World English Bible
Song of Solomon 5:6
“I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left; and had gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn't find him. I called him, but he didn't answer.”
Verse in context — Song of Solomon 5
4
My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him.
5
I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the lock.
6
I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left; and had gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn't find him. I called him, but he didn't answer.
7
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.
8
I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love. Friends
About Song of Solomon
A poetic celebration of love and intimacy, often seen as a picture of God’s love.
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