Song of Solomon 1:2
New American Standard Bible
[a]The Bride
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- Song of Solomon 1:2 The speaker identifications are not from the Hebrew text nor the Septuagint, but reflect an ancient tradition which appears in some manuscripts.
- Song of Solomon 1:2 Lit more pleasant
Song of Solomon 1:2
King James Version
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
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Song of Solomon 1:4
New American Standard Bible
4 Draw me after you and let’s run together!
The (A)king has brought me into his chambers.”
The Chorus
“We will rejoice in you and be joyful;
We will praise your (B)love more than wine.
Rightly do they love you.”
Song of Solomon 1:4
King James Version
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.
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Ezekiel 16:8
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8 “Then I passed by you and saw you, and behold, [a]you were at the time for love; so I (A)spread My [b]garment over you and covered your nakedness. I also (B)swore an oath to you and (C)entered into a covenant with you so that you (D)became Mine,” declares the Lord God.
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- Ezekiel 16:8 Lit your time was
- Ezekiel 16:8 Lit hem (of a garment)
Ezekiel 16:8
King James Version
8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine.
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Ezekiel 23:17
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17 And the [a](A)Babylonians came to her to the bed of love and defiled her with their obscene practice. And when she had been defiled by them, [b]she turned away from them in disgust.
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- Ezekiel 23:17 Lit sons of Babel
- Ezekiel 23:17 Lit her soul
Ezekiel 23:17
King James Version
17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.
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Proverbs 7:18
New American Standard Bible
18 Come, let’s drink our fill of love until morning;
Let’s delight ourselves with caresses.
Proverbs 7:18
King James Version
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
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