Song of Solomon 5:7
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.In other versions
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.
ASV
The keepers who go about the town overtook me; they gave me blows and wounds; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
BBE
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.
DBY
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.
WEB
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.
YLT
The watchmen that went about the city found me, they stroke me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
ENG
The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my vail from me.
WBT
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.
BSB
In context
5I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
6I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
7The 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.
8I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
9What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?