1:1 | The song <07892> of songs <07892>, which [is] Solomon's <08010>. |
1:2 | Let him kiss <05401> (8799) me with the kisses <05390> of his mouth <06310>: for thy love <01730> [is] better <02896> than wine <03196>. {thy...: Heb. thy loves} |
1:3 | Because of the savour <07381> of thy good <02896> ointments <08081> thy name <08034> [is as] ointment <08081> poured forth <07324> (8714), therefore do the virgins <05959> love <0157> (8804) thee. |
1:4 | Draw <04900> (8798) me, we will run <07323> (8799) after <0310> thee: the king <04428> hath brought <0935> (8689) me into his chambers <02315>: we will be glad <01523> (8799) and rejoice <08055> (8799) in thee, we will remember <02142> (8686) thy love <01730> more than wine <03196>: the upright <04339> love <0157> (8804) thee. {the upright...: or, they love thee uprightly} |
1:5 | I [am] black <07838>, but comely <05000>, O ye daughters <01323> of Jerusalem <03389>, as the tents <0168> of Kedar <06938>, as the curtains <03407> of Solomon <08010>. |
1:6 | Look <07200> (8799) not upon me, because I [am] black <07840>, because the sun <08121> hath looked <07805> (8804) upon me: my mother's <0517> children <01121> were angry <02787> (8738) with me; they made <07760> (8804) me the keeper <05201> (8802) of the vineyards <03754>; [but] mine own vineyard <03754> have I not kept <05201> (8804). |
1:7 | Tell <05046> (8685) me, O thou whom my soul <05315> loveth <0157> (8804), where thou feedest <07462> (8799), where <0349> thou makest [thy flock] to rest <07257> (8686) at noon <06672>: for <04100> why should I be as one that turneth aside <05844> (8802) by the flocks <05739> of thy companions <02270>? {as one...: or, as one that is veiled} |
1:8 | If thou know <03045> (8799) not, O thou fairest <03303> among women <0802>, go thy way forth <03318> (8798) by the footsteps <06119> of the flock <06629>, and feed <07462> (8798) thy kids <01429> beside the shepherds <07462> (8802)' tents <04908>. |
1:9 | I have compared <01819> (8765) thee, O my love <07474>, to a company of horses <05484> in Pharaoh's <06547> chariots <07393>. |
1:10 | Thy cheeks <03895> are comely <04998> (8773) with rows <08447> [of jewels], thy neck <06677> with chains <02737> [of gold]. |
1:11 | We will make <06213> (8799) thee borders <08447> of gold <02091> with studs <05351> of silver <03701>. |
1:12 | While the king <04428> [sitteth] at his table <04524>, my spikenard <05373> sendeth forth <05414> (8804) the smell <07381> thereof. |
1:13 | A bundle <06872> of myrrh <04753> [is] my wellbeloved <01730> unto me; he shall lie <03885> (8799) all night betwixt my breasts <07699>. |
1:14 | My beloved <01730> [is] unto me [as] a cluster <0811> of camphire <03724> in the vineyards <03754> of Engedi <05872>. {camphire: or, cypress} |
1:15 | Behold, thou [art] fair <03303>, my love <07474>; behold, thou [art] fair <03303>; thou [hast] doves <03123>' eyes <05869>. {my love: or, my companion} |
1:16 | Behold, thou [art] fair <03303>, my beloved <01730>, yea, pleasant <05273>: also our bed <06210> [is] green <07488>. |
1:17 | The beams <06982> of our house <01004> [are] cedar <0730>, [and] our rafters <07351> (8675) <07351> of fir <01266>. {rafters: or, galleries} |