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Song of Solomon 1

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¹ This is Solomon’s song of songs, more wonderful than any other.

² [1] Kiss me and kiss me again, for your love is sweeter than wine.

³ How pleasing is your fragrance; your name is like the spreading fragrance of scented oils. No wonder all the young women love you!

⁴ Take me with you; come, let’s run! The king has brought me into his bedroom. How happy we are for you, O king. We praise your love even more than wine. How right they are to adore you.

⁵ I am dark but beautiful, O women of Jerusalem— dark as the tents of Kedar, dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents.

⁶ Don’t stare at me because I am dark— the sun has darkened my skin. My brothers were angry with me; they forced me to care for their vineyards, so I couldn’t care for myself—my own vineyard.

⁷ Tell me, my love, where are you leading your flock today? Where will you rest your sheep at noon? For why should I wander like a prostitute[2] among your friends and their flocks?

⁸ If you don’t know, O most beautiful woman, follow the trail of my flock, and graze your young goats by the shepherds’ tents.

⁹ You are as exciting, my darling, as a mare among Pharaoh’s stallions.

¹⁰ How lovely are your cheeks; your earrings set them afire! How lovely is your neck, enhanced by a string of jewels.

¹¹ We will make for you earrings of gold and beads of silver.

¹² The king is lying on his couch, enchanted by the fragrance of my perfume.

¹³ My lover is like a sachet of myrrh lying between my breasts.

¹⁴ He is like a bouquet of sweet henna blossoms from the vineyards of En-gedi.

¹⁵ How beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.

¹⁶ You are so handsome, my love, pleasing beyond words! The soft grass is our bed;

¹⁷ fragrant cedar branches are the beams of our house, and pleasant smelling firs are the rafters.

#	NLT
1	This is Solomon’s song of songs, more wonderful than any other.
2	[1] Kiss me and kiss me again, for your love is sweeter than wine.
3	How pleasing is your fragrance; your name is like the spreading fragrance of scented oils. No wonder all the young women love you!
4	Take me with you; come, let’s run! The king has brought me into his bedroom. How happy we are for you, O king. We praise your love even more than wine. How right they are to adore you.
5	I am dark but beautiful, O women of Jerusalem— dark as the tents of Kedar, dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents.
6	Don’t stare at me because I am dark— the sun has darkened my skin. My brothers were angry with me; they forced me to care for their vineyards, so I couldn’t care for myself—my own vineyard.
7	Tell me, my love, where are you leading your flock today? Where will you rest your sheep at noon? For why should I wander like a prostitute[2] among your friends and their flocks?
8	If you don’t know, O most beautiful woman, follow the trail of my flock, and graze your young goats by the shepherds’ tents.
9	You are as exciting, my darling, as a mare among Pharaoh’s stallions.
10	How lovely are your cheeks; your earrings set them afire! How lovely is your neck, enhanced by a string of jewels.
11	We will make for you earrings of gold and beads of silver.
12	The king is lying on his couch, enchanted by the fragrance of my perfume.
13	My lover is like a sachet of myrrh lying between my breasts.
14	He is like a bouquet of sweet henna blossoms from the vineyards of En-gedi.
15	How beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
16	You are so handsome, my love, pleasing beyond words! The soft grass is our bed;
17	fragrant cedar branches are the beams of our house, and pleasant smelling firs are the rafters.

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^{Song of Solomon 1:3 [#*]} substance: or, cattle

^{Song of Solomon 1:3 [#†} household: or, husbandry

^{Song of Solomon 1:3 [#‡} men: Heb. sons

^{Song of Solomon 1:5 [#§]} continually: Heb. all the days

^{Song of Solomon 1:6 [#**]} Satan: Heb. the adversary

^{Song of Solomon 1:6 [#†} among: Heb. in the midst of

^{Song of Solomon 1:8 [#‡} considered: Heb. set thy heart on

^{Song of Solomon 1:10 [#§&s} substance: or, cattle

^{Song of Solomon 1:11 [#***]} and he…: Heb. if he curse thee not to thy face

^{Song of Solomon 1:12 [#†} power: Heb. hand

^{Song of Solomon 1:16 [#‡} The fire…: or, A great fire

^{Song of Solomon 1:17 [#§&s} fell: Heb. rushed

^{Song of Solomon 1:19 [#*]} from…: Heb. from aside, etc

^{Song of Solomon 1:20 [#†} mantle: or, robe

^{Song of Solomon 1:22 [#‡} charged…: or, attributed folly to God

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