| New King James Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O prince’s daughter! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of a skillful workman. | 1How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master. |
| 2Your navel is a rounded goblet; It lacks no blended beverage. Your waist is a heap of wheat Set about with lilies. | 2Your navel is a rounded goblet; it never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies. |
| 3Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle. | 3Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle. |
| 4Your neck is like an ivory tower, Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon By the gate of Bath Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon Which looks toward Damascus. | 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. |
| 5Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, And the hair of your head is like purple; A king is held captive by your tresses. | 5Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses. |
| 6How fair and how pleasant you are, O love, with your delights! | 6How fair and pleasant you are, O love, with your delights! |
| 7This stature of yours is like a palm tree, And your breasts like its clusters. | 7Your stature is like a palm tree; your breasts are clusters of fruit. |
| 8I said, “I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of its branches.” Let now your breasts be like clusters of the vine, The fragrance of your breath like apples, | 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, |
| 9And the roof of your mouth like the best wine. The wine goes down smoothly for my beloved, Moving gently the lips of sleepers. | 9and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth. |
| 10I am my beloved’s, And his desire is toward me. | 10I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me. |
| 11Come, my beloved, Let us go forth to the field; Let us lodge in the villages. | 11Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside; let us spend the night among the wildflowers. |
| 12Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see if the vine has budded, Whether the grape blossoms are open, And the pomegranates are in bloom. There I will give you my love. | 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. |
| 13The mandrakes give off a fragrance, And at our gates are pleasant fruits, All manner, new and old, Which I have laid up for you, my beloved. | 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. |
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