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World English Bible

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 of songs, which is Solomon’s.
[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.
[5] I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.
[6] Look () not upon me, because I am black, Because the sun hath looked () upon me: My mother’s children were angry () with me; They made () me the keeper () of the vineyards; But mine own vineyard have I not kept. ()
[7] Tell () 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 turneth aside () By the flocks of thy companions?
[8] 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.
[9] I have compared () thee, O my love, To a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.
[10] Thy cheeks are comely () with rows of jewels, Thy neck with chains of gold.
[11] We will make () thee borders of gold With studs of silver.
[12] While the King sitteth at his table, My spikenard sendeth forth () the smell thereof.
[13] A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; He shall lie () all night betwixt my breasts.
[14] My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire In the vineyards of Engedi.
[15] Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold, thou art fair; Thou hast doves’ eyes.
[16] Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, Yea, pleasant: Also our bed is green.
[17] The beams of our house are cedar, And our rafters () of fir.

Song of Solomon 1:2 Heb. thy loves
Song of Solomon 1:4 Or, they love thee uprightly
Song of Solomon 1:7 Or, as one that is vailed
Song of Solomon 1:14 Or, Cypress
Song of Solomon 1:15 Or, my companion
Song of Solomon 1:17 Or, galleries

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Song of Solomon 1 (BYZ)

[1] ασμα ασματων ο εστιν τω σαλωμων
[2] φιλησατω με απο φιληματων στοματος αυτου οτι αγαθοι μαστοι σου υπερ οινον
[3] και οσμη μυρων σου υπερ παντα τα αρωματα μυρον εκκενωθεν ονομα σου δια τουτο νεανιδες ηγαπησαν σε
[4] ειλκυσαν σε οπισω σου εις οσμην μυρων σου δραμουμεν εισηνεγκεν με ο βασιλευς εις το ταμιειον αυτου αγαλλιασωμεθα και ευφρανθωμεν εν σοι αγαπησομεν μαστους σου υπερ οινον ευθυτης ηγαπησεν σε
[5] μελαινα ειμι και καλη θυγατερες ιερουσαλημ ως σκηνωματα κηδαρ ως δερρεις σαλωμων
[6] μη βλεψητε με οτι εγω ειμι μεμελανωμενη οτι παρεβλεψεν με ο ηλιος υιοι μητρος μου εμαχεσαντο εν εμοι εθεντο με φυλακισσαν εν αμπελωσιν αμπελωνα εμον ουκ εφυλαξα
[7] απαγγειλον μοι ον ηγαπησεν η ψυχη μου που ποιμαινεις που κοιταζεις εν μεσημβρια μηποτε γενωμαι ως περιβαλλομενη επ αγελαις εταιρων σου
[8] εαν μη γνως σεαυτην η καλη εν γυναιξιν εξελθε συ εν πτερναις των ποιμνιων και ποιμαινε τας εριφους σου επι σκηνωμασιν των ποιμενων
[9] τη ιππω μου εν αρμασιν φαραω ωμοιωσα σε η πλησιον μου
[10] τι ωραιωθησαν σιαγονες σου ως τρυγονες τραχηλος σου ως ορμισκοι
[11] ομοιωματα χρυσιου ποιησομεν σοι μετα στιγματων του αργυριου
[12] εως ου ο βασιλευς εν ανακλισει αυτου ναρδος μου εδωκεν οσμην αυτου
[13] αποδεσμος της στακτης αδελφιδος μου εμοι ανα μεσον των μαστων μου αυλισθησεται
[14] βοτρυς της κυπρου αδελφιδος μου εμοι εν αμπελωσιν εγγαδδι
[15] ιδου ει καλη η πλησιον μου ιδου ει καλη οφθαλμοι σου περιστεραι
[16] ιδου ει καλος ο αδελφιδος μου και γε ωραιος προς κλινη ημων συσκιος
[17] δοκοι οικων ημων κεδροι φατνωματα ημων κυπαρισσοι