Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
New International Version NIV
1 The song of songs, which <em>is</em> of Solomon.
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Solomon’s Song of Songs.
2 Oh! if he would kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! for thy love <em>is</em> 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 Because of the savour of thy good ointments (ointment poured forth <em>is</em> thy name), therefore have the virgins loved thee.
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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 Draw me after thee, we will run. The king has brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in thee; we will remember thy love more than the wine; the upright love thee.
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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 <em>am</em> dark, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, more desirable as the booths of Kedar, as the tents 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 Do not look upon me because I <em>am</em> dark because the sun has looked upon me; my mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards, <em>but</em> I have not kept 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.
7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loves, where thou dost feed, where thou dost make <em>thy flock</em> to rest at noon; for why did I have to be as a wanderer after the flocks of thy 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 thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go forth, following the footprints of the flock and feed thy little female goats beside the booths of the shepherds.
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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 have compared thee, O my love, to a mare of the chariots of Pharaoh.
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I liken you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.
10 Thy cheeks are beautiful between the earrings, thy neck between the necklaces.
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Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.
11 We will make thee earrings of gold with studs of silver.
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We will make you earrings of gold, studded with silver.
12 While the king <em>was</em> on his couch, my spikenard gave forth its fragrance.
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While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
13 A bundle of myrrh <em>is</em> my wellbeloved unto me <em>that</em> rests between my breasts.
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My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
14 My beloved <em>is</em> unto me <em>as</em> a cluster of camphire {Heb. ransom} in the vineyards of Engedi.
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My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.
15 Behold, thou <em>art</em> fair, my love; behold, thou <em>art</em> fair; thou <em>hast</em> doves’ eyes.
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How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves.
16 Behold, thou <em>art</em> fair, O my beloved, and pleasant; also our bed <em>has</em> flowers.
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How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how charming! And our bed is verdant.
17 The beams of our house <em>are</em> cedar, <em>and</em> our rafters of fir.
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The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are firs.
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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