New International Reader's Version

Song Of Solomon 3:4-7 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

4. As soon as I had passed by them I found the one my heart loves. I threw my arms around him. I didn't let him go until I had brought him to my mother's house. I took him to my mother's room.

5. Women of Jerusalem, take an oath and make me a promise. Let the antelopes and the does serve as witnesses. Don't stir up love. Don't wake it up until it's ready." The other women say,

6. "Who is this man coming up from the desert like a column of smoke? He smells like myrrh and incense made from all of the spices of the trader.

7. Look! There's Solomon's movable throne. Sixty soldiers accompany it. They have been chosen from the best warriors in Israel.