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Song of Solomon 1:1
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Solomon's Song of Songs.(a)
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Song of Solomon 1:2
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Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— for your love(b) is more delightful than wine.(c)Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 1:3
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Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;(d) your name(e) is like perfume poured out. No wonder the young women(f) love you!
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Song of Solomon 1:4
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Take me away with you—let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers.(g)
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We rejoice and delight(h) in you[b]; we will praise your love(i) more than wine.She
How right they are to adore you!Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 1:5
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Dark am I, yet lovely,(j) daughters of Jerusalem,(k) dark like the tents of Kedar,(l) like the tent curtains of Solomon.[c]
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Song of Solomon 1:6
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Do not stare at me because I am dark, because I am darkened by the sun. My mother's sons were angry with me and made me take care of the vineyards;(m) my own vineyard I had to neglect.
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Song of Solomon 1:7
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Tell me, you whom I love, where you graze your flock and where you rest your sheep(n) at midday. Why should I be like a veiled(o) woman beside the flocks of your friends?
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Song of Solomon 1:8
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If you do not know, most beautiful of women,(p) follow the tracks of the sheep and graze your young goats by the tents of the shepherds.Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 1:9
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I liken you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh's chariot horses.(q)Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 1:10
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Your cheeks(r) are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.(s)
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Song of Solomon 1:11
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We will make you earrings of gold, studded with silver.
Song of Solomon 1:12
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She
While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.(t)Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 1:13
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My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh(u) resting between my breasts.
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Song of Solomon 1:14
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My beloved(v) is to me a cluster of henna(w) blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.(x)
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Song of Solomon 1:15
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How beautiful(y) you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves.(z)Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 1:16
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She
How handsome you are, my beloved!(aa) Oh, how charming! And our bed is verdant.Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 1:17
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He
The beams of our house are cedars;(ab) our rafters are firs.Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 2:1
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She[a]
I am a rose[b](a) of Sharon,(b) a lily(c) of the valleys.Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 2:2
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Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the young women.Song of Solomon 2:3
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Like an apple[c] tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved(d) among the young men. I delight(e) to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.(f)Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 2:4
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Let him lead me to the banquet hall,(g) and let his banner(h) over me be love.
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Song of Solomon 2:5
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Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples,(i) for I am faint with love.(j)
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Song of Solomon 2:6
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His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.(k)
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Song of Solomon 2:7
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Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you(l) by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.(m)
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Song of Solomon 2:8
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Listen! My beloved! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.(n)
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Song of Solomon 2:9
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My beloved is like a gazelle(o) or a young stag.(p) Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
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Song of Solomon 2:10
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My beloved spoke and said to me, "Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me.
Song of Solomon 2:11
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See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.
Song of Solomon 2:12
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Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.
Song of Solomon 2:13
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The fig tree forms its early fruit;(q) the blossoming(r) vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me."
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Song of Solomon 2:14
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My dove(s) in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.(t)Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 2:15
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Catch for us the foxes,(u) the little foxes that ruin the vineyards,(v) our vineyards that are in bloom.(w)
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Song of Solomon 2:16
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She
My beloved is mine and I am his;(x) he browses among the lilies.(y)Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 2:17
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Until the day breaks and the shadows flee,(z) turn, my beloved,(aa) and be like a gazelle or like a young stag(ab) on the rugged hills.[d](ac)
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Song of Solomon 3:1
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All night long on my bed I looked(a) for the one my heart loves; I looked for him but did not find him.
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Song of Solomon 3:2
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I will get up now and go about the city, through its streets and squares; I will search for the one my heart loves. So I looked for him but did not find him.
Song of Solomon 3:3
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The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city.(b) "Have you seen the one my heart loves?"
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Song of Solomon 3:4
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Scarcely had I passed them when I found the one my heart loves. I held him and would not let him go till I had brought him to my mother's house,(c) to the room of the one who conceived me.(d)
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Song of Solomon 3:5
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Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you(e) by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.(f)
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Song of Solomon 3:6
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Who is this coming up from the wilderness(g) like a column of smoke, perfumed with myrrh(h) and incense made from all the spices(i) of the merchant?
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Song of Solomon 3:7
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Look! It is Solomon's carriage, escorted by sixty warriors,(j) the noblest of Israel,
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Song of Solomon 3:8
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all of them wearing the sword, all experienced in battle, each with his sword at his side, prepared for the terrors of the night.(k)
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Song of Solomon 3:9
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King Solomon made for himself the carriage; he made it of wood from Lebanon.
