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  1:1 ¶
The Song of songs, which is Solomon's. |
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1:1 ¶
The songº
of songs,º
whichº
[is] Solomon's.º |
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1:2
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine. |
1:2
Let him kissºº
me with the kissesºº
of his mouth:º
forº
thy loveº
[is] betterº
than wine.ºº |
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1:3
And the smell of thine ointments is better than all spices: thy name is ointment poured forth; therefore do the young maidens love thee. |
1:3
Because of the savourº
of thy goodº
ointmentsº
thy nameº
[is as] ointmentº
poured forth,ºº
thereforeºº
do the virginsº
loveºº
thee. |
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1:4
They have drawn thee: we will run after thee, for the smell of thine ointments: the king has brought me into closet: let us rejoice and be glad in thee; we will love thy breasts more than wine: righteousness loves thee. |
1:4
Drawºº
me, we will runºº
afterº
thee: the kingº
hath broughtºº
me into his chambers:º
we will be gladºº
and rejoiceºº
in thee, we will rememberºº
thy loveº
more than wine:ºº
the uprightº
loveºº
thee. |
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1:5
I am black, but beautiful, ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. |
1:5
Iº
[am] black,º
but comely,º
O ye daughtersº
of Jerusalem,º
as the tentsº
of Kedar,º
as the curtainsº
of Solomon.º |
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1:6
Look not upon me, because I am dark, because the sun has looked unfavourably upon me: my mother's sons strove with me; they made me keeper in the vineyards; I have not kept my own vineyard. |
1:6
Lookºº
notº
upon me, because Iºº
[am] black,º
because the sunº
hath lookedººº
upon me: my mother'sº
childrenº
were angryººº
with me; they madeºº
me the keeperºº
ofº
the vineyards;º
[but] mine ownº
vineyardº
have I notº
kept.ºº |
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1:7
Tell me, [thou] whom my soul loves, where thou tendest thy flock, where thou causest [them] to rest at noon, lest I become as one that is veiled by the flocks of thy companions. |
1:7
Tellºº
me, O thou whom my soulº
loveth,ººº
whereº
thou feedest,ºº
whereº
thou makest [thy flock] to restºº
at noon:º
forº
whyºº
should I beº
as one that turneth asideºº
byº
the flocksº
of thy companions?º |
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1:8 ¶
If thou know not thyself, thou fair one among women, go thou forth by the footsteps of the flocks, and feed thy kids by the shepherd's tents. |
1:8 ¶
Ifº
thou knowºº
not,º
O thou fairestº
among women,º
go thy way forthºº
by the footstepsº
of the flock,º
and feedººº
thy kidsº
besideº
the shepherds'ºº
tents.º |
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1:9
I have likened thee, my companion, to my horses in the chariots of Pharaoh{gr.Pharao}. |
1:9
I have comparedºº
thee, O my love,º
to a company of horsesº
in Pharaoh'sº
chariots.º |
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1:10
How are thy cheeks beautiful as [those] of a dove, thy neck as chains! |
1:10
Thy cheeksº
are comelyºº
with rowsº
[of jewels], thy neckº
with chainsº
[of gold]. |
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1:11
We will make thee figures of gold with studs of silver. |
1:11
We will makeºº
thee bordersº
of goldº
withº
studsº
of silver.º |
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1:12 ¶
So long as the king was at table, my spikenard gave forth its smell. |
1:12 ¶
Whileº
the kingºº
[sitteth] at his table,º
my spikenardº
sendeth forthºº
the smellº
thereof. |
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1:13
My kinsman is to me a bundle of myrrh; he shall lie between my breasts. |
1:13
A bundleº
of myrrhº
[is] my wellbelovedº
unto me; he shall lieºº
all nightº
betwixtº
my breasts.º |
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1:14
My kinsman is to me a cluster of camphor in the vineyards of Engaddi. |
1:14
My belovedº
[is] unto me [as] a clusterº
of camphireº
in the vineyardsº
of Engedi.º |
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1:15
Behold, thou art fair, my companion; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are doves. |
1:15
Behold,º
thou [art] fair,º
my love;º
behold,º
thou [art] fair;º
thou [hast] doves'º
eyes.º |
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1:16
Behold, thou art fair, my kinsman, yea, beautiful, overshadowing our bed. |
1:16
Behold,º
thou [art] fair,º
my beloved,º
yea,º
pleasant:º
alsoº
our bedº
[is] green.º |
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1:17
The beams of our house are cedars, our ceilings are of cypress. |
1:17
The beamsº
of our houseº
[are] cedar,º
[and] our raftersºº
of fir.º |
