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1. The Song of Songs, the most beautiful of them all, which is Solomon's. The First Song
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1. The song H7892 of songs H7892 , which H834 is Solomon H8010 's.
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2. "May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine.
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2. Let him kiss H5401 me with the kisses H4480 H5390 of his mouth H6310 : for H3588 thy love H1730 is better H2896 than wine H4480 H3196 .
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3. Your oils have a pleasing smell. Your name is like oil poured out. So the young women love you.
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3. Because of the savor H7381 of thy good H2896 ointments H8081 thy name H8034 is as ointment H8081 poured forth H7324 , therefore H5921 H3651 do the virgins H5959 love H157 thee.
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4. Take me away with you, and let us run together. The king has brought me into his room. "We will have joy and be glad because of you. We will praise your love more than wine. They are right to love you.
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4. Draw H4900 me , we will run H7323 after H310 thee : the king H4428 hath brought H935 me into his chambers H2315 : we will be glad H1523 and rejoice H8055 in thee , we will remember H2142 thy love H1730 more than wine H4480 H3196 : the upright H4339 love H157 thee.
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5. "I am dark but beautiful, O people of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
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5. I H589 am black H7838 , but comely H5000 , O ye daughters H1323 of Jerusalem H3389 , as the tents H168 of Kedar H6938 , as the curtains H3407 of Solomon H8010 .
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6. Do not look hard at me because I am dark, for the sun has burned me. My mother's sons were angry with me, and made me take care of the grape-fields. But I have not taken care of my own grape-field.
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6. Look H7200 not H408 upon me , because I H7945 H589 am black H7840 , because the sun H8121 hath looked H7945 H7805 upon me : my mother H517 's children H1121 were angry H2734 with me ; they made H7760 me the keeper H5201 of H853 the vineyards H3754 ; but mine own H7945 vineyard H3754 have I not H3808 kept H5201 .
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7. Tell me, O you whom my soul loves. In what field do you feed your flock? Where do your sheep lie down at noon? Why should I need to look for you beside the flocks of your friends?"
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7. Tell H5046 me , O thou whom my soul H5315 loveth H7945 H157 , where H349 thou feedest H7462 , where H349 thou makest thy flock to rest H7257 at noon H6672 : for why H7945 H4100 should I be H1961 as one that turneth aside H5844 by H5921 the flocks H5739 of thy companions H2270 ?
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8. "If you do not know, most beautiful among women, follow the path of the flock. And let your young goats eat in the field beside the tents of the shepherds.
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8. If H518 thou know H3045 not H3808 , O thou fairest H3303 among women H802 , go thy way forth H3318 by the footsteps H6119 of the flock H6629 , and feed H7462 H853 thy kids H1429 beside H5921 the shepherds H7462 ' tents H4908 .
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9. "To me, my love, you are like my horse among the war-wagons of Pharaoh.
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9. I have compared H1819 thee , O my love H7474 , to a company of horses H5484 in Pharaoh H6547 's chariots H7393 .
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10. Your face is beautiful with the objects you wear, and your neck with the beautiful chain around it.
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10. Thy cheeks H3895 are comely H4998 with rows H8447 of jewels , thy neck H6677 with chains H2737 of gold .
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11. We will make objects of gold and silver for you."
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11. We will make H6213 thee borders H8447 of gold H2091 with H5973 studs H5351 of silver H3701 .
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12. "While the king was at his table, my perfume gave out its smell.
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12. While H5704 the king H7945 H4428 sitteth at his table H4524 , my spikenard H5373 sendeth forth H5414 the smell H7381 thereof.
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13. My loved one is like a jar of perfume to me, who lies all night between my breasts.
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13. A bundle H6872 of myrrh H4753 is my well H1730 -beloved unto me ; he shall lie all night H3885 between H996 my breasts H7699 .
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14. My loved one is to me like many henna flowers, in the grape-fields of Engedi."
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14. My beloved H1730 is unto me as a cluster H811 of camphire H3724 in the vineyards H3754 of En H5872 -gedi.
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15. "How beautiful you are, my love! How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves."
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15. Behold H2009 , thou art fair H3303 , my love H7474 ; behold H2009 , thou art fair H3303 ; thou hast doves H3123 ' eyes H5869 .
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16. "How beautiful you are, my love, and so pleasing! Our bed is green.
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16. Behold H2009 , thou art fair H3303 , my beloved H1730 , yea H637 , pleasant H5273 : also H637 our bed H6210 is green H7488 .
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17. The pillars of our house are cedars. The pieces on our roof are pine.
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17. The beams H6982 of our house H1004 are cedar H730 , and our rafters H7351 of fir H1266 .
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