Song of Solomon 3:10
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Its posts he made of silver, its base of gold. Its seat was upholstered with purple, its interior inlaid with love. Daughters of Jerusalem,
Song of Solomon 3:11
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11come out, and look, you daughters of Zion.(l) Look[a] on King Solomon wearing a crown, the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, the day his heart rejoiced.(m)
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Song of Solomon 4:1
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How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes behind your veil(a) are doves.(b) Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from the hills of Gilead.(c)Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 4:2
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Your teeth are like a flock of sheep just shorn, coming up from the washing. Each has its twin; not one of them is alone.(d)
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Song of Solomon 4:3
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Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon; your mouth(e) is lovely.(f) Your temples behind your veil are like the halves of a pomegranate.(g)
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Song of Solomon 4:4
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Your neck is like the tower(h) of David, built with courses of stone[a]; on it hang a thousand shields,(i) all of them shields of warriors.
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Song of Solomon 4:5
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Your breasts(j) are like two fawns, like twin fawns of a gazelle(k) that browse among the lilies.(l)
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Song of Solomon 4:6
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Until the day breaks and the shadows flee,(m) I will go to the mountain of myrrh(n) and to the hill of incense.
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Song of Solomon 4:7
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You are altogether beautiful,(o) my darling; there is no flaw(p) in you.
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Song of Solomon 4:8
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Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,(q) come with me from Lebanon. Descend from the crest of Amana, from the top of Senir,(r) the summit of Hermon,(s) from the lions' dens and the mountain haunts of leopards.
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Song of Solomon 4:9
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You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride;(t) you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.(u)
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Song of Solomon 4:10
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How delightful(v) is your love(w), my sister, my bride! How much more pleasing is your love than wine,(x) and the fragrance of your perfume(y) more than any spice!
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Song of Solomon 4:11
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Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride; milk and honey are under your tongue.(z) The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.(aa)
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Song of Solomon 4:12
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You are a garden(ab) locked up, my sister, my bride;(ac) you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.(ad)
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Song of Solomon 4:13
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Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates(ae) with choice fruits, with henna(af) and nard,
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Song of Solomon 4:14
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nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon,(ag) with every kind of incense tree, with myrrh(ah) and aloes(ai) and all the finest spices.(aj)
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Song of Solomon 4:15
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You are[b] a garden(ak) fountain,(al) a well of flowing water streaming down from Lebanon.
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Song of Solomon 4:16
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Awake, north wind, and come, south wind! Blow on my garden,(am) that its fragrance(an) may spread everywhere. Let my beloved(ao) come into his garden and taste its choice fruits.(ap)Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 5:1
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He
I have come into my garden,(a) my sister, my bride;(b) I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk.(c)Friends
Eat, friends, and drink; drink your fill of love.Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 5:2
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I slept but my heart was awake. Listen! My beloved is knocking: "Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove,(d) my flawless(e) one.(f) My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night."Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 5:3
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I have taken off my robe— must I put it on again? I have washed my feet— must I soil them again?
Song of Solomon 5:4
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My beloved thrust his hand through the latch-opening; my heart began to pound for him.
Song of Solomon 5:5
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I arose to open for my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh,(g) my fingers with flowing myrrh, on the handles of the bolt.
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Song of Solomon 5:6
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I opened for my beloved,(h) but my beloved had left; he was gone.(i) My heart sank at his departure.[a] I looked(j) for him but did not find him. I called him but he did not answer.
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Song of Solomon 5:7
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The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city.(k) They beat me, they bruised me; they took away my cloak, those watchmen of the walls!
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Song of Solomon 5:8
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Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you(l)— if you find my beloved,(m) what will you tell him? Tell him I am faint with love.(n)
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Song of Solomon 5:9
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How is your beloved better than others, most beautiful of women?(o) How is your beloved better than others, that you so charge us?Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 5:10
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My beloved is radiant and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.(p)Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 5:11
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His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.
Song of Solomon 5:12
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His eyes are like doves(q) by the water streams, washed in milk,(r) mounted like jewels.
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Song of Solomon 5:13
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His cheeks(s) are like beds of spice(t) yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies(u) dripping with myrrh.(v)
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Song of Solomon 5:14
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His arms are rods of gold set with topaz. His body is like polished ivory decorated with lapis lazuli.(w)
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Song of Solomon 5:15
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His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon,(x) choice as its cedars.
