American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. By night[H3915] on my bed[H4904] I sought[H1245] him whom my soul[H5315] loveth[H157]: I sought[H1245] him[H4672], but I found him not.

2. I said[H6965], I will rise now[H5437], and go about the city[H5892]; In the streets[H7784] and in the broad ways[H7339] I will seek[H1245] him whom my soul[H5315] loveth[H157]: I sought[H1245] him[H4672], but I found him not.

3. The watchmen[H8104] that go about[H5437] the city[H5892] found[H4672] me[H7200]; To whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul[H5315] loveth[H157]?

4. It was but a little[H4592] that I passed[H5674] from them[H4672], When I found him whom my soul[H5315] loveth[H157]: I held[H270] him[H7503], and would not let him go, Until I had brought[H935] him into my mother[H517]'s house[H1004], And into the chamber[H2315] of her that conceived me[H2029].

5. I adjure[H7650] you[H1323], O daughters of Jerusalem[H3389], By the roes[H6643], or[H176] by the hinds[H355] of the field[H7704], That ye stir not up[H5782], nor awake[H5782] my love[H160], Until he please[H2654].

6. Who is this that cometh[H5927] up from the wilderness[H4057] Like pillars[H8490] of smoke[H6227], Perfumed[H6999] with myrrh[H4753] and frankincense[H3828], With all powders[H81] of the merchant[H7402]?

7. Behold[H8010], it is the litter[H4296] Threescore[H8346] mighty[H1368] men are about[H5439] it[H1368], Of the mighty men of Israel[H3478].

8. They all handle[H270] the sword[H2719], and are expert[H3925] in war[H4421]: Every man[H376] hath his sword[H2719] upon his thigh[H3409], Because of fear[H6343] in the night[H3915].

9. King[H4428] Solomon[H8010] made[H6213] himself a palanquin[H668] Of the wood[H6086] of Lebanon[H3844].

10. He made[H6213] the pillars[H5982] thereof of silver[H3701], The bottom[H7507] thereof of gold[H2091], the seat[H4817] of it of purple[H713], The midst[H8432] thereof being paved[H7528] with love[H160], From the daughters[H1323] of Jerusalem[H3389].

11. Go forth[H3318], O ye daughters[H1323] of Zion[H6726], and behold[H7200] king[H4428] Solomon[H8010], With the crown[H5850] wherewith his mother[H517] hath crowned[H5849] him In the day[H3117] of his espousals[H2861], And in the day[H3117] of the gladness[H8057] of his heart[H3820].