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  1:1 ¶
The Song of songs, which is Solomon's. |
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1:1 ¶
The song°
of songs,°
which°
[is] Solomon's.° |
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1:2
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine. |
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1:2
Let him kiss°°
me with the kisses°°
of his mouth:°
for°
thy love°
[is] better°
than wine.°° |
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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. |
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1:3
Because of the savour°
of thy good°
ointments°
thy name°
[is as] ointment°
poured forth,°°
therefore°°
do the virgins°
love°°
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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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1:5
I°
[am] black,°
but comely,°
O ye daughters°
of Jerusalem,°
as the tents°
of Kedar,°
as the curtains°
of Solomon.° |
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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. |
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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.°° |
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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. |
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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?° |
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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. |
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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.° |
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1:9
I have likened thee, my companion, to my horses in the chariots of Pharaoh{gr.Pharao}. |
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1:9
I have compared°°
thee, O my love,°
to a company of horses°
in Pharaoh's°
chariots.° |
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1:10
How are thy cheeks beautiful as [those] of a dove, thy neck as chains! |
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1:10
Thy cheeks°
are comely°°
with rows°
[of jewels], thy neck°
with chains°
[of gold]. |
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1:11
We will make thee figures of gold with studs of silver. |
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1:11
We will make°°
thee borders°
of gold°
with°
studs°
of silver.° |
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1:12 ¶
So long as the king was at table, my spikenard gave forth its smell. |
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1:12 ¶
While°
the king°°
[sitteth] at his table,°
my spikenard°
sendeth forth°°
the smell°
thereof. |
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1:13
My kinsman is to me a bundle of myrrh; he shall lie between my breasts. |
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1:13
A bundle°
of myrrh°
[is] my wellbeloved°
unto me; he shall lie°°
all night°
betwixt°
my breasts.° |
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1:14
My kinsman is to me a cluster of camphor in the vineyards of Engaddi. |
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1:14
My beloved°
[is] unto me [as] a cluster°
of camphire°
in the vineyards°
of Engedi.° |
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1:15
Behold, thou art fair, my companion; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are doves. |
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1:15
Behold,°
thou [art] fair,°
my love;°
behold,°
thou [art] fair;°
thou [hast] doves'°
eyes.° |
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1:16
Behold, thou art fair, my kinsman, yea, beautiful, overshadowing our bed. |
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1:16
Behold,°
thou [art] fair,°
my beloved,°
yea,°
pleasant:°
also°
our bed°
[is] green.° |
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1:17
The beams of our house are cedars, our ceilings are of cypress. |
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1:17
The beams°
of our house°
[are] cedar,°
[and] our rafters°°
of fir.° |
