1:1 The song of songs, which [is] Solomon's.

1:2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love

[is] better than wine.

1:3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name [is as]

ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

1:4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me

into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will

remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

1:5 I [am] black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as

the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

1:6 Look not upon me, because I [am] black, because the sun hath

looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they

made me the keeper of the vineyards; [but] mine own vineyard

have I not kept.

1:7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest,

where thou makest [thy flock] to rest at noon: for why should I

be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

1:8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way

forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside

the shepherds' tents.

1:9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in

Pharaoh's chariots.

1:10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows [of jewels], thy neck with

chains [of gold].

1:11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.

1:12 While the king [sitteth] at his table, my spikenard sendeth

forth the smell thereof.

1:13 A bundle of myrrh [is] my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie

all night betwixt my breasts.

1:14 My beloved [is] unto me [as] a cluster of camphire in the

vineyards of Engedi.

1:15 Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair;

thou [hast] doves' eyes.

1:16 Behold, thou [art] fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also

our bed [is] green.

1:17 The beams of our house [are] cedar, [and] our rafters of

fir.

2:1 I [am] the rose of Sharon, [and] the lily of the valleys.

2:2 As the lily among thorns, so [is] my love among the

daughters.

2:3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so [is] my

beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great

delight, and his fruit [was] sweet to my taste.

2:4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over

me [was] love.

2:5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I [am]

sick of love.

2:6 His left hand [is] under my head, and his right hand doth

embrace me.

2:7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and

by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my]

love, till he please.

2:8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the

mountains, skipping upon the hills.

2:9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he

standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows,

shewing himself through the lattice.

2:10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my

fair one, and come away.

2:11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over [and] gone;

2:12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing

[of birds] is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our

land;

2:13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines

[with] the tender grape give a [good] smell. Arise, my love, my

fair one, and come away.

2:14 O my dove, [that art] in the clefts of the rock, in the

secret [places] of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let

me hear thy voice; for sweet [is] thy voice, and thy

countenance [is] comely.

2:15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines:

for our vines [have] tender grapes.

2:16 My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his: he feedeth among the

lilies.

2:17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my

beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the

mountains of Bether.

3:1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I

sought him, but I found him not.

3:2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and

in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought

him, but I found him not.

3:3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: [to whom I

said], Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

3:4 [It was] but a little that I passed from them, but I found

him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go,

until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the

chamber of her that conceived me.

3:5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and

by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my]

love, till he please.

3:6 Who [is] this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars

of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all

powders of the merchant?

3:7 Behold his bed, which [is] Solomon's; threescore valiant men

[are] about it, of the valiant of Israel.

3:8 They all hold swords, [being] expert in war: every man

[hath] his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.

3:9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.

3:10 He made the pillars thereof [of] silver, the bottom thereof

[of] gold, the covering of it [of] purple, the midst thereof

being paved [with] love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.

3:11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon

with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of

his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

4:1 Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair;

thou [hast] doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair [is] as a

flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

4:2 Thy teeth [are] like a flock [of sheep that are even] shorn,

which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins,

and none [is] barren among them.

4:3 Thy lips [are] like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech [is]

comely: thy temples [are] like a piece of a pomegranate within

thy locks.

4:4 Thy neck [is] like the tower of David builded for an

armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of

mighty men.

4:5 Thy two breasts [are] like two young roes that are twins,

which feed among the lilies.

4:6 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get

me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

4:7 Thou [art] all fair, my love; [there is] no spot in thee.

4:8 Come with me from Lebanon, [my] spouse, with me from

Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and

Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the

leopards.

4:9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, [my] spouse; thou

hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain

of thy neck.

4:10 How fair is thy love, my sister, [my] spouse! how much

better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments

than all spices!

4:11 Thy lips, O [my] spouse, drop [as] the honeycomb: honey and

milk [are] under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments [is]

like the smell of Lebanon.

4:12 A garden inclosed [is] my sister, [my] spouse; a spring

shut up, a fountain sealed.

4:13 Thy plants [are] an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant

fruits; camphire, with spikenard,

4:14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees

of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

4:15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams

from Lebanon.

4:16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my

garden, [that] the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved

come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

5:1 I am come into my garden, my sister, [my] spouse: I have

gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with

my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends;

drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

5:2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: [it is] the voice of my

beloved that knocketh, [saying], Open to me, my sister, my

love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew,

[and] my locks with the drops of the night.

5:3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed

my feet; how shall I defile them?

5:4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole [of the door], and my

bowels were moved for him.