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Song of Solomon 5:16
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His mouth(y) is sweetness itself; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved,(z) this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.(aa)
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Song of Solomon 6:1
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Where has your beloved(a) gone, most beautiful of women?(b) Which way did your beloved turn, that we may look for him with you?Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 6:2
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My beloved has gone(c) down to his garden,(d) to the beds of spices,(e) to browse in the gardens and to gather lilies.Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 6:3
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I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine;(f) he browses among the lilies.(g)
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Song of Solomon 6:4
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You are as beautiful as Tirzah,(h) my darling, as lovely as Jerusalem,(i) as majestic as troops with banners.(j)Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 6:5
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Turn your eyes from me; they overwhelm me. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Gilead.(k)
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Song of Solomon 6:6
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Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing. Each has its twin, not one of them is missing.(l)
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Song of Solomon 6:7
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Your temples behind your veil(m) are like the halves of a pomegranate.(n)
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Song of Solomon 6:8
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Sixty queens(o) there may be, and eighty concubines,(p) and virgins beyond number;
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Song of Solomon 6:9
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but my dove,(q) my perfect one,(r) is unique, the only daughter of her mother, the favorite of the one who bore her.(s) The young women saw her and called her blessed; the queens and concubines praised her.
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Song of Solomon 6:10
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Who is this that appears like the dawn, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, majestic as the stars in procession?Song of Solomon 6:11
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I went down to the grove of nut trees to look at the new growth in the valley, to see if the vines had budded or the pomegranates were in bloom.(t)Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 6:12
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Before I realized it, my desire set me among the royal chariots of my people.[a]
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Song of Solomon 6:13
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Come back, come back, O Shulammite; come back, come back, that we may gaze on you!He
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Song of Solomon 7:1
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[a]How beautiful your sandaled feet, O prince's(a) daughter! Your graceful legs are like jewels, the work of an artist's hands.
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Song of Solomon 7:2
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Your navel is a rounded goblet that never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by lilies.
Song of Solomon 7:3
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Your breasts(b) are like two fawns, like twin fawns of a gazelle.
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Song of Solomon 7:4
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Your neck is like an ivory tower.(c) Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon(d) by the gate of Bath Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon(e) looking toward Damascus.
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Song of Solomon 7:5
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Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel.(f) Your hair is like royal tapestry; the king is held captive by its tresses.
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Song of Solomon 7:6
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How beautiful(g) you are and how pleasing, my love, with your delights!(h)
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Song of Solomon 7:7
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Your stature is like that of the palm, and your breasts(i) like clusters of fruit.
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Song of Solomon 7:8
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I said, "I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit." May your breasts be like clusters of grapes on the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples,(j)
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Song of Solomon 7:9
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and your mouth like the best wine.
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May the wine go straight to my beloved,(k) flowing gently over lips and teeth.[b]Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 7:10
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I belong to my beloved, and his desire(l) is for me.(m)
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Song of Solomon 7:11
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Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside, let us spend the night in the villages.[c]
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Song of Solomon 7:12
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Let us go early to the vineyards(n) to see if the vines have budded,(o) if their blossoms(p) have opened, and if the pomegranates(q) are in bloom(r)— there I will give you my love.
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Song of Solomon 7:13
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The mandrakes(s) send out their fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, both new and old, that I have stored up for you, my beloved.(t)
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Song of Solomon 8:1
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If only you were to me like a brother, who was nursed at my mother's breasts! Then, if I found you outside, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
Song of Solomon 8:2
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I would lead you and bring you to my mother's house(a)— she who has taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
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Song of Solomon 8:3
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His left arm is under my head and his right arm embraces me.(b)
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Song of Solomon 8:4
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Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.(c)
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Song of Solomon 8:5
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Who is this coming up from the wilderness(d) leaning on her beloved?She
Under the apple tree I roused you; there your mother conceived(e) you, there she who was in labor gave you birth.Footnotes:
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Song of Solomon 8:6
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Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love(f) is as strong as death, its jealousy[a](g) unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.[b]
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Song of Solomon 8:7
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Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If one were to give all the wealth of one's house for love, it[c] would be utterly scorned.(h)
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Song of Solomon 8:8
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Friends
We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?Song of Solomon 8:9
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If she is a wall, we will build towers of silver on her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
Song of Solomon 8:10
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She
I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. Thus I have become in his eyes like one bringing contentment.Song of Solomon 8:11
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Solomon had a vineyard(i) in Baal Hamon; he let out his vineyard to tenants. Each was to bring for its fruit a thousand shekels[d](j) of silver.
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Song of Solomon 8:12
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But my own vineyard(k) is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, Solomon, and two hundred[e] are for those who tend its fruit.
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Song of Solomon 8:13
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He
You who dwell in the gardens with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice!Song of Solomon 8:14
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She
Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle(l) or like a young stag(m) on the spice-laden mountains.(n)Footnotes:
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