New American Standard Bible 1995 NASB95
English Standard Version ESV
1 "How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O prince's daughter! The curves of your hips are like jewels, The work of the hands of an artist.
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How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O noble daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a master hand.
2 "Your navel is like a round goblet Which never lacks mixed wine; Your belly is like a heap of wheat Fenced about with lilies.
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Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with lilies.
3 "Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle.
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Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
4 "Your neck is like a tower of ivory, Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, Which faces toward Damascus.
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Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon, which looks toward Damascus.
5 "Your head crowns you like Carmel, And the flowing locks of your head are like purple threads; The king is captivated by your tresses.
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Your head crowns you like Carmel, and your flowing locks are like purple; a king is held captive in the tresses.
6 "How beautiful and how delightful you are, My love, with all your charms!
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How beautiful and pleasant you are, O loved one, with all your delights!
7 "Your stature is like a palm tree, And your breasts are like its clusters.
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Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters.
8 "I said, 'I will climb the palm tree, I will take hold of its fruit stalks.' Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of your breath like apples,
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I say I will climb the palm tree and lay hold of its fruit. Oh may your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the scent of your breath like apples,
9 And your mouth like the best wine!" " It goes down smoothly for my beloved, Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep.
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and your mouth like the best wine. It goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding over lips and teeth.
10 "I am my beloved's, And his desire is for me.
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I am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me.
11 "Come, my beloved, let us go out into the country, Let us spend the night in the villages.
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Come, my beloved, let us go out into the fields and lodge in the villages;
12 "Let us rise early and go to the vineyards; Let us see whether the vine has budded And its blossoms have opened, And whether the pomegranates have bloomed. There I will give you my love.
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let us go out early to the vineyards and see whether the vines have budded, whether the grape blossoms have opened and the pomegranates are in bloom. There I will give you my love.
13 "The mandrakes have given forth fragrance; And over our doors are all choice fruits, Both new and old, Which I have saved up for you, my beloved.
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The mandrakes give forth fragrance, and beside our doors are all choice fruits, new as well as old, which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.
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