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King James Version
KJV
The Second Book of Clement
2Clem
[1]The song of songs, which is Solomon's. [No book]
[2]Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. [No book]
[3]Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. [No book]
[4]Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. [No book]
[5]I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. [No book]
[6]Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. [No book]
[7]Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? [No book]
[8]If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. [No book]
[9]I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. [No book]
[10]Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. [No book]
[11]We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. [No book]
[12]While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. [No book]
[13]A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. [No book]
[14]My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi. [No book]
[15]Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes. [No book]
[16]Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. [No book]
[17]The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir. [No book]
Source: sacred-texts.com
Translation: Charles H. Hoole (1885)
Source: www.earlychristianwritings.com
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