| Berean Study Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master. | 1 How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O queenly maiden. Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a skilled craftsman. |
| 2Your navel is a rounded goblet; it never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies. | 2Your navel is perfectly formed like a goblet filled with mixed wine. Between your thighs lies a mound of wheat bordered with lilies. |
| 3Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle. | 3Your breasts are like two fawns, twin fawns of a gazelle. |
| 4Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus. | 4Your neck is as beautiful as an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the sparkling pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is as fine as the tower of Lebanon overlooking Damascus. |
| 5Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses. | 5Your head is as majestic as Mount Carmel, and the sheen of your hair radiates royalty. The king is held captive by its tresses. |
| 6How fair and pleasant you are, O love, with your delights! | 6Oh, how beautiful you are! How pleasing, my love, how full of delights! |
| 7Your stature is like a palm tree; your breasts are clusters of fruit. | 7You are slender like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters of fruit. |
| 8I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples, | 8I said, “I will climb the palm tree and take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like grape clusters, and the fragrance of your breath like apples. |
| 9and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth. | 9May your kisses be as exciting as the best wine— Young Woman Yes, wine that goes down smoothly for my lover, flowing gently over lips and teeth. |
| 10I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me. | 10I am my lover’s, and he claims me as his own. |
| 11Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside; let us spend the night among the wildflowers. | 11Come, my love, let us go out to the fields and spend the night among the wildflowers. |
| 12Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom—there I will give you my love. | 12Let us get up early and go to the vineyards to see if the grapevines have budded, if the blossoms have opened, and if the pomegranates have bloomed. There I will give you my love. |
| 13The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved. | 13There the mandrakes give off their fragrance, and the finest fruits are at our door, new delights as well as old, which I have saved for you, my lover. |
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