Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 Behold, thou art fair, my companion; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are doves, beside thy veil: thy hair is as flocks of goats, that have appeared from Galaad.
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How beautiful you are, my love, how very beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats, moving down the slopes of Gilead.
2 Thy teeth are as flocks of shorn , that have gone up from the washing; all of them bearing twins, and there is not a barren one among them.
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Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes that have come up from the washing, all of which bear twins, and not one among them is bereaved.
3 Thy lips are as a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: like the rind of a pomegranate is thy cheek without thy veil.
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Your lips are like a crimson thread, and your mouth is lovely. Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil.
4 Thy neck is as the tower of David, that was built for an armoury: a thousand shields hang upon it, all darts of mighty men.
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Your neck is like the tower of David, built in courses; on it hang a thousand bucklers, all of them shields of warriors.
5 Thy two breasts are as two twin fawns, that feed among the lilies.
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Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, that feed among the lilies.
6 Until the day dawn, and the shadows depart, I will betake me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
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Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, I will hasten to the mountain of myrrh and the hill of frankincense.
7 Thou art all fair, my companion, and there is no spot in thee.
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You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you.
8 Come from Libanus, bride, come from Libanus: thou shalt come and pass from the top of Faith, from the top of Sanir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
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Come with me from Lebanon, my bride; come with me from Lebanon. Depart from the peak of Amana, from the peak of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards.
9 My sister, spouse, thou hast ravished my heart; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
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You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride, you have ravished my heart with a glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.
10 How beautiful are thy breasts, my sister, my spouse! how much more beautiful are thy breasts than wine, and the smell of thy garments than all spices!
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How sweet is your love, my sister, my bride! how much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!
11 Thy lips drop honeycomb, my spouse: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is as the smell of Libanus.
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Your lips distill nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the scent of your garments is like the scent of Lebanon.
12 My sister, spouse is a garden enclosed; a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed.
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A garden locked is my sister, my bride, a garden locked, a fountain sealed.
13 Thy shoots are a garden of pomegranates, with the fruit of choice berries; camphor, with spikenard:
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Your channel is an orchard of pomegranates with all choicest fruits, henna with nard,
14 spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon; with all woods of Libanus, myrrh, aloes, with all chief spices:
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nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, with all chief spices—
15 a fountain of a garden, and a well of water springing and gurgling from Libanus.
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a garden fountain, a well of living water, and flowing streams from Lebanon.
16 Awake, O north wind; and come, O south; and blow through my garden, and let my spices flow out.
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Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind! Blow upon my garden that its fragrance may be wafted abroad. Let my beloved come to his garden, and eat its choicest fruits.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.
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