Song of Solomon 1 ESV | WeDevote Bible

1The Song of 1:1 1 Kgs. 4:32Songs, which is Solomon’s.

The Bride Confesses Her Love

She1:2 The translators have added speaker identifications based on the gender and number of the Hebrew words

2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!

For your 1:2 ch. 4:10love is better than wine;

3your 1:3 [Luke 7:46; John 12:3] anointing oils are fragrant;

your 1:3 Eccles. 7:1name is oil poured out;

therefore virgins love you.

41:4 [Hos. 11:4; John 6:44; 12:32] Draw me after you; 1:4 Ps. 119:32; See Phil. 3:12-14let us run.

1:4 Ps. 45:14, 15; [ch. 2:4; John 14:2; Eph. 2:6] The king has brought me into his chambers.

Others

We will 1:4 Ps. 9:2; 45:15exult and rejoice in you;

we will extol 1:4 [See ver. 2above]your love more than wine;

rightly do they love you.

She

5I am very dark, but 1:5 ch. 2:14; 4:3; 6:4lovely,

O 1:5 ch. 2:7; 3:5, 10, 11; 5:8, 16; 8:4; Luke 23:28daughters of Jerusalem,

like 1:5 Ps. 120:5the tents of 1:5 Isa. 60:7Kedar,

like the curtains of Solomon.

6Do not gaze at me because I am dark,

because the sun has looked upon me.

My 1:6 [Ps. 69:8] mother’s sons were angry with me;

they made me 1:6 Job 27:18; Prov. 27:18keeper of 1:6 ch. 8:11, 12the vineyards,

but 1:6 [1 Cor. 9:27]my own vineyard I have not kept!

7Tell me, you 1:7 See ch. 3:1-4whom my soul loves,

where you 1:7 ch. 2:16; 6:3; [Ps. 23:1-3; Ezek. 34:14, 15] pasture your flock,

where you make it 1:7 [Isa. 13:20; Jer. 33:12] lie down at noon;

for why should I be like one who veils herself

beside the flocks of your 1:7 ch. 8:13companions?

Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other

He

8If you do not know,

O 1:8 ch. 5:9; 6:1most beautiful among women,

follow in the tracks of the flock,

and pasture your young goats

beside the shepherds’ tents.

9I compare you, 1:9 See ver. 15my love,

to 1:9 [2 Chr. 1:16, 17]a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

101:10 [ch. 5:13]; See Ezek. 16:11-14Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,

your neck with strings of jewels.

Others

11We will make for you1:11 The Hebrew for you is feminine singular ornaments of gold,

studded with silver.

She

12While 1:12 [ver. 4] the king was on his couch,

my 1:12 ch. 4:13, 14; [Mark 14:3; John 12:3]nard gave forth its fragrance.

13My beloved is to me a sachet of 1:13 Ps. 45:8; [John 19:39]myrrh

that lies between my breasts.

14My beloved is to me a cluster of 1:14 ch. 4:13henna blossoms

in the vineyards of 1:14 1 Sam. 23:29Engedi.

He

151:15 ch. 4:1Behold, 1:15 [Ezek. 16:13] you are beautiful, 1:15 ver. 9; ch. 2:2, 10, 13; 4:1, 7; 5:2; 6:4my love;

behold, you are beautiful;

your 1:15 ch. 4:1; 5:12eyes are doves.

She

16Behold, you are beautiful, 1:16 ch. 2:3my beloved, truly 1:16 [2 Sam. 1:23, 26]delightful.

Our couch is green;

17the beams of our house are 1:17 Isa. 37:24; 60:13; Ezek. 31:8cedar;

our rafters are 1:17 Isa. 37:24; 60:13; Ezek. 31:8pine.

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