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<p class="indent2">For your love is better than wine. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Your oils have a pleasing fragrance, <p class="indent2">Your name is <i>like</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>purified oil; <p class="indent2">Therefore the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>maidens love you. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Draw me after you <i>and</i> let us run <i>together</i>! <p class="indent2">The king has brought me into his chambers.” <p class="indent2">“<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>We will rejoice in you and be glad; <p class="indent2">We will <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>extol your love more than wine. <p class="indent2">Rightly do they love you.” <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>I am black but lovely, <p class="indent2">O daughters of Jerusalem, <p class="indent2">Like the tents of Kedar, <p class="indent2">Like the curtains of Solomon. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Do not look at me because I am <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>swarthy, <p class="indent2">For the sun has burned me. <p class="indent2">My mother’s sons were angry with me; <p class="indent2">They made me caretaker of the vineyards, <p class="indent2"><i>But</i> I have not taken care of my own vineyard. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, <p class="indent2">Where do you shepherd <i>your flock</i>, <p class="indent2">Where do you make <i>it</i> lie down at noon? <p class="indent2">For why should I be like one who <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>veils herself <p class="indent2">Beside the flocks of your companions?” <p class="hdg">Solomon and His Bride Extol Each Other</p><p><p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>If you yourself do not know, <p class="indent2">Most beautiful among women, <p class="indent2">Go forth on the trail of the flock <p class="indent2">And pasture your young goats <p class="indent2">By the dwellings of the shepherds. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“To a mare of mine among the chariots of Pharaoh <p class="indent2">I compare you, O my darling. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, <p class="indent2">Your neck with strings of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>beads.” <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>We will make for you ornaments of gold <p class="indent2">With beads of silver.” <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>While the king was at his <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>banqueting table, <p class="indent2">My <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>perfume gave forth its fragrance. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh <p class="indent2">Which lies all night between my breasts. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms <p class="indent2">In the vineyards of Engedi.” <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Behold, you are beautiful, my darling, <p class="indent2">Behold, you are beautiful! <p class="indent2">Your eyes are <i>like</i> doves.” <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Behold, you are handsome, my beloved, <p class="indent2">Indeed, <i>so</i> pleasant! <p class="indent2">Indeed, our couch is luxuriant! <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The beams of our houses are cedars, <p class="indent2">Our rafters, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>cypresses.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>Best of the Songs</i><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> BRIDE<br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>oil which is emptied</i> (from one vessel to another)<br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i>virgins</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> CHORUS<br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>make remembrance of</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> BRIDE<br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i>black</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Some versions <i>wanders</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> BRIDEGROOM<br><span class="fnverse">10</span> Or <i>shells</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> CHORUS<br><span class="fnverse">12</span> BRIDE<br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Or <i>couch</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>nard</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> BRIDEGROOM<br><span class="fnverse">16</span> BRIDE<br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Or <i>junipers</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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