 |  | Song of Solomon 1 |  |  |
| |||||||
 | ||||
The Young Shulammite Bride and Jerusalem’s Daughters | ||||
 NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 1 The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's. | 1 The song of songs, which is Solomon's. | 1 The most beautiful song of Solomon. | 1 The Song of songs, which is Solomon's. Beloved | 1 The song of songs, which is Solomon's. | 2 "May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine. | 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. | 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth. Your expressions of love are better than wine, | 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine. | 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For thy love is better than wine. | 3 "Your oils have a pleasing fragrance, Your name is like purified oil; Therefore the maidens love you. | 3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. | 3 better than the fragrance of cologne. (Cologne should be named after you.) No wonder the young women love you! | 3 Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured forth, therefore the virgins love you. | 3 Thine ointments savour sweetly; Thy name is an ointment poured forth: Therefore do the virgins love thee. | 4 "Draw me after you and let us run together! The king has brought me into his chambers." "We will rejoice in you and be glad; We will extol your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you." | 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. | 4 Take me with you. Let's run away. The king has brought me into his private rooms. We will celebrate and rejoice with you. We will praise your expressions of love more than wine. How right it is that the young women love you! | 4 Take me away with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you. | 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. They love thee uprightly. | 5 "I am black but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon. | 5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. | 5 Young women of Jerusalem, I am dark and lovely like Kedar's tents, like Solomon's curtains. | 5 I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar's tents, like Solomon's curtains. | 5 I am black, but comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 6 "Do not stare at me because I am swarthy, For the sun has burned me. My mother's sons were angry with me; They made me caretaker of the vineyards, But I have not taken care of my own vineyard. | 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. | 6 Stop staring at me because I am so dark. The sun has tanned me. My brothers were angry with me. They made me the caretaker of the vineyards. I have not even taken care of my own vineyard. | 6 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. | 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 keeper of the vineyards; Mine own vineyard have I not kept. | 7 "Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, Where do you pasture your flock, Where do you make it lie down at noon? For why should I be like one who veils herself Beside the flocks of your companions?" | 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? | 7 Please tell me, you whom I love, where do you graze your flock? Where does your flock lie down at noon? [Tell me,] or I will be considered a prostitute [wandering] among the flocks of your companions. | 7 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? Lover | 7 Tell me, thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest thy flock, Where thou makest it to rest at noon; For why should I be as one veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions? | Solomon, the Lover, Speaks |
| 8 "If you yourself do not know, Most beautiful among women, Go forth on the trail of the flock And pasture your young goats By the tents of the shepherds. | 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. | 8 If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the flocks, and graze your young goats near the shepherds' tents. | 8 If you don't know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds' tents. | 8 If thou know not, thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds' booths. | 9 "To me, my darling, you are like My mare among the chariots of Pharaoh. | 9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. | 9 My true love, I compare you to a mare among Pharaoh's stallions. | 9 I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots. | 9 I compare thee, my love, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots. | 10 "Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, Your neck with strings of beads." | 10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. | 10 Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of pearls. | 10 Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels. | 10 Thy cheeks are comely with bead-rows, Thy neck with ornamental chains. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 11 "We will make for you ornaments of gold With beads of silver." | 11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. | 11 We will make gold ornaments with silver beads for you. | 11 We will make you earrings of gold, with studs of silver. Beloved | 11 We will make thee bead-rows of gold With studs of silver. | 12 "While the king was at his table, My perfume gave forth its fragrance. | 12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. | 12 While the king is at his table, my perfume fills the air with its fragrance. | 12 While the king sat at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance. | 12 While the king is at his table, My spikenard sendeth forth its fragrance. | 13 "My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh Which lies all night between my breasts. | 13 A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. | 13 My beloved is a pouch of myrrh that lies at night between my breasts. | 13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts. | 13 A bundle of myrrh is my beloved unto me; He shall pass the night between my breasts. | 14 "My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms In the vineyards of Engedi." | 14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi. | 14 My beloved is a bouquet of henna flowers in the vineyards of En Gedi. | 14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi. Lover | 14 My beloved is unto me a cluster of henna-flowers In the vineyards of Engedi. | 15 "How beautiful you are, my darling, How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves." | 15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes. | 15 Look at you! You are beautiful, my true love! Look at you! You are so beautiful! Your eyes are like doves! | 15 Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves. Beloved | 15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold, thou art fair: thine eyes are doves. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 16 "How handsome you are, my beloved, And so pleasant! Indeed, our couch is luxuriant! | 16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. | 16 Look at you! You are handsome, my beloved, so pleasing to me! The leaf-scattered ground will be our couch. | 16 Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant. Lover | 16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant; Also our bed is green. | 17 "The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters, cypresses. | 17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir. | 17 The cedars will be the walls of our house. The cypress trees will be our rafters. | 17 The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs. Beloved | 17 The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters are cypresses. |
<< Song of Solomon 1 >> New American Standard Bible Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. GOD'S WORD is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved. The World English Bible is a 1997 revision of the American Standard Version of the Holy Bible, first published in 1901. It is in the Public Domain. Please feel free to copy and distribute it freely. Thank you to Michael Paul Johnson for making this work available. For the latest information, to report corrections, or for other correspondence, visit www.ebible.org. | ||||