New Living Translation NLT
Hebrew Names Version HNV
1 This is Solomon’s song of songs, more wonderful than any other.
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The Song of songs, which is Shlomo's. Beloved
2 Kiss me and kiss me again, for your love is sweeter than wine.
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Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For your love is better than wine.
3 How fragrant your cologne; your name is like its spreading fragrance. No wonder all the young women love you!
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Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured forth, Therefore the alamot love you.
4 Take me with you; come, let’s run! The king has brought me into his bedroom. Young Women of Jerusalem How happy we are for you, O king. We praise your love even more than wine. Young Woman How right they are to adore you.
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Take me away with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his chambers. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.
5 I am dark but beautiful, O women of Jerusalem— dark as the tents of Kedar, dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents.
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I am dark, but lovely, You daughters of Yerushalayim, Like Kedar's tents, Like Shlomo's curtains.
6 Don’t stare at me because I am dark— the sun has darkened my skin. My brothers were angry with me; they forced me to care for their vineyards, so I couldn’t care for myself—my own vineyard.
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Don't stare at me because I am dark, Because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven't kept my own vineyard.
7 Tell me, my love, where are you leading your flock today? Where will you rest your sheep at noon? For why should I wander like a prostitute among your friends and their flocks?
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Tell me, you whom my soul loves, Where you graze your flock, Where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled Beside the flocks of your companions? Lover
8 If you don’t know, O most beautiful woman, follow the trail of my flock, and graze your young goats by the shepherds’ tents.
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If you don't know, most beautiful among women, Follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.
9 You are as exciting, my darling, as a mare among Pharaoh’s stallions.
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I have compared you, my love, To a steed in Par`oh's chariots.
10 How lovely are your cheeks; your earrings set them afire! How lovely is your neck, enhanced by a string of jewels.
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Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, Your neck with strings of jewels.
11 We will make for you earrings of gold and beads of silver.
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We will make you earrings of gold, With studs of silver. Beloved
12 The king is lying on his couch, enchanted by the fragrance of my perfume.
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While the king sat at his table, My perfume spread its fragrance.
13 My lover is like a sachet of myrrh lying between my breasts.
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My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, That lies between my breasts.
14 He is like a bouquet of sweet henna blossoms from the vineyards of En-gedi.
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My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms From the vineyards of En Gedi. Lover
15 How beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
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Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves. Beloved
16 You are so handsome, my love, pleasing beyond words! The soft grass is our bed;
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Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; And our couch is verdant. Lover
17 fragrant cedar branches are the beams of our house, and pleasant smelling firs are the rafters.
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The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs. Beloved
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