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Song of Songs 1 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:1 - The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s.

The Bride Confesses Her Love

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:2 - She[fn]
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!
For your love is better than wine;
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:3 - your anointing oils are fragrant;
your name is oil poured out;
therefore virgins love you.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:4 - Draw me after you; let us run.
The king has brought me into his chambers.

Others
We will exult and rejoice in you;
we will extol your love more than wine;
rightly do they love you.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:5 - She
I am very dark, but lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
like the tents of Kedar,
like the curtains of Solomon.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:6 - Do not gaze at me because I am dark,
because the sun has looked upon me.
My mother’s sons were angry with me;
they made me keeper of the vineyards,
but my own vineyard I have not kept!
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 - Tell me, you whom my soul loves,
where you pasture your flock,
where you make it lie down at noon;
for why should I be like one who veils herself
beside the flocks of your companions?

Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:8 - He
If you do not know,
O most beautiful among women,
follow in the tracks of the flock,
and pasture your young goats
beside the shepherds’ tents.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:9 - I compare you, my love,
to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:10 - Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
your neck with strings of jewels.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:11 - Others
We will make for you[fn] ornaments of gold,
studded with silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:12 - She
While the king was on his couch,
my nard gave forth its fragrance.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:13 - My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh
that lies between my breasts.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:14 - My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms
in the vineyards of Engedi.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:15 - He
Behold, you are beautiful, my love;
behold, you are beautiful;
your eyes are doves.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:16 - She
Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly delightful.
Our couch is green;
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:17 - the beams of our house are cedar;
our rafters are pine.
ESV Footnotes
The translators have added speaker identifications based on the gender and number of the Hebrew words
The Hebrew for you is feminine singular
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