I am my beloved’s. His desire is toward me.
Parallel translations
- KJV I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.
- BSB I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.
- NKJV I am my beloved’s, And his desire is toward me.
- NASB ¶“I am my beloved’s, And his desire is for me.
- NLT I am my lover’s, and he claims me as his own.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Ps 45:11So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord.
- Song 2:16My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.
- Song 6:3I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine. He browses among the lilies,
- Gal 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
- Job 14:15You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire to the work of your hands.
- Song 7:5–6Your head on you is like Carmel. The hair of your head like purple. The king is held captive in its tresses.
- Acts 27:23For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,
- Ps 147:11Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
- John 17:24Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
- 1 Cor 6:19–20Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
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