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Songs: The Song of Songs (or Song of Solomon or Canticles)

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Songs: The Song of Songs (or Song of Solomon or Canticles)</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/bsb/cmenus/songs/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bsb/topmenuchap/songs/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > Songs</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/bsb/ecclesiastes/12.htm" title="Ecclesiastes 12"></a> Song of Solomon <a href="/bsb/songs/2.htm" title="Song of Solomon 2"></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="vheading2"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Song of Solomon 1</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/esv/songs/1.shtml" style="color:#552200" title="Parallel Chapters"></a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Bride Confesses Her Love<br /><span class="cross">(<a hlef ="../ephesians/5.htm#22">Ephesians 5:22&#8211;33</a>; <a hlef ="../1_peter/3.htm">1 Peter 3:1&#8211;7</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>This is Solomon&#8217;s Song of Songs.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="ihdg">The Bride<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! <p class="indent2"> For your love is more delightful than wine. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; <p class="indent2"> your name is like perfume poured out. <p class="indent2"> No wonder the maidens adore you. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Take me away with you&#8212;let us hurry! <p class="indent2"> May the king bring me to his chambers. <p class="ihdg">The Friends<p class="indent1stline"> We will rejoice and delight in you; <p class="indent2"> we will praise your love more than wine. <p class="ihdg">The Bride<p class="indent1stline"> It is only right that they adore you. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, <p class="indent2"> like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Do not stare because I am dark, <p class="indent2"> for the sun has gazed upon me. <p class="indent1"> My mother&#8217;s sons were angry with me; <p class="indent2"> they made me a keeper of the vineyards, <p class="indent2"> but my own vineyard I have neglected. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Tell me, O one I love, <p class="indent2"> where do you pasture your sheep? <p class="indent2"> Where do you rest them at midday? <p class="indent1"> Why should I be like a veiled woman <p class="indent2"> beside the flocks of your companions? <p class="ihdg">The Friends<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If you do not know, O fairest of women, <p class="indent2"> follow the tracks of the flock, <p class="indent1"> and graze your young goats <p class="indent2"> near the tents of the shepherds. <p class="ihdg">The Bridegroom<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I compare you, my darling, <p class="indent2"> to a mare among Pharaoh&#8217;s chariots. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, <p class="indent2"> your neck with strings of jewels. <p class="ihdg">The Friends<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>We will make you ornaments of gold, <p class="indent2"> studded with beads of silver. <p class="ihdg">The Bride<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>While the king was at his table, <p class="indent2"> my perfume spread its fragrance. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh <p class="indent2"> resting between my breasts. <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 En-gedi. <p class="ihdg">The Bridegroom<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>How beautiful you are, my darling! <p class="indent2"> Oh, how very beautiful! <p class="indent2"> Your eyes are like doves. <p class="ihdg">The Bride<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>How handsome you are, my beloved! <p class="indent2"> Oh, how delightful! <p class="indent2"> The soft grass is our bed. <p class="ihdg">The Bridegroom<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The beams of our house are cedars; <p class="indent2"> our rafters are fragrant firs.<A name="fn"></a><br /><br /></p><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Most translators add subheadings for speaker identifications such as <i>The Bride</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span>, <i>The Groom</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span>, and <i>The Friends</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span> based on the gender and number of the Hebrew words.<br><br /></div></div> <table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/bsb/songs/1.htm" title="Song of Solomon 1"></a> Song of Solomon 2 <a href="/bsb/songs/3.htm" title="Song of Solomon 3"></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="vheading2"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Song of Solomon 2</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/esv/songs/2.shtml" style="color:#552200" title="Parallel Chapters"></a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Bride&#8217;s Admiration<p class="ihdg">The Bride<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I am a rose of Sharon,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="indent2"> a lily of the valley. <p class="ihdg">The Bridegroom<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Like a lily among the thorns <p class="indent2"> is my darling among the maidens. <p class="ihdg">The Bride<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Like an apricot tree among the trees of the forest <p class="indent2"> is my beloved among the young men. <p class="indent1"> I delight to sit in his shade, <p class="indent2"> and his fruit is sweet to my taste. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He has brought me to the house of wine,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="indent2"> and his banner over me is love. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Sustain me with raisins; <p class="indent2"> refresh me with apples, <p class="indent2"> for I am faint with love. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>His left hand is under my head, <p class="indent2"> and his right arm embraces me. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you <p class="indent2"> by the gazelles and does of the field: <p class="indent1"> Do not arouse or awaken love <p class="indent2"> until the time is right. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Listen! My beloved approaches. <p class="indent2"> Look! Here he comes, <p class="indent1"> leaping across the mountains, <p class="indent2"> bounding over the hills. