Song of Solomon 5:6

American Standard Version

I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. My soul had failed me when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

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Song of Solomon 5:6 in other translations

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.

Song of Solomon 5:6 · World English Bible

Song of Solomon 5:6 in context

  1. 4My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, And my heart was moved for him.
  2. 5I rose up to open to my beloved; And my hands dropped with myrrh, And my fingers with liquid myrrh, Upon the handles of the bolt.
  3. 6I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. My soul had failed me when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
  4. 7The watchmen that go about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me.
  5. 8I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, That ye tell him, that I am sick from love.