Protestantism
English
A bundle of myrrh is my beloved unto me; He shall pass the night between my breasts.
My welbeloued is as a cluster of camphire vnto me in the vines of Engedi.
A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved to me; he shall lie all night between my breasts.
As a bag of myrrh is my well-loved one to me, when he is at rest all night between my breasts.
A bundle of myrrh [is] my wellbeloved unto me [that] rests between my breasts.
A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
My beloved is to me ⌞a pouch⌟1 of myrrh, he spends the night2 between my breasts.
- Literally “the bag”
- Or “he lays”
A bundle of myrrh is my Beloved to me. He shall lie between my breasts.
A bundle of myrrh is my Beloved to me. He shall lie all night between my breasts.
A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
A bag of myrrh, is my beloved to me, between my breasts, shall it tarry the night!
A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved to me; he shall lie all night between my breasts.
A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night between my breasts.
Catholicism
English
My beloved is a cluster of Cyprus grapes to me, in the vineyards of Engaddi.1
- 1:18The bride is speaking; she refers to the groom as ‘my beloved’ which is masculine in Latin (dilectus meus). ‘Botrus Cypri’ refers to a cluster of grapes from Cyprus. The word ‘Cypri’ means Cyprus. The island of Cyprus has an ancient tradition of wine-making going back over four thousand years; their grapes and wine were renown, even in ancient times. The word Cypri does not refer to the cypress tree, except that the island was perhaps named after that tree. Botrus means ‘cluster of grapes,’ and this is also clear from the subsequent reference to a vineyard. Engaddi was a type of oasis, a town located where a warm spring was in ancient times, near the Dead Sea. +Christ is the source of the consecrated wine of the Church, just as grapes are the source of ordinary wine. The grapes and wines of Cyprus were renown, just as the Sacraments of Christ are and shall be renown.(Conte)