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Song of Solomon 1 (WEBP)

[1] The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
[2] Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.
[3] Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.
[4] Take 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 dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains.
[6] Don’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.
[7] Tell 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?
[8] If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.
[9] I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.
[10] Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.
[11] We will make you earrings of gold, with studs of silver.
[12] While the king sat at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
[13] My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.
[14] My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.
[15] Behold,§ you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are like doves.
[16] Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant.
[17] The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs.

Song of Solomon 1:15 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Song of Solomon 1 (KJVS)

[1] The song H7892 of songs H7892, which [is] Solomon’s H8010.
[2] Let him kiss H5401 (8799) me with the kisses H5390 of his mouth H6310: for thy love H1730 [is] better H2896 than wine H3196.
[3] Because of the savour H7381 of thy good H2896 ointments H8081 thy name H8034 [is as] ointment H8081 poured forth H7324 (8714), therefore do the virgins H5959 love H157 (8804) thee.
[4] Draw H4900 (8798) me, we will run H7323 (8799) after H310 thee: the king H4428 hath brought H935 (8689) me into his chambers H2315: we will be glad H1523 (8799) and rejoice H8055 (8799) in thee, we will remember H2142 (8686) thy love H1730 more than wine H3196: the upright H4339 love H157 (8804) thee.
[5] I [am] black H7838, but comely H5000, O ye daughters H1323 of Jerusalem H3389, as the tents H168 of Kedar H6938, as the curtains H3407 of Solomon H8010.
[6] Look H7200 (8799) not upon me, because I [am] black H7840, because the sun H8121 hath looked H7805 (8804) upon me: my mother’s H517 children H1121 were angry H2787 (8738) with me; they made H7760 (8804) me the keeper H5201 (8802) of the vineyards H3754; [but] mine own vineyard H3754 have I not kept H5201 (8804).
[7] Tell H5046 (8685) me, O thou whom my soul H5315 loveth H157 (8804), where thou feedest H7462 (8799), where H349 thou makest [thy flock] to rest H7257 (8686) at noon H6672: for H4100 why should I be as one that turneth aside H5844 (8802) by the flocks H5739 of thy companions H2270?
[8] If thou know H3045 (8799) not, O thou fairest H3303 among women H802, go thy way forth H3318 (8798) by the footsteps H6119 of the flock H6629, and feed H7462 (8798) thy kids H1429 beside the shepherds H7462 (8802)’ tents H4908.
[9] I have compared H1819 (8765) thee, O my love H7474, to a company of horses H5484 in Pharaoh’s H6547 chariots H7393.
[10] Thy cheeks H3895 are comely H4998 (8773) with rows H8447 [of jewels], thy neck H6677 with chains H2737 [of gold].
[11] We will make H6213 (8799) thee borders H8447 of gold H2091 with studs H5351 of silver H3701.
[12] While the king H4428 [sitteth] at his table H4524, my spikenard H5373 sendeth forth H5414 (8804) the smell H7381 thereof.
[13] A bundle H6872 of myrrh H4753 [is] my wellbeloved H1730 unto me; he shall lie H3885 (8799) all night betwixt my breasts H7699.
[14] My beloved H1730 [is] unto me [as] a cluster H811 of camphire H3724 in the vineyards H3754 of Engedi H5872.
[15] Behold, thou [art] fair H3303, my love H7474; behold, thou [art] fair H3303; thou [hast] doves H3123’ eyes H5869.
[16] Behold, thou [art] fair H3303, my beloved H1730, yea, pleasant H5273: also our bed H6210 [is] green H7488.
[17] The beams H6982 of our house H1004 [are] cedar H730, [and] our rafters H7351 (8675) H7351 of fir H1266.

Young’s Literal Translation

Song of Solomon 1 (YLT)

[1] The Song of Songs, that is Solomon’s.
[2] Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, For better are thy loves than wine.
[3] For fragrance are thy perfumes good. Perfume emptied out-thy name, Therefore have virgins loved thee!
[4] Draw me: after thee we run, The king hath brought me into his inner chambers, We do joy and rejoice in thee, We mention thy loves more than wine, Uprightly they have loved thee!
[5] Dark am I, and comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon.
[6] Fear me not, because I am very dark, Because the sun hath scorched me, The sons of my mother were angry with me, They made me keeper of the vineyards, My vineyard-my own-I have not kept.
[7] Declare to me, thou whom my soul hath loved, Where thou delightest, Where thou liest down at noon, For why am I as one veiled, By the ranks of thy companions?
[8] If thou knowest not, O fair among women, Get thee forth by the traces of the flock, And feed thy kids by the shepherds’ dwellings!
[9] To my joyous one in chariots of Pharaoh, I have compared thee, my friend,
[10] Comely have been thy cheeks with garlands, Thy neck with chains.
[11] Garlands of gold we do make for thee, With studs of silver!
[12] While the king is in his circle, My spikenard hath given its fragrance.
[13] A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, Between my breasts it lodgeth.
[14] A cluster of cypress is my beloved to me, In the vineyards of En-Gedi!
[15] Lo, thou art fair, my friend, Lo, thou art fair, thine eyes are doves!
[16] Lo, thou art fair, my love, yea, pleasant, Yea, our couch is green,
[17] The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters are firs, I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys!