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1Solomon's Song of Songs. | 1Solomon's Song of Songs. |
2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth-- for your love is more delightful than wine. | 2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth-- for your love is more delightful than wine. |
3Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the young women love you! | 3Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the young women love you! |
4Take me away with you--let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers. Friends We rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. She How right they are to adore you! | 4Take me away with you--let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers. Friends We rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. She How right they are to adore you! |
5Dark am I, yet lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon. | 5Dark am I, yet lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon. |
6Do 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. | 6Do 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. |
7Tell 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? | 7Tell 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? |
8If 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. | 8If 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. |
9I liken you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh's chariot horses. | 9I liken you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh's chariot horses. |
10Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels. | 10Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels. |
11We will make you earrings of gold, studded with silver. | 11We will make you earrings of gold, studded with silver. |
12While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance. | 12While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance. |
13My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts. | 13My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts. |
14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi. | 14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi. |
15How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves. | 15How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves. |
16How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how charming! And our bed is verdant. | 16How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how charming! And our bed is verdant. |
17The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are firs. | 17The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are firs. |
New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. | New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. |
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