing the wedding crown* his mother+ made for him

On the day of his marriage,

On the day of his heart’s rejoicing.”

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