YLT

YLT

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
The Blue Letter Bible

Song of Songs 1 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

toggle collapse
Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:1 - The Song of Songs, that is Solomon's.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:2 - Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, For better are thy loves than wine.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:3 - For fragrance are thy perfumes good. Perfume emptied out -- thy name, Therefore have virgins loved thee!
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:4 - Draw me: after thee we run, The king hath brought me into his inner chambers, We do joy and rejoice in thee, We mention thy loves more than wine, Uprightly they have loved thee!
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:5 - Dark am I, and comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:6 - Fear me not, because I am very dark, Because the sun hath scorched me, The sons of my mother were angry with me, They made me keeper of the vineyards, My vineyard -- my own -- I have not kept.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 - Declare to me, thou whom my soul hath loved, Where thou delightest, Where thou liest down at noon, For why am I as one veiled, By the ranks of thy companions?

Solomon, the Lover, Speaks

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:8 - If thou knowest not, O fair among women, Get thee forth by the traces of the flock, And feed thy kids by the shepherds' dwellings!
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:9 - To my joyous one in chariots of Pharaoh, I have compared thee, my friend,
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:10 - Comely have been thy cheeks with garlands, Thy neck with chains.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:11 - Garlands of gold we do make for thee, With studs of silver!
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:12 - While the king is in his circle, My spikenard hath given its fragrance.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:13 - A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, Between my breasts it lodgeth.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:14 - A cluster of cypress is my beloved to me, In the vineyards of En-Gedi!
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:15 - Lo, thou art fair, my friend, Lo, thou art fair, thine eyes are doves!
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:16 - Lo, thou art fair, my love, yea, pleasant, Yea, our couch is green,
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:17 - The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters are firs, I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys!
YLT

The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

Pericope

Pericope taken from the NASB95 and has been graciously provided by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.

New American Standard Bible
Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995
by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
All rights reserved.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
YLT
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
YLT

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan