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1 The song of songs, which is Solomon's.
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1 Solomon's Song of Songs.
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2 "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for thy love is better than wine.
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2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth-- for your love is more delightful than wine.
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3 Because of the savor of thy good ointments, thy name is as ointment poured forth; therefore do the virgins love thee.
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3 Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens love you!
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4 Draw me, we will run after thee. The king hath brought me into his chambers." "We will be glad and rejoice in thee; we will remember thy love more than wine; the upright love thee."
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4 Take me away with you--let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers. We rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. How right they are to adore you!
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5 "I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
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5 Dark am I, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon.
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6 Look not upon me because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me. My mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
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6 Do not stare at me because I am dark, because I am darkened by the sun. My mother's sons were angry with me and made me take care of the vineyards; my own vineyard I have neglected.
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7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon; for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?"
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7 Tell me, you whom I love, where you graze your flock and where you rest your sheep at midday. Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your friends?
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8 "If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
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8 If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the sheep and graze your young goats by the tents of the shepherds.
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9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
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9 I liken you, my darling, to a mare harnessed to one of the chariots of Pharaoh.
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10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold."
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10 Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.
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11 "We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver."
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11 We will make you earrings of gold, studded with silver.
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12 "While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
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12 While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
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13 A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night between my breasts.
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13 My lover is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
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14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna in the vineyards of Engedi."
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14 My lover is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.
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15 "Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes."
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15 How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves.
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16 "Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant. Also our bed is green.
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16 How handsome you are, my lover! Oh, how charming! And our bed is verdant.
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17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
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17 The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are firs.
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| Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved. (Third Millennium Bible Online) |
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