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| [1]The song of songs, which is Solomon's. |
[1]Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. |
| [2]Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. |
[2]Because of the savor of thy good ointments thy name is as an ointment poured out: therefore the virgins love thee. |
| [3]Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. |
[3]Draw me: we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will rejoice and be glad in thee: we will remember thy love more than wine: the righteous do love thee. |
| [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. |
[4]I am black, O daughters of Jerusalem, but comely, as the tents of Kedar, and as the curtains of Solomon. |
| [5]I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. |
[5]Regard ye me not because I am black: for the sun hath looked upon me. The sons of my mother were angry against me: they made me the keeper of the vines: but I kept not mine own vine. |
| [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. |
[6]Show me, O thou, whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou liest at noon: for why should I be as she that turneth aside to the flocks of thy companions? |
| [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? |
[7]If thou know not, O thou the fairest among women, get thee forth by the steps of the flock, and feed thy kids by the tents of the shepherds. |
| [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. |
[8]I have compared thee, O my love, to the troop of horses in the chariots of Pharaoh. |
| [9]I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. |
[9]Thy cheeks are comely with rows of stones, and thy neck with chains. |
| [10]Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. |
[10]We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. |
| [11]We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. |
[11]Whiles the king was at his repast, my spikenard gave the smell thereof. |
| [12]While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. |
[12]My well-beloved is as a bundle of myrrh unto me: he shall lie between my breasts. |
| [13]A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. |
[13]My well-beloved is as a cluster of camphor unto me in the vines of Engedi. |
| [14]My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi. |
[14]My love, behold, thou art fair: behold, thou art fair: thine eyes are like the doves. |
| [15]Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes. |
[15]My well-beloved, behold, thou art fair and pleasant: also our bed is green: the beams of our house are cedars. |
| [16]Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. |
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| [17]The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir. |
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