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<!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>Song of Solomon 1 Catholic Public Domain Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../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="../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="../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> > <a href="../">CPDV</a> > Songs 1</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 id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ecclesiastes/12.htm" title="Ecclesiastes 12">◄</a> Song of Solomon 1 <a href="../songs/2.htm" title="Song of Solomon 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/songs/1-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Bride Confesses Her Love<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../ephesians/5.htm#22">Ephesians 5:22–33</a>; <a href ="../1_peter/3.htm">1 Peter 3:1–7</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>- - -<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><V 1:1>Bride: <font color=#0000CC>May he kiss me with the kiss of his mouth.</font> <V 1:2>Groom to Bride: <font color=#CC0000>So much better than wine are your breasts, fragranced with the finest perfumes.</font> <p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Bride to Groom: <font color=#0000CC>Your name is oil that has been poured out; therefore, the maidens have loved you. Draw me forward.</font><p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Chorus to Bride: <font color=#008800>We will run after you in the odor of your perfumes.</font> <V 1:5>Bride to Chorus: <font color=#0000CC>The king has led me into his storerooms.</font> <V 1:6>Chorus to Bride: <font color=#008800>We will exult and rejoice in you, remembering your breasts above wine.</font> <V 1:7>Groom to Bride: <font color=#CC0000>The righteous love you.</font><p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Bride to Chorus: <font color=#0000CC>O daughters of Jerusalem: I am black, but shapely, like the tabernacles of Kedar, like the tents of Solomon.</font><p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><font color=#0000CC>Do not be concerned that I am dark, for the sun has changed my color.</font> <V 1:10><font color=#0000CC>The sons of my mother have fought against me. They have made me the keeper of the vineyards. My own vineyard I have not kept.</font><p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Bride to Groom: <font color=#0000CC>Reveal to me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture, where you recline at midday, lest I begin to wander after the flocks of your companions.</font><p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Groom to Bride: <font color=#CC0000>If you yourself do not know, O most beautiful among women, then go out and follow after the steps of the flocks, and pasture your young goats beside the tabernacles of the shepherds.</font><p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><font color=#CC0000>O my love, I have compared you to my company of horsemen against the chariots of Pharaoh.</font><p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><font color=#CC0000>Your cheeks are beautiful, like those of a turtledove. Your neck is like a bejeweled collar.</font><p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Chorus to Bride: <font color=#008800>We will fashion for you chains of gold, accented with reddened silver.</font><p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Bride to Chorus: <font color=#0000CC>While the king was taking his rest, my aromatic ointment sent forth its odor.</font><p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><font color=#0000CC>My beloved is a bundle of myrrh to me. He shall abide between my breasts.</font><p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><font color=#0000CC>My beloved is a cluster of Cyprus grapes to me, in the vineyards of Engaddi.</font><p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Groom to Bride: <font color=#CC0000>Behold, you are beautiful, O my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are those of a dove.</font><p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Bride to Groom: <font color=#0000CC>Behold, you are handsome, O my beloved, and graceful. Our bed is flourishing.</font><p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Groom to Bride: <font color=#CC0000>The timbers of our houses are of cedar; our ceilings are of cypress.</font><p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ecclesiastes/12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ecclesiastes 12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ecclesiastes 12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../songs/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Song of Solomon 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Song of Solomon 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>