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| Song-of-Solomon 1:1 | The song of Songs, which is Solomon's. | The Song of songs, which is Solomon's. |
| Song-of-Solomon 1:2 | Let him give me the kisses of his mouth: for his love is better than wine. | Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For thy love is better than wine. |
| Song-of-Solomon 1:3 | Sweet is the smell of your perfumes; your name is as perfume running out; so the young girls give you their love. | Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is [as] oil poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love thee. |
| Song-of-Solomon 1:4 | Take me to you, and we will go after you: the king has taken me into his house. We will be glad and full of joy in you, we will give more thought to your love than to wine: rightly are they your lovers. | 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 make mention of thy love more than of wine: Rightly do they love thee. |
| Song-of-Solomon 1:5 | I am dark, but fair of form, O daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. | I am black, but comely, Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon. |
| Song-of-Solomon 1:6 | Let not your eyes be turned on me, because I am dark, because I was looked on by the sun; my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vine-gardens; but my vine-garden I have not kept. | Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, Because the sun hath scorched me. My mother's sons were incensed against me; They made me keeper of the vineyards; [But] mine own vineyard have I not kept. |
| Song-of-Solomon 1:7 | Say, O love of my soul, where you give food to your flock, and where you make them take their rest in the heat of the day; why have I to be as one wandering by the flocks of your friends? | Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest [thy flock], Where thou makest [it] to rest at noon: For why should I be as one that is veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions? |
| Song-of-Solomon 1:8 | If you have not knowledge, O most beautiful among women, go on your way in the footsteps of the flock, and give your young goats food by the tents of the keepers. | 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. |
| Song-of-Solomon 1:9 | I have made a comparison of you, O my love, to a horse in Pharaoh's carriages. | I have compared thee, O my love, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots. |
| Song-of-Solomon 1:10 | Your face is a delight with rings of hair, your neck with chains of jewels. | Thy cheeks are comely with plaits [of hair], Thy neck with strings of jewels. |
| Song-of-Solomon 1:11 | We will make you chains of gold with ornaments of silver. | We will make thee plaits of gold With studs of silver. |
| Song-of-Solomon 1:12 | While the king is seated at his table, my spices send out their perfume. | While the king sat at his table, My spikenard sent forth its fragrance. |
| Song-of-Solomon 1:13 | As a bag of myrrh is my well-loved one to me, when he is at rest all night between my breasts. | My beloved is unto me [as] a bundle of myrrh, That lieth betwixt my breasts. |
| Song-of-Solomon 1:14 | My love is to me as a branch of the cypress-tree in the vine-gardens of En-gedi. | My beloved is unto me [as] a cluster of henna-flowers In the vineyards of En-gedi. |
| Song-of-Solomon 1:15 | See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove. | Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold thou art fair; Thine eyes are [as] doves. |
| Song-of-Solomon 1:16 | See, you are fair, my loved one, and a pleasure; our bed is green. | Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: Also our couch is green. |
| Song-of-Solomon 1:17 | Cedar-trees are the pillars of our house; and our boards are made of fir-trees. | The beams of our house are cedars, [And] our rafters are firs. |
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