Dual Panel1The song <07892> of songs <07892>_, which [is] Solomon's <08010>_.
2Let him kiss <05401> (8799) me with the kisses <05390> of his mouth <06310>_: for thy love <01730> [is] better <02896> than wine <03196>_. {thy...: Heb. thy loves}
3Because of the savour <07381> of thy good <02896> ointments <08081> thy name <08034> [is as] ointment <08081> poured forth <07324> (8714)_, therefore do the virgins <05959> love <0157> (8804) thee.
4Draw <04900> (8798) me, we will run <07323> (8799) after <0310> thee: the king <04428> hath brought <0935> (8689) me into his chambers <02315>_: we will be glad <01523> (8799) and rejoice <08055> (8799) in thee, we will remember <02142> (8686) thy love <01730> more than wine <03196>_: the upright <04339> love <0157> (8804) thee. {the upright...: or, they love thee uprightly}
5I [am] black <07838>_, but comely <05000>_, O ye daughters <01323> of Jerusalem <03389>_, as the tents <0168> of Kedar <06938>_, as the curtains <03407> of Solomon <08010>_.
6Look <07200> (8799) not upon me, because I [am] black <07840>_, because the sun <08121> hath looked <07805> (8804) upon me: my mother's <0517> children <01121> were angry <02787> (8738) with me; they made <07760> (8804) me the keeper <05201> (8802) of the vineyards <03754>_; [but] mine own vineyard <03754> have I not kept <05201> (8804)_.
7Tell <05046> (8685) me, O thou whom my soul <05315> loveth <0157> (8804)_, where thou feedest <07462> (8799)_, where <0349> thou makest [thy flock] to rest <07257> (8686) at noon <06672>_: for <04100> why should I be as one that turneth aside <05844> (8802) by the flocks <05739> of thy companions <02270>_? {as one...: or, as one that is veiled}
8If thou know <03045> (8799) not, O thou fairest <03303> among women <0802>_, go thy way forth <03318> (8798) by the footsteps <06119> of the flock <06629>_, and feed <07462> (8798) thy kids <01429> beside the shepherds <07462> (8802)_' tents <04908>_.
9I have compared <01819> (8765) thee, O my love <07474>_, to a company of horses <05484> in Pharaoh's <06547> chariots <07393>_.
10Thy cheeks <03895> are comely <04998> (8773) with rows <08447> [of jewels], thy neck <06677> with chains <02737> [of gold].
11We will make <06213> (8799) thee borders <08447> of gold <02091> with studs <05351> of silver <03701>_.
12While the king <04428> [sitteth] at his table <04524>_, my spikenard <05373> sendeth forth <05414> (8804) the smell <07381> thereof.
13A bundle <06872> of myrrh <04753> [is] my wellbeloved <01730> unto me; he shall lie <03885> (8799) all night betwixt my breasts <07699>_.
14My beloved <01730> [is] unto me [as] a cluster <0811> of camphire <03724> in the vineyards <03754> of Engedi <05872>_. {camphire: or, cypress}
15Behold, thou [art] fair <03303>_, my love <07474>_; behold, thou [art] fair <03303>_; thou [hast] doves <03123>_' eyes <05869>_. {my love: or, my companion}
16Behold, thou [art] fair <03303>_, my beloved <01730>_, yea, pleasant <05273>_: also our bed <06210> [is] green <07488>_.
17The beams <06982> of our house <01004> [are] cedar <0730>_, [and] our rafters <07351> (8675) <07351> of fir <01266>_. {rafters: or, galleries}