5:5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped [with]

myrrh, and my fingers [with] sweet smelling myrrh, upon the

handles of the lock.

5:6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn

himself, [and] was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought

him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no

answer.

5:7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote

me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil

from me.

5:8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my

beloved, that ye tell him, that I [am] sick of love.

5:9 What [is] thy beloved more than [another] beloved, O thou

fairest among women? what [is] thy beloved more than [another]

beloved, that thou dost so charge us?

5:10 My beloved [is] white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten

thousand.

5:11 His head [is as] the most fine gold, his locks [are] bushy,

[and] black as a raven.

5:12 His eyes [are] as [the eyes] of doves by the rivers of

waters, washed with milk, [and] fitly set.

5:13 His cheeks [are] as a bed of spices, [as] sweet flowers:

his lips [like] lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

5:14 His hands [are as] gold rings set with the beryl: his belly

[is as] bright ivory overlaid [with] sapphires.

5:15 His legs [are as] pillars of marble, set upon sockets of

fine gold: his countenance [is] as Lebanon, excellent as the

cedars.

5:16 His mouth [is] most sweet: yea, he [is] altogether lovely.

This [is] my beloved, and this [is] my friend, O daughters of

Jerusalem.

6:1 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women?

whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with

thee.

6:2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of

spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

6:3 I [am] my beloved's, and my beloved [is] mine: he feedeth

among the lilies.

6:4 Thou [art] beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as

Jerusalem, terrible as [an army] with banners.

6:5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy

hair [is] as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

6:6 Thy teeth [are] as a flock of sheep which go up from the

washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and [there is] not

one barren among them.

6:7 As a piece of a pomegranate [are] thy temples within thy

locks.

6:8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and

virgins without number.

6:9 My dove, my undefiled is [but] one; she [is] the [only] one

of her mother, she [is] the choice [one] of her that bare her.

The daughters saw her, and blessed her; [yea], the queens and

the concubines, and they praised her.

6:10 Who [is] she [that] looketh forth as the morning, fair as

the moon, clear as the sun, [and] terrible as [an army] with

banners?

6:11 I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of

the valley, [and] to see whether the vine flourished, [and] the

pomegranates budded.

6:12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me [like] the chariots of

Amminadib.

6:13 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may

look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were

the company of two armies.

7:1 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter!

the joints of thy thighs [are] like jewels, the work of the

hands of a cunning workman.

7:2 Thy navel [is like] a round goblet, [which] wanteth not

liquor: thy belly [is like] an heap of wheat set about with

lilies.

7:3 Thy two breasts [are] like two young roes [that are] twins.

7:4 Thy neck [is] as a tower of ivory; thine eyes [like] the

fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose [is]

as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

7:5 Thine head upon thee [is] like Carmel, and the hair of thine

head like purple; the king [is] held in the galleries.

7:6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

7:7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to

clusters [of grapes].

7:8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of

the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters

of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

7:9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved,

that goeth [down] sweetly, causing the lips of those that are

asleep to speak.

7:10 I [am] my beloved's, and his desire [is] toward me.

7:11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us

lodge in the villages.

7:12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the

vine flourish, [whether] the tender grape appear, [and] the

pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.

7:13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates [are] all

manner of pleasant [fruits], new and old, [which] I have laid

up for thee, O my beloved.

8:1 O that thou [wert] as my brother, that sucked the breasts of

my mother! [when] I should find thee without, I would kiss

thee; yea, I should not be despised.

8:2 I would lead thee, [and] bring thee into my mother's house,

[who] would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced

wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

8:3 His left hand [should be] under my head, and his right hand

should embrace me.

8:4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up,

nor awake [my] love, until he please.

8:5 Who [is] this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning

upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there

thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth

[that] bare thee.

8:6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm:

for love [is] strong as death; jealousy [is] cruel as the

grave: the coals thereof [are] coals of fire, [which hath a]

most vehement flame.

8:7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown

it: if [a] man would give all the substance of his house for

love, it would utterly be contemned.

8:8 We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall

we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

8:9 If she [be] a wall, we will build upon her a palace of

silver: and if she [be] a door, we will inclose her with boards

of cedar.

8:10 I [am] a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in

his eyes as one that found favour.

8:11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the

vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to

bring a thousand [pieces] of silver.

8:12 My vineyard, which [is] mine, [is] before me: thou, O

Solomon, [must have] a thousand, and those that keep the fruit

thereof two hundred.

8:13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken

to thy voice: cause me to hear [it].

8:14 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a

young hart upon the mountains of spices.

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