Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 The Song of songs, which is Solomon's.
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The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's.
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 better 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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your anointing oils are fragrant, your name is perfume poured out; therefore the maidens 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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Draw me after you, let us make haste. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love 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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I am black and beautiful, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the 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 gaze at me because I am dark, because the sun has gazed on me. My mother's sons were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept!
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 my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?
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, O fairest among women, follow the tracks of the flock, and pasture your kids beside the shepherds' tents.
9 I have likened thee, my companion, to my horses in the chariots of Pharao.
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I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh's chariots.
10 How are thy cheeks beautiful as of a dove, thy neck as chains!
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Your cheeks are comely with ornaments, 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 ornaments 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 on his couch, my nard gave forth 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 bag of myrrh that lies 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 in the vineyards of En-gedi.
15 Behold, thou art fair, my companion; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are doves.
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Ah, you are beautiful, my love; ah, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.
16 Behold, thou art fair, my kinsman, yea, beautiful, overshadowing our bed.
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Ah, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly lovely. Our couch is green;
17 The beams of our house are cedars, our ceilings are of cypress.
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the beams of our house are cedar, our rafters are pine.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.
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