I opened for my beloved,(A)
    but my beloved had left; he was gone.(B)
    My heart sank at his departure.[a]
I looked(C) for him but did not find him.
    I called him but he did not answer.

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  1. Song of Songs 5:6 Or heart had gone out to him when he spoke

I opened for my beloved,
But my beloved had turned away and was gone.
My [a]heart leaped up when he spoke.
(A)I sought him, but I could not find him;
I called him, but he gave me no answer.

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  1. Song of Solomon 5:6 Lit. soul

The watchmen found me
    as they made their rounds in the city.(A)
They beat me, they bruised me;
    they took away my cloak,
    those watchmen of the walls!

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(A)The watchmen who went about the city found me.
They struck me, they wounded me;
The keepers of the walls
Took my veil away from me.

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I will get up now and go about the city,
    through its streets and squares;
I will search for the one my heart loves.
    So I looked for him but did not find him.

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“I will rise now,” I said,
“And go about the city;
In the streets and in the squares
I will seek the one I love.”
I sought him, but I did not find him.

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The watchmen found me
    as they made their rounds in the city.(A)
    “Have you seen the one my heart loves?”

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(A)The watchmen who go about the city found me;
I said,
“Have you seen the one I love?”

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