| New International Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Solomon's Song of Songs. | 1This is Solomon’s Song of Songs. |
| 2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth-- for your love is more delightful than wine. | 2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine. |
| 3Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the young women love you! | 3The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you. |
| 4Take me away with you--let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers. Friends We rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. She How right they are to adore you! | 4Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you. |
| 5Dark am I, yet lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon. | 5I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon. |
| 6Do not stare at me because I am dark, because I am darkened by the sun. My mother's sons were angry with me and made me take care of the vineyards; my own vineyard I had to neglect. | 6Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected. |
| 7Tell me, you whom I love, where you graze your flock and where you rest your sheep at midday. Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your friends? | 7Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions? |
| 8If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the sheep and graze your young goats by the tents of the shepherds. | 8If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds. |
| 9I liken you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh's chariot horses. | 9I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots. |
| 10Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels. | 10Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels. |
| 11We will make you earrings of gold, studded with silver. | 11We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver. |
| 12While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance. | 12While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance. |
| 13My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts. | 13My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts. |
| 14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi. | 14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi. |
| 15How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves. | 15How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves. |
| 16How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how charming! And our bed is verdant. | 16How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed. |
| 17The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are firs. | 17The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs. |
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