Font Size
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up nor awake my love, until he please.”
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.
“I command you to take an oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, That you do not rouse nor awaken my love Until she pleases.”
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you never [again attempt to] stir up or awaken love until it pleases.
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you, do not stir up or awaken love until the appropriate time.
Make a solemn pledge, daughters of Jerusalem, never to rouse, never to arouse love until it desires.
I warn you, daughters of Yerushalayim, not to awaken or stir up love until it wants to arise!
Young women of Jerusalem, promise me never to awaken love before it is ready.
I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, … Why should ye stir up, why awake [my] love, till he please?
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you stir not up, nor awake my love till she please.
Women of Jerusalem, promise me, don’t awaken love, don’t arouse love, until I am ready.
Promise this to me, young women of Jerusalem: Do not cause our love to wake up. Do not cause it to become too strong until the time is right.
Daughters of Jerusalem, you must swear that you will not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.
·Women [L Daughters] of Jerusalem [1:5], ·promise [I adjure you] not to awaken or ·excite [arouse] love until it ·is ready [so desires; C likely a warning to the women to wait for love until the right person comes along; 2:7; 3:5].
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you stir not up, nor waken my love until she please.
Young women of Jerusalem, swear to me that you will not awaken love or arouse love before its proper time!
Promise me, women of Jerusalem, that you will not interrupt our love.
Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you: do not stir up or awaken love until the appropriate time.
Women of Jerusalem, promise me. Promise not to wake love. Don’t excite my feelings of love until I’m ready.
Swear to me, young women of Jerusalem, that you won’t awaken or arouse love before its proper time!
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye not awake nor stir up love until he pleases.
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
“I call you to solemnly swear, O daughters of Jerusalem, Why should you arouse or awaken my love Until she pleases?”
I adjure you, O maidens of Jerusalem, do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases!
I adjure you, O women of Jerusalem, not to awaken him until he pleases.” The Young Women of Jerusalem:
Imagine! His left hand cradling my head, his right arm around my waist! Oh, let me warn you, sisters in Jerusalem: Don’t excite love, don’t stir it up, until the time is ripe—and you’re ready.
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.
Young women of Jerusalem, swear to me that you will not awaken love or arouse love before its proper time!
I adjure you, Daughters of Jerusalem, do not awaken or stir up love until it is ready!
“Swear to me, you daughters of Jerusalem: Do not disturb or awaken my love Until she pleases.”
“I want you to swear, O daughters of Jerusalem, Do not arouse or awaken my love Until she pleases.”
I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem: Do not stir up or awaken love before its time has come.
Women of Jerusalem, promise not to awaken or excite my feelings of love until it is ready.
I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem: “Do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases!”
Women of Jerusalem, make me a promise. Don’t stir up love. Don’t wake it up until it’s ready.”
Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.
Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you: do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, Do not stir up nor awaken love Until it pleases.
“I tell you, O daughters of Jerusalem. You must not wake up my love, until it is pleasing to her.”
Promise me, O women of Jerusalem, not to awaken love until the time is right.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not stir up or awaken love until it is ready!
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not stir up or awaken love until it is ready!
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not stir up or awaken love until it is ready!
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not stir up or awaken love until it is ready!
I charge you, O banot Yerushalayim, that ye arouse nor awake HaAhavah (the Love) till it pleases [i,e., until its own time, see 2:7; 3:5] .
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you stir not up nor awaken love until it please.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you stir not up nor awaken love until it please.
I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, Do not arouse or awaken love until it so delights.
(to the young women of Jerusalem) Heed my warning: I charge you not to excite your love until it is ready. Don’t stir a fire in your heart too soon, until it is ready to be satisfied.
I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
Ye daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you greatly, that ye raise not, neither make the dearworthy spousess to awake, till she will. (Ye daughters of Jerusalem, I strongly command you, that ye raise not up, nor awaken the dearworthy spousess, until she desireth it.)
I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, How ye stir up, And how ye wake the love till she please!
21st Century King James Version (KJ21) Copyright © 1994 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc.; American Standard Version (ASV) Public Domain (Why are modern Bible translations copyrighted?); Amplified Bible (AMP) Copyright © 2015 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, CA 90631. All rights reserved.; Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation; BRG Bible (BRG) Blue Red and Gold Letter Edition™
Copyright © 2012 BRG Bible Ministries.
