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Song of Solomon 1:2-4
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Song of Solomon 1:2-4
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2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins 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.
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Song of Songs 1:2-4
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Song of Songs 1:2-4
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She[a]
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—
for your love(A) is more delightful than wine.(B)
3 Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;(C)
your name(D) is like perfume poured out.
No wonder the young women(E) love you!
4 Take me away with you—let us hurry!
Let the king bring me into his chambers.(F)
Friends
She
How right they are to adore you!
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 1:2 The main male and female speakers (identified primarily on the basis of the gender of the relevant Hebrew forms) are indicated by the captions He and She respectively. The words of others are marked Friends. In some instances the divisions and their captions are debatable.
- Song of Songs 1:4 The Hebrew is masculine singular.
Song of Solomon 1:14
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Song of Solomon 1:14
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14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.
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Song of Songs 1:14
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Song of Songs 1:14
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Song of Solomon 2:3
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Song of Solomon 2:3
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3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
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Song of Songs 2:3
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Song of Songs 2:3
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She
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 2:3 Or possibly apricot; here and elsewhere in Song of Songs
Song of Solomon 2:8-10
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Song of Solomon 2:8-10
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8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
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Song of Songs 2:8-10
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Song of Songs 2:8-10
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8 Listen! My beloved!
Look! Here he comes,
leaping across the mountains,
bounding over the hills.(A)
9 My beloved is like a gazelle(B) or a young stag.(C)
Look! There he stands behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattice.
10 My beloved spoke and said to me,
“Arise, my darling,
my beautiful one, come with me.
Song of Solomon 2:16-17
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Song of Solomon 2:16-17
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16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
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Song of Songs 2:16-17
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Song of Songs 2:16-17
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Song of Solomon 4:10
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Song of Solomon 4:10
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10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
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Song of Songs 4:10
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Song of Songs 4:10
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Song of Solomon 4:16
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Song of Solomon 4:16
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16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
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Song of Songs 4:16
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Song of Songs 4:16
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Song of Solomon 5:1-2
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Song of Solomon 5:1-2
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5 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
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Song of Songs 5:1-2
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Song of Songs 5:1-2
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He
5 I have come into my garden,(A) my sister, my bride;(B)
I have gathered my myrrh with my spice.
I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;
I have drunk my wine and my milk.(C)
Friends
Eat, friends, and drink;
drink your fill of love.
She
Song of Solomon 5:4-6
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Song of Solomon 5:4-6
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4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
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Song of Songs 5:4-6
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Song of Songs 5:4-6
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4 My beloved thrust his hand through the latch-opening;
my heart began to pound for him.
5 I arose to open for my beloved,
and my hands dripped with myrrh,(A)
my fingers with flowing myrrh,
on the handles of the bolt.
6 I opened for my beloved,(B)
but my beloved had left; he was gone.(C)
My heart sank at his departure.[a]
I looked(D) for him but did not find him.
I called him but he did not answer.
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 5:6 Or heart had gone out to him when he spoke
Song of Solomon 5:8-10
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Song of Solomon 5:8-10
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8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
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Song of Songs 5:8-10
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8 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you(A)—
if you find my beloved,(B)
what will you tell him?
Tell him I am faint with love.(C)
Friends
9 How is your beloved better than others,
most beautiful of women?(D)
How is your beloved better than others,
that you so charge us?
She
10 My beloved is radiant and ruddy,
outstanding among ten thousand.(E)
Song of Solomon 5:16
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Song of Solomon 5:16
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16 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
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Song of Songs 5:16
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Song of Solomon 6:2-3
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Song of Solomon 6:2-3
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2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
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Song of Solomon 7:9-13
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Song of Solomon 7:9-13
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9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
10 I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.
11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.
12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
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Song of Songs 7:9-13
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Song of Songs 7:9-13
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9 and your mouth like the best wine.
She
May the wine go straight to my beloved,(A)
flowing gently over lips and teeth.[a]
10 I belong to my beloved,
and his desire(B) is for me.(C)
11 Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside,
let us spend the night in the villages.[b]
12 Let us go early to the vineyards(D)
to see if the vines have budded,(E)
if their blossoms(F) have opened,
and if the pomegranates(G) are in bloom(H)—
there I will give you my love.
13 The mandrakes(I) send out their fragrance,
and at our door is every delicacy,
both new and old,
that I have stored up for you, my beloved.(J)
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 7:9 Septuagint, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew lips of sleepers
- Song of Songs 7:11 Or the henna bushes
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