Song of Solomon 1
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The title | ||
| The song of Songs, which is Solomon's. | The song of songs, which is Solomon's. | |
Verse 1 WEB The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s. KJV The song of songs, which is Solomon's. |
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The church makes confession of her deformity | ||
| Let him give me the kisses of his mouth: for his love is better than wine. | Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. | |
Verse 2 WEB Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine. KJV Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. TSK him: so 5:16, so 8:1, ge 27:26,27, ge 29:11, ge 45:15, ps 2:12, lu 15:20, ac 21:7, 1pe 5:14; thy love: so 1:4, so 2:4, so 4:10, so 7:6,9,12, so 8:2, ps 36:7, ps 63:3-5, isa 25:6, isa 55:1,2, mt 26:26 |
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| Sweet is the smell of your perfumes; your name is as perfume running out; so the young girls give you their love. | Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. | |
Verse 3 WEB Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured forth, therefore the virgins love you. KJV Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. TSK the savour: so 3:6, so 4:10, so 5:5,13, ex 30:23-28, ps 45:7,8, ps 133:2, pr 27:9, ec 7:1, isa 61:3, joh 12:3, 2co 2:14-16, php 4:18; thy name: ex 33:12,19, ex 34:5-7, ps 89:15,16, isa 9:6,7, jer 23:5,6, mt 1:21-23, php 2:9,10; the virgins: so 6:8, ps 45:14, mt 25:1, 2co 11:2, re 14:4 |
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| Take me to you, and we will go after you: the king has taken me into his house. We will be glad and full of joy in you, we will give more thought to your love than to wine: rightly are they your lovers. | 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. | |
Verse 4 WEB Take me away with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! They are right to love you. KJV 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. TSK Draw: jer 31:3, ho 11:4, joh 6:44, joh 12:32, php 2:12,13; we will: ps 119:32,60, heb 12:1; the king: so 2:3-5, so 3:4, ps 45:14,15, mt 25:10, joh 14:2,3, eph 2:6; we will be: ps 98:4-9, ps 149:2, isa 25:8, isa 45:25, isa 61:3, zep 3:14, zec 9:9, lu 2:10, php 3:3, php 4:4, 1pe 1:8; remember: so 1:2, ps 42:4, ps 48:9, ps 63:5, ps 103:1,2, ps 111:4, isa 63:7, lu 22:19, 1co 11:23-26; the upright love thee: so 1:3, joh 21:15-17, eph 6:24 |
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| I am dark, but fair of form, O daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. | I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. | |
Verse 5 WEB I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains. KJV I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. TSK black: isa 53:2, mt 10:25, 1co 4:10-13, 1jo 3:1; comely: ps 90:17, ps 149:4, isa 61:10, eze 16:14, mt 22:11, lu 15:22, ro 13:14, 2co 5:21, eph 5:26; O ye: ps 45:9, lu 13:34, ga 4:26; as the tents: ps 120:5 |
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| Let not your eyes be turned on me, because I am dark, because I was looked on by the sun; my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vine-gardens; but my vine-garden I have not kept. | 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. | |
Verse 6 WEB Don’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard. KJV 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. TSK Look: ru 1:19-21; because: job 30:30, jer 8:21, la 4:8, mr 4:6, ac 14:22; my mother's: ps 69:8, jer 12:6, mic 7:6, mt 10:22,25,35,36, lu 12:51-53, ga 4:29; keeper: so 8:11,12 |
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The church beseeches Christ to lead her to the resting-place of his people | ||
| Say, O love of my soul, where you give food to your flock, and where you make them take their rest in the heat of the day; why have I to be as one wandering by the flocks of your friends? | 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? | |
Verse 7 WEB Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions? KJV 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? TSK O thou: so 2:3, so 3:1-4, so 5:8,10,16, ps 18:1, ps 116:1, isa 5:1, isa 26:9, mt 10:37, joh 21:17, 1pe 1:8, 1pe 2:7; thou feedest: ge 37:16, ps 23:1,2, ps 80:1, isa 40:11, mic 5:4, joh 10:11,28,29, re 7:17; for: 1sa 12:20,21, ps 28:1, joh 6:67-69, 1jo 2:19; turneth aside: col 3:14-18 |
