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Song of Songs 1 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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CHAPTER 1
The Young Shulammite Bride and Jerusalem’s Daughters
1 The [fn]Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s.
2 “[fn]May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!
For your love is better than wine.
3 “Your oils have a pleasing fragrance,
Your name is like [fn]purified oil;
Therefore the [fn]maidens love you.
4 “Draw me after you and let us run together!
The king has brought me into his chambers.”
“[fn]We will rejoice in you and be glad;
We will [fn]extol your love more than wine.
Rightly do they love you.”
5 “[fn]I am black but lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the tents of Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.
6 “Do not stare at me because I am [fn]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.
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 [fn]veils herself
Beside the flocks of your companions?”
Solomon, the Lover, Speaks
8 “[fn]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.
9 “[fn]To me, my darling, you are like
My mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.
10 “Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
Your neck with strings of beads.”
11 “[fn]We will make for you ornaments of gold
With beads of silver.”
12 “[fn]While the king was at his [fn]table,
My [fn]perfume gave forth its fragrance.
13 “My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh
Which lies all night between my breasts.
14 “My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms
In the vineyards of Engedi.”
15 “[fn][fn]How beautiful you are, my darling,
[fn]How beautiful you are!
Your eyes are like doves.”
16 “[fn][fn]How handsome you are, my beloved,
And so pleasant!
Indeed, our couch is luxuriant!
17 “The beams of our houses are cedars,
Our rafters, [fn]cypresses.
See the NASB95 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NASB95 Footnotes
Or, Best of the Songs
BRIDE
Literally: oil which is emptied (from one vessel to another)
Or, virgins
CHORUS
Literally: mention with praise
BRIDE
Or, black
Some versions read wanders
BRIDEGROOM
Literally: I have compared you to
CHORUS
BRIDE
Or, couch
Literally: nard
BRIDEGROOM
Literally: Behold
BRIDE
Literally: Behold
Or, junipers
NASB95

New American Standard Bible 1995
Copyright (c) 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995
by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
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