| Christian Standard Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's. | 1This is Solomon’s song of songs, more wonderful than any other. Young Woman |
| 2Oh, that he would kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your caresses are more delightful than wine. | 2Kiss me and kiss me again, for your love is sweeter than wine. |
| 3The fragrance of your perfume is intoxicating; your name is perfume poured out. No wonder young women adore you. | 3How pleasing is your fragrance; your name is like the spreading fragrance of scented oils. No wonder all the young women love you! |
| 4Take me with you--let's hurry. Oh, that the king would bring me to his chambers. Young Women We will rejoice and be glad in you; we will celebrate your caresses more than wine. Woman It is only right that they adore you. | 4Take me with you; come, let’s run! The king has brought me into his bedroom. Young Women of Jerusalem How happy we are for you, O king. We praise your love even more than wine. Young Woman How right they are to adore you. |
| 5Daughters of Jerusalem, I am dark like the tents of Kedar, yet lovely like the curtains of Solomon. | 5I am dark but beautiful, O women of Jerusalem— dark as the tents of Kedar, dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents. |
| 6Do not stare at me because I am dark, for the sun has gazed on me. My mother's sons were angry with me; they made me take care of the vineyards. I have not taken care of my own vineyard. | 6Don’t stare at me because I am dark— the sun has darkened my skin. My brothers were angry with me; they forced me to care for their vineyards, so I couldn’t care for myself—my own vineyard. |
| 7Tell me, you whom I love: Where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you let them rest at noon? Why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions? | 7Tell me, my love, where are you leading your flock today? Where will you rest your sheep at noon? For why should I wander like a prostitute among your friends and their flocks? Young Man |
| 8If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats near the shepherds' tents. | 8If you don’t know, O most beautiful woman, follow the trail of my flock, and graze your young goats by the shepherds’ tents. |
| 9I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh's chariots. | 9You are as exciting, my darling, as a mare among Pharaoh’s stallions. |
| 10Your cheeks are beautiful with jewelry, your neck with its necklace. | 10How lovely are your cheeks; your earrings set them afire! How lovely is your neck, enhanced by a string of jewels. |
| 11We will make gold jewelry for you, accented with silver. | 11We will make for you earrings of gold and beads of silver. Young Woman |
| 12While the king is on his couch, my perfume releases its fragrance. | 12The king is lying on his couch, enchanted by the fragrance of my perfume. |
| 13The one I love is a sachet of myrrh to me, spending the night between my breasts. | 13My lover is like a sachet of myrrh lying between my breasts. |
| 14The one I love is a cluster of henna blossoms to me, in the vineyards of En-gedi. | 14He is like a bouquet of sweet henna blossoms from the vineyards of En-gedi. Young Man |
| 15How beautiful you are, my darling. How very beautiful! Your eyes are doves. | 15How beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful! Your eyes are like doves. Young Woman |
| 16How handsome you are, my love. How delightful! Our bed is verdant; | 16You are so handsome, my love, pleasing beyond words! The soft grass is our bed; |
| 17the beams of our house are cedars, and our rafters are cypresses. | 17fragrant cedar branches are the beams of our house, and pleasant smelling firs are the rafters. |
| The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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