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Song of Songs 1 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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The Young Shulammite Bride and Jerusalem’s Daughters

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The [fn]Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s.

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[fn]The Bride

“May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!

For your love is [fn]sweeter than wine.

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“Your oils have a pleasing fragrance,

Your name is like [fn]purified oil;

Therefore the [fn]young women love you.

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“Draw me after you and let’s run together!

The king has brought me into his chambers.”

The Chorus

“We will rejoice in you and be joyful;

We will praise your love more than wine.

Rightly do they love you.”

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The Bride

“I am black and beautiful,

You daughters of Jerusalem,

Like the tents of Kedar,

Like the curtains of Solomon.

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“Do not stare at me because I am [fn]dark,

For the sun has tanned me.

My mother’s sons were angry with me;

They made me caretaker of the vineyards,

But I have not taken care of my own vineyard.

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“Tell me, you whom my soul loves,

Where do you pasture your flock,

Where do you have it lie down at noon?

For why should I be like one who [fn]veils herself

Beside the flocks of your companions?”

Solomon, the Lover, Speaks

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“If you yourself do not know,

Most beautiful among women,

Go out on the trail of the flock,

And pasture your young goats

By the tents of the shepherds.

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“[fn]To me, my darling, you are like

My mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.

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“Your cheeks are delightful with jewelry,

Your neck with strings of beads.”

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The Chorus

“We will make for you jewelry of gold

With beads of silver.”

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The Bride

“While the king was at his table,

My [fn]perfume gave forth its fragrance.

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“My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh

Which lies all night between my breasts.

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“My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms

In the vineyards of Engedi.”

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The Groom

“[fn]How beautiful you are, my darling,

[fn]How beautiful you are!

Your eyes are like doves.”

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The Bride

“[fn]How handsome you are, my beloved,

And so delightful!

Indeed, our bed is luxuriant!

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“The beams of our house are cedars,

Our rafters, junipers.

See the NASB20 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NASB20 Footnotes
Or Best of the Songs
The speaker identifications are not from the Hebrew text nor the Septuagint, but reflect an ancient tradition which appears in some manuscripts.
Lit more pleasant
Lit oil poured from one vessel to another
Or virgins
Or swarthy, blackish
Some ancient versions wanders
Lit I have compared you to
Lit nard
Lit Behold
Lit Behold
Lit Behold
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For more information on this translation, see the NASB20 Preface.

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Song of Songs Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras