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Song of Songs 1 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:1 - The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:2 - O that you would kiss me with the kisses of your mouth! For your love is better than wine,
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:3 - your anointing oils are fragrant, your name is oil poured out; therefore the maidens love you.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:4 - Draw me after you, let us make haste. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:5 - I am very dark, but comely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:6 - Do not gaze at me because I am swarthy, because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were angry with me, they made me keeper of the vineyards; but, my own vineyard I have not kept!
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 - Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who wanders beside the flocks of your companions?

Solomon, the Lover, Speaks

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:8 - If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your kids beside the shepherds' tents.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:9 - I compare you, my love, to a mare of Pharaoh's chariots.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:10 - Your cheeks are comely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:11 - We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:12 - While the king was on his couch, my nard gave forth its fragrance.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:13 - My beloved is to me a bag of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:14 - My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of Enge'di.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:15 - Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:16 - Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly lovely. Our couch is green;
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:17 - the beams of our house are cedar, our rafters are pine.
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

Language: English

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