Revised Standard Version RSV
New International Version NIV
7 Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who wanders beside the flocks of your companions?
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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?
8 If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your kids beside the shepherds' tents.
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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.
9 I compare you, my love, to a mare of Pharaoh's chariots.
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I liken you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.
10 Your cheeks are comely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
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Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.
11 We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with silver.
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We will make you earrings of gold, studded with silver.
12 While the king was on his couch, my nard gave forth its fragrance.
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While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
13 My beloved is to me a bag of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.
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My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of Enge'di.
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My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.
15 Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.
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How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves.
16 Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly lovely. Our couch is green;
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How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how charming! And our bed is verdant.
17 the beams of our house are cedar, our rafters are pine.
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The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are firs.
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