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. <p class="indent2"> Look, he stands behind our wall, <p class="indent1"> gazing through the windows, <p class="indent2"> peering through the lattice. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>My beloved calls to me, <p class="indent2">&#8220;Arise, my darling. <p class="indent2"> Come away with me, my beautiful one. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For now the winter is past; <p class="indent2"> the rain is over and gone. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The flowers have appeared in the countryside; <p class="indent2"> the season of singing<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> has come, <p class="indent1"> and the cooing of turtledoves <p class="indent2"> is heard in our land. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The fig tree ripens its figs; <p class="indent2"> the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. <p class="indent1"> Arise, come away, my darling; <p class="indent2"> come away with me, my beautiful one.&#8221; <p class="ihdg">The Bridegroom<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>O my dove in the clefts of the rock, <p class="indent2"> in the crevices of the cliff, <p class="indent1"> let me see your face, <p class="indent2"> let me hear your voice; <p class="indent1"> for your voice is sweet, <p class="indent2"> and your countenance is lovely. <p class="ihdg">The Friends<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Catch for us the foxes&#8212;<p class="indent2"> the little foxes that ruin the vineyards&#8212;<p class="indent2"> for our vineyards are in bloom. <p class="ihdg">The Bride<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>My beloved is mine and I am his; <p class="indent2"> he pastures his flock among the lilies. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Before the day breaks and shadows flee, <p class="indent2"> turn, my beloved, <p class="indent1"> and be like a gazelle <p class="indent2"> or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="fn"></a><br /><br /></p><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Sharon Plain is a region in the coastal plain of Israel<br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> That is, the banquet hall<br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>pruning</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>the rugged mountains</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span><br><br /></div></div> <table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/bsb/songs/2.htm" title="Song of Solomon 2"></a> Song of Solomon 3 <a href="/bsb/songs/4.htm" title="Song of Solomon 4"></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="vheading2"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Song of Solomon 3</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/esv/songs/3.shtml" style="color:#552200" title="Parallel Chapters"></a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Bride&#8217;s Dream<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>On my bed at night <p class="indent2"> I sought the one I love; <p class="indent1"> I sought him, <p class="indent2"> but did not find him. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I will arise now and go about the city, <p class="indent2"> through the streets and squares. <p class="indent1"> I will seek the one I love. <p class="indent2"> So I sought him but did not find him. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: <p class="indent2"> &#8220;Have you seen the one I love?&#8221; <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I had just passed them when I found the one I love. <p class="indent2"> I held him and would not let go <p class="indent1"> until I had brought him to my mother&#8217;s house, <p class="indent2"> to the chamber of the one who conceived me. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you <p class="indent2"> by the gazelles and does of the field: <p class="indent1"> Do not arouse or awaken love <p class="indent2"> until the time is right. <p class="hdg">Solomon Arrives on His Wedding Day<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Who is this coming up from the wilderness <p class="indent2"> like a column of smoke, <p class="indent1"> scented with myrrh and frankincense <p class="indent2"> from all the spices of the merchant? <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Behold, it is Solomon&#8217;s carriage,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="indent2"> escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>All are skilled with the sword, <p class="indent2"> experienced in warfare. <p class="indent1"> Each has his sword at his side <p class="indent2"> prepared for the terror of the night. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>King Solomon has made his carriage <p class="indent2"> out of the timber of Lebanon. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He has made its posts of silver, <p class="indent2"> its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. <p class="indent1"> Its interior is inlaid with love <p class="indent2"> by the daughters of Jerusalem. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Come out, O daughters of Zion, <p class="indent2"> and gaze at King Solomon, <p class="indent1"> wearing the crown his mother bestowed <p class="indent2"> on the day of his wedding&#8212;<p class="indent2"> the day of his heart&#8217;s rejoicing.<A name="fn"></a><br /><br /></p><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> That is, the couch on which servants carry a king<br><br /></div></div> <table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/bsb/songs/3.htm" title="Song of Solomon 3"></a> Song of Solomon 4 <a href="/bsb/songs/5.htm" title="Song of Solomon 5"></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="vheading2"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Song of Solomon 4</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/esv/songs/4.shtml" style="color:#552200" title="Parallel Chapters"></a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Solomon Admires His Bride<p class="ihdg">The Bridegroom<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>How beautiful you are, my darling&#8212;<p class="indent2"> how very beautiful! <p class="indent1"> Your eyes are like doves <p class="indent2"> behind your veil. <p class="indent1"> Your hair is like a flock of goats <p class="indent2"> streaming down Mount Gilead. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep <p class="indent2"> coming up from the washing; <p class="indent1"> each has its twin, <p class="indent2"> and not one of them is lost. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, <p class="indent2"> and your mouth is lovely. <p class="indent1"> Your brow behind your veil <p class="indent2"> is like a slice of pomegranate. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Your neck is like the tower of David, <p class="indent2"> built with rows of stones; <p class="indent1"> on it hang a thousand shields, <p class="indent2"> all of them shields of warriors. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Your breasts are like two fawns, <p class="indent2"> twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, <p class="indent2"> I will make my way <p class="indent1"> to the mountain of myrrh <p class="indent2"> and to the hill of frankincense. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>You are altogether beautiful, my darling; <p class="indent2"> in you there is no flaw. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, <p class="indent2"> come with me from Lebanon! <p class="indent1"> Descend<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> from the peak of Amana, <p class="indent2"> from the summits of Senir and Hermon, <p class="indent1"> from the dens of the lions, <p class="indent2"> from the mountains of the leopards. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>You have captured my heart, <p class="indent2"> my sister, my bride; <p class="indent1"> you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, <p class="indent2"> with one jewel of your neck. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>How delightful is your love, <p class="indent2"> my sister, my bride! <p class="indent1"> Your love is much better than wine, <p class="indent2"> and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Your lips, my bride, <p class="indent2"> drip sweetness like the honeycomb; <p class="indent1"> honey and milk are under your tongue, <p class="indent2"> and the fragrance of your garments <p class="indent2"> is like the aroma of Lebanon. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, <p class="indent2"> a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates <p class="indent2"> with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard, <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, <p class="indent2"> with every kind of frankincense tree, <p class="indent1"> with myrrh and aloes, <p class="indent2"> with all the finest spices. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>You are a garden spring, <p class="indent2"> a well of fresh water<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="indent2"> flowing down from Lebanon. <p class="ihdg">The Bride<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Awake, O north wind, <p class="indent2"> and come, O south wind. <p class="indent1"> Breathe on my garden <p class="indent2"> and spread the fragrance of its spices. <p class="indent1"> Let my beloved come into his garden <p class="indent2"> and taste its choicest fruits.<A name="fn"></a><br /><br /></p><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>Look down</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>flowing water</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span> or <i>living water</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span><br><br /></div></div> <table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/bsb/songs/4.htm" title="Song of Solomon 4"></a> Song of Solomon 5 <a href="/bsb/songs/6.htm" title="Song of Solomon 6"></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="vheading2"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Song of Solomon 5</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/esv/songs/5.shtml" style="color:#552200" title="Parallel Chapters"></a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Bride and Her Beloved<p class="ihdg">The Bridegroom<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; <p class="indent2"> I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. <p class="indent1"> I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; <p class="indent2"> I have drunk my wine with my milk. <p class="ihdg">The Friends<p class="indent1stline"> Eat, O friends, and drink; <p class="indent2"> drink freely, O beloved. <p class="ihdg">The Bride<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I sleep, but my heart is awake. <p class="indent2"> A sound! My beloved is knocking: <p class="indent1">&#8220;Open to me, my sister, my darling, <p class="indent2"> my dove, my flawless one. <p class="indent1"> My head is drenched with dew, <p class="indent2"> my hair with the dampness of the night.&#8221; <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I have taken off my robe&#8212;<p class="indent2"> must I put it back on? <p class="indent1"> I have washed my feet&#8212;<p class="indent2"> must I soil them again? <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>My beloved put his hand to the latch; <p class="indent2"> my heart pounded for him. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I rose up to open for my beloved. <p class="indent2"> My hands dripped with myrrh, <p class="indent1"> my fingers with flowing myrrh <p class="indent2"> on the handles of the bolt. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I opened for my beloved, <p class="indent2"> but he had turned and gone. <p class="indent1"> My heart sank at his departure. <p class="indent2"> I sought him, but did not find him. <p class="indent2"> I called, but he did not answer. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. <p class="indent2"> They beat me and bruised me; <p class="indent1"> they took away my cloak, <p class="indent2"> those guardians of the walls. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, <p class="indent2"> if you find my beloved, <p class="indent2"> tell him I am sick with love. <p class="ihdg">The Friends<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>How is your beloved better than others, <p class="indent2"> O most beautiful among women? <p class="indent1"> How is your beloved better than another, <p class="indent2"> that you charge us so? <p class="ihdg">The Bride<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, <p class="indent2"> outstanding among ten thousand. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>His head is purest gold; <p class="indent2"> his hair is wavy and black as a raven. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>His eyes are like doves <p class="indent2"> beside the streams of water, <p class="indent1"> bathed in milk <p class="indent2"> and mounted like jewels. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>His cheeks are like beds of spice, <p class="indent2"> towers of perfume. <p class="indent1"> His lips are like lilies, <p class="indent2"> dripping with flowing myrrh. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>His arms are rods of gold <p class="indent2"> set with beryl. <p class="indent1"> His body is an ivory panel <p class="indent2"> bedecked with sapphires. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>His legs are pillars of marble <p class="indent2"> set on bases of pure gold. <p class="indent1"> His appearance is like Lebanon, <p class="indent2"> as majestic as the cedars. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>His mouth<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> is most sweet; <p class="indent2"> he is altogether lovely. <p class="indent1"> This is my beloved, and this is my friend, <p class="indent2"> O daughters of Jerusalem.<A name="fn"></a><br /><br /></p><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Hebrew <i>palate</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span><br><br /></div></div> <table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/bsb/songs/5.htm" title="Song of Solomon 5"></a> Song of Solomon 6 <a href="/bsb/songs/7.htm" title="Song of Solomon 7"></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="vheading2"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Song of Solomon 6</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/esv/songs/6.shtml" style="color:#552200" title="Parallel Chapters"></a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Together in the Garden<p class="ihdg">The Friends<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Where has your beloved gone, <p class="indent2"> O most beautiful among women? <p class="indent1"> Which way has he turned? <p class="indent2"> We will seek him with you. <p class="ihdg">The Bride<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>My beloved has gone down to his garden, <p class="indent2"> to the beds of spices, <p class="indent1"> to pasture his flock in the gardens <p class="indent2"> and to gather lilies. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me; <p class="indent2"> he pastures his flock among the lilies. <p class="ihdg">The Bridegroom<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, <p class="indent2"> as lovely as Jerusalem, <p class="indent2"> as majestic as troops with banners. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Turn your eyes away from me, <p class="indent2"> for they have overcome me. <p class="indent1"> Your hair is like a flock of goats <p class="indent2"> streaming down from Gilead. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Your teeth are like a flock of sheep <p class="indent2"> coming up from the washing; <p class="indent1"> each has its twin, <p class="indent2"> and not one of them is lost. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Your brow behind your veil <p class="indent2"> is like a slice of pomegranate. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, <p class="indent2"> and maidens without number, <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, <p class="indent2"> the favorite of the mother who bore her. <p class="indent1"> The maidens see her and call her blessed; <p class="indent2"> the queens and concubines sing her praises. <p class="ihdg">The Friends<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Who is this who shines like the dawn, <p class="indent2"> as fair as the moon, <p class="indent1"> as bright as the sun, <p class="indent2"> as majestic as the stars in procession? <p class="ihdg">The Bridegroom<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I went down to the walnut grove <p class="indent2"> to see the blossoms of the valley, <p class="indent1"> to see if the vines were budding <p class="indent2"> or the pomegranates were in bloom. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Before I realized it, my desire had set me <p class="indent2"> among the royal chariots of my people.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="ihdg">The Friends<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Come back, come back, O Shulammite! <p class="indent2"> Come back, come back, that we may gaze upon you. <p class="ihdg">The Bridegroom<p class="indent1stline"> Why do you look at the Shulammite, <p class="indent2"> as on the dance of Mahanaim<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span>?<A name="fn"></a><br /><br /></p><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>among the chariots of Amminadab</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>the dance of the two camps</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span><br><br /></div></div> <table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/bsb/songs/6.htm" title="Song of Solomon 6"></a> Song of Solomon 7 <a href="/bsb/songs/8.htm" title="Song of Solomon 8"></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="vheading2"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Song of Solomon 7</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/esv/songs/7.shtml" style="color:#552200" title="Parallel Chapters"></a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Admiration by the Bridegroom<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>How beautiful are your sandaled feet, <p class="indent2"> O daughter of the prince! <p class="indent1"> The curves of your thighs are like jewels, <p class="indent2"> the handiwork of a master. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Your navel is a rounded goblet; <p class="indent2"> it never lacks blended wine. <p class="indent1"> Your waist is a mound of wheat <p class="indent2"> encircled by the lilies. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Your breasts are like two fawns, <p class="indent2"> twins of a gazelle. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Your neck is like a tower <p class="indent2"> made of ivory; <p class="indent1"> your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon <p class="indent2"> by the gate of Bath-rabbim; <p class="indent1"> your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, <p class="indent2"> facing toward Damascus. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, <p class="indent2"> the hair of your head like purple threads; <p class="indent2"> the king is captured in your tresses. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>How fair and pleasant you are, <p class="indent2"> O love, with your delights! <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Your stature is like a palm tree; <p class="indent2"> your breasts are clusters of fruit. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I said, &#8220;I will climb the palm tree; <p class="indent2"> I will take hold of its fruit.&#8221; <p class="indent1"> May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, <p class="indent2"> the fragrance of your breath like apples, <p class="indent2"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>and your mouth<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> like the finest wine. <p class="ihdg">The Bride<p class="indent1stline"> May it flow smoothly to my beloved, <p class="indent2"> gliding gently over lips and teeth.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I belong to my beloved, <p class="indent2"> and his desire is for me. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Come, my beloved, <p class="indent2"> let us go to the countryside; <p class="indent2"> let us spend the night among the wildflowers.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Let us go early to the vineyards <p class="indent2"> to see if the vine has budded, <p class="indent1"> if the blossom has opened, <p class="indent2"> if the pomegranates are in bloom&#8212;<p class="indent2"> there I will give you my love. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, <p class="indent2"> and at our door is every delicacy, <p class="indent1"> new as well as old, <p class="indent2"> that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.<A name="fn"></a><br /><br /></p><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Hebrew <i>palate</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span> <br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate; Hebrew <i>gliding gently over lips as we sleep</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>among the henna blossoms</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span> or <i>in the villages</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span><br><br /></div></div> <table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/bsb/songs/7.htm" title="Song of Solomon 7"></a> Song of Solomon 8 <a href="/bsb/isaiah/1.htm" title="Isaiah 1"></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="vheading2"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Song of Solomon 8</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/esv/songs/8.shtml" style="color:#552200" title="Parallel Chapters"></a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Longing for Her Beloved<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>O that you were to me like a brother <p class="indent2"> who nursed at my mother&#8217;s breasts! <p class="indent1"> If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, <p class="indent2"> and no one would despise me. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I would lead you and bring you <p class="indent2"> to the house of my mother who taught me. <p class="indent1"> I would give you spiced wine to drink, <p class="indent2"> the nectar of my pomegranates. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>His left hand is under my head, <p class="indent2"> and his right arm embraces me. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: <p class="indent2"> Do not arouse or awaken love <p class="indent2"> until the time is right. <p class="ihdg">The Friends<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Who is this coming up from the wilderness, <p class="indent2"> leaning on her beloved? <p class="ihdg">The Bride<p class="indent1stline"> I roused you under the apple tree; <p class="indent2"> there your mother conceived you; <p class="indent2"> there she travailed and brought you forth. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Set me as a seal over your heart, <p class="indent2"> as a seal upon your arm. <p class="indent1"> For love is as strong as death, <p class="indent2"> its jealousy<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> as unrelenting as Sheol. <p class="indent1"> Its sparks are fiery flames, <p class="indent2"> the fiercest blaze of all. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Mighty waters cannot quench love; <p class="indent2"> rivers cannot sweep it away. <p class="indent1"> If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, <p class="indent2"> his offer would be utterly scorned. <p class="ihdg">The Friends<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>We have a little sister, <p class="indent2"> and her breasts are not yet grown. <p class="indent1"> What shall we do for our sister <p class="indent2"> on the day she is spoken for? <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>If she is a wall, <p class="indent2"> we will build a tower of silver to protect her. <p class="indent1"> If she is a door, <p class="indent2"> we will enclose her with panels of cedar. <p class="ihdg">The Bride<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I am a wall, <p class="indent2"> and my breasts are like towers. <p class="indent1"> So I have become in his eyes <p class="indent2"> like one who brings peace. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. <p class="indent2"> He leased it to the tenants. <p class="indent1"> For its fruit, each was to bring <p class="indent2"> a thousand shekels of silver.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But my own vineyard is mine to give; <p class="indent2"> the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, <p class="indent2"> and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit. <p class="ihdg">The Bridegroom<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You who dwell in the gardens, <p class="indent2"> my companions are listening for your voice. <p class="indent2"> Let me hear it! <p class="ihdg">The Bride<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Come away, my beloved, <p class="indent2"> and be like a gazelle <p class="indent1"> or a young stag <p class="indent2"> on the mountains of spices.<A name="fn"></a><br /><br /></p><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>passion</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Hebrew <i>a thousand of silver</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span>; that is, approximately 25.1 pounds or 11.4 kilograms of silver<br><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><br />The Berean Bible (<a href="http://berean.bible">www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href="http://bereanbible.com">Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> &copy; 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