Song of Solomon 5:7

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“I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.”

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BSBPD

“I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“The 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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“The watchmen who go round about the city, Found me, smote me, wounded me, Keepers of the walls lifted up my veil from off me.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Song of Solomon 5:7 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 141:5Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
  2. Song of Solomon 3:3I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”
  3. Song of Solomon 8:11Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.
  4. Isaiah 3:23and their mirrors, linen garments, tiaras, and shawls.
  5. Isaiah 6:10Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
  6. Isaiah 62:6On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,
  7. Hosea 6:5Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.
  8. Hosea 9:7The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived— let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.
  9. Matthew 21:33Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
  10. Matthew 23:2“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
  11. Matthew 23:29Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
  12. Luke 6:22Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
  13. John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
  14. Acts 5:40At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.
  15. Acts 20:29I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
  16. Acts 26:9So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
  17. 1 Corinthians 4:10We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.
  18. 2 Corinthians 11:13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
  19. Philippians 3:6as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
  20. Hebrews 11:36Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
  21. Hebrews 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  22. 1 Peter 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
  23. Revelation 17:5And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

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