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| If you have not knowledge, O most beautiful among women, go on your way in the footsteps of the flock, and give your young goats food by the tents of the keepers. | 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. | |
Verse 8 WEB If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents. KJV 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. TSK O thou: so 1:15, so 2:10, so 4:1,7,10, so 5:9, so 6:1,4-10, so 7:1-13, ps 16:3, ps 45:11,13, eph 5:27, re 19:7,8; go: pr 8:34, jer 6:16, 1co 11:1, heb 6:12, heb 11:4-40, heb 13:7, jas 2:21,25, jas 5:10, 1pe 3:6; feed: joh 21:15 |
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Christ's good words of the church, Her esteem for Him | ||
| I have made a comparison of you, O my love, to a horse in Pharaoh's carriages. | I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. | |
Verse 9 WEB I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots. KJV I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. TSK O my: so 2:2,10,13, so 4:1,7, so 5:2, so 6:4, joh 15:14,15; to a: 1ki 10:28, 2ch 1:14-17, isa 31:1 |
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| Your face is a delight with rings of hair, your neck with chains of jewels. | Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. | |
Verse 10 WEB Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels. KJV Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. TSK thy cheeks: ge 24:22,47, isa 3:18-21, eze 16:11-13, 2pe 1:3,4; thy neck: so 4:9, ge 41:42, nu 31:50, pr 1:9, 1pe 3:4 |
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| We will make you chains of gold with ornaments of silver. | We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. | |
Verse 11 WEB We will make you earrings of gold, with studs of silver. KJV We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. TSK We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.: so 8:9, ge 1:26, ps 149:4, eph 5:25-27, php 3:21 |
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| While the king is seated at his table, my spices send out their perfume. | While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. | |
Verse 12 WEB While the king sat at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance. KJV While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. TSK the king: so 7:5, ps 45:1, mt 22:11, mt 25:34; sitteth: so 4:16, mt 22:4, mt 26:26-28, lu 24:30-32, re 3:20; my: so 4:13-16, joh 12:3, php 4:18, re 8:3,4 |
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| As a bag of myrrh is my well-loved one to me, when he is at rest all night between my breasts. | A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. | |
Verse 13 WEB My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts. KJV A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. TSK bundle: so 4:6,14, so 5:1,5,13, ge 43:11, ps 45:8, joh 19:39; he shall: so 2:7, so 3:5, so 8:3,4, eph 3:17 |
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| My love is to me as a branch of the cypress-tree in the vine-gardens of En-gedi. | My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi. | |
Verse 14 WEB My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi. KJV My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi. TSK beloved: so 1:13, so 2:3; camphire: so 4:13,14, jos 15:62, 1sa 23:29, 1sa 24:1 |
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| See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove. | Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes. | |
Verse 15 WEB Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves. KJV Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes. TSK thou art fair: so 1:8, so 4:1,7,10, so 5:12, so 7:6; my love: mal 2:14; thou hast: so 4:1, so 5:12, 2co 11:2,3, eph 1:17,18 |
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| See, you are fair, my loved one, and a pleasure; our bed is green. | Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. | |
Verse 16 WEB Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant. KJV Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. TSK thou art: so 2:3, so 5:10-16, ps 45:2, zec 9:17, php 3:8,9, re 5:11-13; also: so 3:7, ps 110:3 |
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| Cedar-trees are the pillars of our house; and our boards are made of fir-trees. | The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir. | |
Verse 17 WEB The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs. KJV The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir. TSK beams: so 8:9, 2ch 2:8,9, ps 92:12, 1ti 3:15,16, heb 11:10, 1pe 2:4,5; rafters: so 7:5, eze 41:16, eze 42:3 |
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