Protestantism
English
The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
The watchmen that go about the city found me; To whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
The watchmen have found me, (Who are going round about the city), `Him whom my soul have loved saw ye?'
The watchmen that go about the city found me: — Have ye seen him whom my soul loveth?
The watchmen that went about the citie, found mee: to whome I said, Haue you seene him, whome my soule loueth?
The watchmen who go about the city found me. I said, Did ye see him whom my soul loves?
The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw you him whom my soul loves?
The watchmen who go about the town came by me; to them I said, Have you seen him who is my heart's desire?
I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”
The watchmen that go about the city found me: 'Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?'
The watchmen that go about the city found me, [to whom I said], Have ye seen him whom my soul loves?
The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
The sentinels who go about in the city found me. “Have you seen the one whom my ⌞heart⌟1 loves?”
- Literally “soul”
The watchmen going about in the city found me. I said , Have you seen Him my soul loves?
The watchmen going about the city found me. I said, Have you seen Him whom my soul loves?
The watchmen who go about the city found me; "Have you seen him whom my soul loves?"
The watchmen who go about the city found me; "Have you seen him whom my soul loves?"
The watchmen who go about the city found me; "Have you seen him whom my soul loves?"
The watchmen who go about the city found me; "Have you seen [said I] him whom my soul loveth?"
The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
The watchmen that go round in the city, found me, The beloved of my soul, have ye seen?
The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw all of you him whom my soul loves?
Catholicism
English
The watchmen who keep the city, found me: Have you seen him, whom my soul loveth?
The watchers who guard the city found me: “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”1
- 3:3She continues from the previous verse. The word ‘vigiles’ is rendered ‘watchers’ rather than ‘watchmen’ because, in one level of meaning, the watchers are the holy Angels. + The Church seeks help from the holy Angels, for they also know and follow the Christ. Even the holy Angels do not completely comprehend the mysteries of Christ.(Conte)