Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
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1 The Song of songs, which is Solomon's.
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Solomon’s Song of Songs.
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy breasts are 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 And the smell of thine ointments is better than all spices: thy name is ointment poured forth; therefore do the young maidens love 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 They have drawn thee: we will run after thee, for the smell of thine ointments: the king has brought me into closet: let us rejoice and be glad in thee; we will love thy breasts more than wine: righteousness loves 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 am black, but beautiful, ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as 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 Look not upon me, because I am dark, because the sun has looked unfavourably upon me: my mother's sons strove with me; they made me keeper in the vineyards; 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, whom my soul loves, where thou tendest thy flock, where thou causest to rest at noon, lest I become as one that is veiled by 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 thyself, thou fair one among women, go thou forth by the footsteps of the flocks, and feed thy kids by the shepherd's 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 have likened thee, my companion, to my horses in the chariots of Pharao.
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I liken you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.
10 How are thy cheeks beautiful as of a dove, thy neck as chains!
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Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.
11 We will make thee figures of gold with studs of silver.
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We will make you earrings of gold, studded with silver.
12 So long as the king was at table, my spikenard gave forth its smell.
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While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
13 My kinsman is to me a bundle of myrrh; he shall lie between my breasts.
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My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
14 My kinsman is to me a cluster of camphor in the vineyards of Engaddi.
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My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.
15 Behold, thou art fair, my companion; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are doves.
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How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves.
16 Behold, thou art fair, my kinsman, yea, beautiful, overshadowing our bed.
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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 cedars, our ceilings are of cypress.
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The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are firs.
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