Used by Permission. All rights reserved.
BRG Bible is a Registered Trademark in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office #4145648; Christian Standard Bible (CSB) The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible®, and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers, all rights reserved. ; Common English Bible (CEB) Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible; Complete Jewish Bible (CJB) Copyright © 1998 by David H. Stern. All rights reserved. ; Contemporary English Version (CEV) Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society For more information about CEV, visit www.bibles.com and www.cev.bible.; Darby Translation (DARBY) Public Domain (Why are modern Bible translations copyrighted?); Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA) Public Domain (Why are modern Bible translations copyrighted?); Easy-to-Read Version (ERV) Copyright © 2006 by Bible League International; EasyEnglish Bible (EASY) EasyEnglish Bible Copyright © MissionAssist 2019 - Charitable Incorporated Organisation 1162807. Used by permission. All rights reserved.; Evangelical Heritage Version (EHV) The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved.; English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.; English Standard Version Anglicised (ESVUK) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.; Expanded Bible (EXB) The Expanded Bible, Copyright © 2011 Thomas Nelson Inc. All rights reserved. ; 1599 Geneva Bible (GNV) Geneva Bible, 1599 Edition. Published by Tolle Lege Press. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without written permission from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations in articles, reviews, and broadcasts. ; GOD’S WORD Translation (GW) Copyright © 1995, 2003, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020 by God’s Word to the Nations Mission Society. All rights reserved.; Good News Translation (GNT) Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)
© 1992 American Bible Society. All rights reserved.
For more information about GNT, visit www.bibles.com and www.gnt.bible.; Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.; International Children’s Bible (ICB) The Holy Bible, International Children’s Bible® Copyright© 1986, 1988, 1999, 2015 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission.; International Standard Version (ISV) Copyright © 1995-2014 by ISV Foundation. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. Used by permission of Davidson Press, LLC.; Jubilee Bible 2000 (JUB) Copyright © 2013, 2020 by Ransom Press International ; King James Version (KJV) Public Domain; Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV) KJV reproduced by permission of Cambridge University Press, the Crown’s patentee in the UK.; Legacy Standard Bible (LSB) Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org For Permission to Quote Information visit https://www.LSBible.org.; Lexham English Bible (LEB) 2012 by Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software; Living Bible (TLB) The Living Bible copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.; The Message (MSG) Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson; Modern English Version (MEV) The Holy Bible, Modern English Version. Copyright © 2014 by Military Bible Association. Published and distributed by Charisma House. ; Names of God Bible (NOG) The Names of God Bible (without notes) © 2011 by Baker Publishing Group. ; New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE) Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the New American Bible, revised edition © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. ; New American Standard Bible (NASB) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.; New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.; New Catholic Bible (NCB) Copyright © 2019 by Catholic Book Publishing Corp. All rights reserved.; New Century Version (NCV) The Holy Bible, New Century Version®. Copyright © 2005 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.; New English Translation (NET) NET Bible® copyright ©1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com All rights reserved.; New International Reader's Version (NIRV) Copyright © 1995, 1996, 1998, 2014 by Biblica, Inc.®. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.; New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.; New International Version - UK (NIVUK) Holy Bible, New International Version® Anglicized, NIV® Copyright © 1979, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.; New King James Version (NKJV) Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.; New Life Version (NLV) Copyright © 1969, 2003 by Barbour Publishing, Inc.; New Living Translation (NLT) Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.; New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA) New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.; New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE) New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993, 1995 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.; New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE) New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.; New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE) New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights
reserved worldwide.; Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB) Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2011 by Artists for Israel International; Revised Standard Version (RSV) Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.; Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE) The Revised Standard Version of the Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1965, 1966 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.; Tree of Life Version (TLV) Tree of Life (TLV) Translation of the Bible. Copyright © 2015 by The Messianic Jewish Family Bible Society.; The Voice (VOICE) The Voice Bible Copyright © 2012 Thomas Nelson, Inc. The Voice™ translation © 2012 Ecclesia Bible Society
All rights reserved.
; World English Bible (WEB) by Public Domain. The name "World English Bible" is trademarked.; Wycliffe Bible (WYC) 2001 by Terence P. Noble; Young's Literal Translation (YLT) by Public Domain