TO THE EMBLEMS OF SOLOMON'S SONG WITH A TRANSLATION. BY THE REV. A. MOODY STUART. "I went down into the Garden of Nuts."-CANT. VI. II. LONDON: JAMES NISBET & Co., BERNERS STREET. MDCCCLXI. THE following Translation is from the Second dition of the Author's Exposition of the Song of olomon, and is published separately with the view f embracing a larger circle of readers, and drawing tention to a portion of the Word of God which is metimes neglected by those who prize the Holy riptures. To preserve the poetic cast of the original along th the exact shade of its meaning, this translation s been attempted on the plan of writing under each brew word the corresponding word in English. is rule has not been carried out invariably, and a few instances the letter of the original has not n adhered to so extremely as in our Standard Ver; but on the general average, nearly every third is nearer to the Hebrew in the rendering of the ds, or in their order, or in the cast of the idiom. an attempted amendment of the common English version, to which in that case the closest adherence would have been aimed at; but a translation distinctly different in its plan, and not altogether the same in its object. On this account, also, the Hebrew words have not always been rendered by the same English words, which is so desirable in a Standard Version, but occasionally by others of the same meaning. Supplementary words are printed in Italics, excepting the authorized Italics or their equivalents. It is only necessary to add that this translation has been carefully compared with the numerous existing translations, and particularly with the older versions of the English Bible; with the Bibles of Wickliffe, Coverdale, Matthew, Cranmer, the Bishops, Geneva, etc. From these have been taken any words that are now less used, most of the slight deviations from the common Bible, and many of the expressions that may seem more modern or refined. CANTICLE II.-CHAP. II. 8-111. 5. The Sleeping Bride awakened, seeks the King, and brings him Home. PART I. Call in Spring to the Garden in Blossom.—PART II. Response to CANTICLE III.-CHAP. III. 6-V. I. The Bridegroom with the Bride. PART I. The King in his Bridal Chariot.-PART II. Beauty of the Bride; Her Portrait by the King.-PART III. Garden of Spices and Fruits CANTICLE IV.-CHAP. v. 2-VIII. 4. The King provoked to withdraw, is described in his Beauty; the Bride's Loveliness, and Prayer for his Presence. PART I. Sleep and Sorrow; the Beauty of the Beloved.-PART II. The King Returning gives His last Description of the Bride.-PART III. PAGE |