Song of Solomon 1
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
World English Bible
1THE SONG of songs, which is Solomon's.
1The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth — for thy love is better than wine.
2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.
3Thine ointments have a goodly fragrance; thy name is as ointment poured forth; therefore do the maidens love thee.
3Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.
4Draw me, we will run after thee; the king hath brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will find thy love more fragrant than wine! sincerely do they love thee.
4Take me away with you. Let’s hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! They are right to love you.
5'I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
5I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains.
6Look not upon me, that I am swarthy, that the sun hath tanned me; my mother's sons were incensed against me, they made me keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.'
6Don’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard.
7Tell 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 veileth herself beside the flocks of thy companions?
7Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; for why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?
8If 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.
8If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.
9I have compared thee, O my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.
9I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.
10Thy cheeks are comely with circlets, thy neck with beads.
10Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.
11We will make thee circlets of gold with studs of silver.
11We will make you earrings of gold, with studs of silver.
12While the king sat at his table, my spikenard sent forth its fragrance.
12While the king sat at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
13My beloved is unto me as a bag of myrrh, that lieth betwixt my breasts.
13My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.
14My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna in the vineyards of En-gedi.
14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.
15Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are as doves.
15Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are like doves.
16Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant; also our couch is leafy.
16Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant.
17The beams of our houses are cedars, and our panels are cypresses.
17The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs.
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