New Century Version NCV
New International Version NIV
2 Kiss me with the kisses of your mouth, because your love is better than wine.
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Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— for your love is more delightful than wine.
3 The smell of your perfume is pleasant, and your name is pleasant like expensive perfume. That's why the young women love you.
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Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the young women love you!
4 Take me with you; let's run together. The king takes me into his rooms. We will rejoice and be happy with you; we praise your love more than wine. With good reason, the young women love you.
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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!
5 I'm dark but lovely, women of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
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Dark am I, yet lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon.
6 Don't look at how dark I am, at how dark the sun has made me. My brothers were angry with me and made me tend the vineyards, so I haven't tended my own vineyard!
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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 had to neglect.
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