1 The Most Beautiful Song by Solomon. ISV — SongofSolomon 1:1
2 Let him kiss me over and over again! a1:2 Lit. me with the kisses of his mouth Your love is better than wine. ISV — SongofSolomon 1:2
3 The fragrance of your perfumed oil is wonderful. Your name is perfume poured out. Therefore the young women love you. ISV — SongofSolomon 1:3
4 Take me with b1:4 Lit. Draw me after you! Let’s run away! Let the king bring me into his private chambers. The daughters c1:4 Or The young women of Jerusalem d1:4 The Heb. lacks daughters of Jerusalem (cf. v. 5) will rejoice and be happy for you. We will value your love more than wine. They love you appropriately. ISV — SongofSolomon 1:4
5 The daughters e1:5 Or The young women of Jerusalem, I’m dark and lovely like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon. ISV — SongofSolomon 1:5
6 Don’t stare at me because I’m dark; the sun has tanned me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me the caretaker of the vineyards, but I didn’t take care of my own vineyard. ISV — SongofSolomon 1:6
7 Tell me, you whom I love, where do you graze your flock? Where do you make your flock lie down f1:6 Lit. where do you make to lie down at noon? Why should I be considered a veiled woman g1:6 i.e. a prostitute beside the flocks of your companions? ISV — SongofSolomon 1:7
8 If you don’t know, most beautiful of women, go out after the flock and graze your young goats beside the shepherd’s tents. ISV — SongofSolomon 1:8
9 My darling, I compare you to a h1:9 Lit. my mare among Pharaoh’s chariots. ISV — SongofSolomon 1:9
10 Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels. ISV — SongofSolomon 1:10
11 We will make ornaments of gold for you, accented with silver. ISV — SongofSolomon 1:11
12 While the king was sitting at his table, my perfume sent forth its fragrance. ISV — SongofSolomon 1:12
13 My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh i1:13 i.e. a fragrant spice used as a perfume that lies between my breasts all night. ISV — SongofSolomon 1:13
14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna j1:14 i.e. an aromatic shrub used cosmetically blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi. ISV — SongofSolomon 1:14
15 Look at you! You are beautiful, my darling. Look at you! You are so beautiful. Your eyes are doves. ISV — SongofSolomon 1:15
16 Look at you! You are handsome, my beloved, truly lovely. How lush is our couch. ISV — SongofSolomon 1:16
17 The beams of our house are cedar, k1:17 i.e. a genus of coniferous evergreen in the family Pinaceae; and so throughout the book our rafters are pine. ISV — SongofSolomon 1:17