Song of Songs 1

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

WEB KJV

1
WEBThe Song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
KJVThe song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
2
WEBLet him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.
KJVLet him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
3
WEBYour oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.
KJVBecause of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
4
WEBTake me away with you. Let’s hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.
KJVDraw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
5
WEBI am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains.
KJVI am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
6
WEBDon’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard.
KJVLook not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
7
WEBTell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; for why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?
KJVTell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
8
WEBIf you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.
KJVIf thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.
9
WEBI have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.
KJVI have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.
10
WEBYour cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.
KJVThy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
11
WEBWe will make you earrings of gold, with studs of silver.
KJVWe will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
12
WEBWhile the king sat at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
KJVWhile the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
13
WEBMy beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.
KJVA bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
14
WEBMy beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.
KJVMy beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi.
15
WEBBehold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are like doves.
KJVBehold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.
16
WEBBehold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant.
KJVBehold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
17
WEBThe beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs.
KJVThe beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

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