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<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? <A name="9"></a><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. <A name="10"></a><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’s chariots. <A name="11"></a><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. <A name="12"></a><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. <A name="13"></a><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. <A name="14"></a><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. <A name="15"></a><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. <A name="16"></a><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. <A name="17"></a><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.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><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"> </span>, <i>The Groom</i><span class="thin"> </span>, and <i>The Friends</i><span class="thin"> </span> based on the gender and number of the Hebrew words.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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