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Song of Songs 1 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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The Young Shulammite Bride and Jerusalem’s Daughters

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The [fn]Song H7892 of Songs H7892, which H834 is Solomon’s H8010.

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[fn]The Bride

“May he kiss H5401 me with the kisses H5390 of his mouth H6310!

For your love H1730 is [fn]sweeter H2896 H4480 than H4480 wine H3196.

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“Your oils H8081 have a pleasing H2896 fragrance H7381,

Your name H8034 is like [fn]purified H7324 oil H8081;

Therefore H5921 H3651 the [fn]young H5959 women H5959 love H157 you.

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“Draw H4900 me after H310 you and let’s run H7323 together!

The king H4428 has brought H935 me into his chambers H2315.”

The Chorus

“We will rejoice H1523 in you and be H8055 joyful H8055;

We will praise H2142 your love H1730 more H4480 than H4480 wine H3196.

Rightly H4339 do they love H157 you.”

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The Bride

“I am black H7838 and beautiful H5000,

You daughters H1323 of Jerusalem H3389,

Like the tents H168 of Kedar H6938,

Like the curtains H3407 of Solomon H8010.

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“Do not stare H7200 at me because I am [fn]dark H7840,

For the sun H8121 has tanned H7805 me.

My mother’s H517 sons H1121 were H2734 angry H2734 with me;

They made H7760 me caretaker H5201 of the vineyards H3754,

But I have not taken H5201 care H5201 of my own vineyard H3754.

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“Tell H5046 me, you whom H7945 my soul H5315 loves H157,

Where H351 do you pasture H7462 your flock,

Where H351 do you have it lie H7257 down H7257 at noon H6672?

For why H4100 should I be like one who [fn]veils H5844 herself

Beside H5921 the flocks H5739 of your companions H2270?”

Solomon, the Lover, Speaks

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“If H518 you yourself do not know H3045,

Most beautiful H3303 among women H802,

Go H3318 out H3318 on the trail H6119 of the flock H6629,

And pasture H7462 your young H1429 goats H1429

By the tents H4908 of the shepherds H7462.

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“[fn]To me, my darling H7474, you are H1819 like H1819

My mare H5484 among the chariots H7393 of Pharaoh H6547.

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“Your cheeks H3895 are delightful H4998 with jewelry H8447,

Your neck H6677 with strings H2737 of H2737 beads H2737.”

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The Chorus

“We will make H6213 for you jewelry H8447 of gold H2091

With beads H5351 of silver H3701.”

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The Bride

“While H5704 the king H4428 was at his table H4524,

My [fn]perfume H5373 gave H5414 forth its fragrance H7381.

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“My beloved H1730 is to me a pouch H6872 of myrrh H4753

Which lies H3885 all H3885 night H3885 between H996 my breasts H7699.

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“My beloved H1730 is to me a cluster H811 of henna H3724 blossoms

In the vineyards H3754 of Engedi H5872.”

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The Groom

“[fn]How H2009 beautiful H3303 you are, my darling H7474,

[fn]How H2009 beautiful H3303 you are!

Your eyes H5869 are like doves H3123.”

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The Bride

“[fn]How H2009 handsome H3303 you are, my beloved H1730,

And so H637 delightful H5273!

Indeed H637, our bed H6210 is luxuriant H7488!

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“The beams H6982 of our house H1004 are cedars H730,

Our rafters H7351, junipers H1266.

See the NASB20 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NASB20 Footnotes
Or Best of the Songs
The speaker identifications are not from the Hebrew text nor the Septuagint, but reflect an ancient tradition which appears in some manuscripts.
Lit more pleasant
Lit oil poured from one vessel to another
Or virgins
Or swarthy, blackish
Some ancient versions wanders
Lit I have compared you to
Lit nard
Lit Behold
Lit Behold
Lit Behold
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