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Solomon, Chapter 1

¹ The^a Or Best of the SongsSong of Songs, which is Solomon’s.	1 Ki1 4:32
² “^b BRIDEMay he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine.	2 Sol 1:4 Sol 4:10
³ “Your oils have a pleasing fragrance, Your name is like^cpurified oil; Therefore the^d Or virginsmaidens love you.	3 Sol 4:10 Joh 12:3 Ecc 7:1 Psa 45:14
⁴ “Draw me after you and let us run together! The king has brought me into his chambers.” “^e CHORUSWe will rejoice in you and be glad; We will^f Lit mention with praiseextol your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you.”	4 Psa 45:14 Psa 45:15 Sol 1:4 Sol 4:10
⁵ “^g BRIDEI am black but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon.	5 Sol 2:14 Sol 4:3 Sol 6:4 Sol 2:7 Sol 3:5 Sol 3:10 Sol 5:8 Sol 5:16 Sol 8:4 Psa 120:5 Isa 60:7
⁶ “Do not stare at me because I am^h Or blackswarthy, For the sun has burned me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; They made me caretaker of the vineyards, But I have not taken care of my own vineyard.	6 Psa 69:8 Sol 8:11
⁷ “Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, Where do you pasture your flock, Where do you make it lie down at noon? For why should I be like one whoⁱ Some versions read wandersveils herself Beside the flocks of your companions?”	7 Sol 3:1-4 Sol 2:16 Sol 6:3 Isa 13:20 Jer 33:12 Sol 8:13
⁸ “^j BRIDEGROOMIf you yourself do not know, Most beautiful among women, Go forth on the trail of the flock And pasture your young goats By the tents of the shepherds.	8 Sol 5:9 Sol 6:1
⁹ “^k Lit I have compared you toTo me, my darling, you are like My mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.	9 Sol 1:15 Sol 2:2 Sol 2:10 Sol 2:13 Ch2 1:16 Ch2 1:17
¹⁰ “Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, Your neck with strings of beads.”	10 Sol 5:13 Gen 24:53 Isa 61:10
¹¹ “^l CHORUSWe will make for you ornaments of gold With beads of silver.”
¹² “^m BRIDEWhile the king was at hisⁿ Or couchtable, My^o Lit nardperfume gave forth its fragrance.	12 Sol 4:14 Mar 14:3 Joh 12:3
¹³ “My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh Which lies all night between my breasts.	13 Psa 45:8 Joh 19:39
¹⁴ “My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms In the vineyards of Engedi.”	14 Sol 4:13 Sa1 23:29
¹⁵ “^p BRIDEGROOM^q Lit BeholdHow beautiful you are, my darling, ^r Lit BeholdHow beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves.”	15 Sol 1:16 Sol 2:10 Sol 2:13 Sol 4:1 Sol 4:7 Sol 6:4 Sol 6:10 Sol 4:1 Sol 5:12
¹⁶ “^s BRIDE^t Lit BeholdHow handsome you are, my beloved, And so pleasant! Indeed, our couch is luxuriant!	16 Sol 2:3 Sol 2:9 Sol 2:17 Sol 5:2 Sol 5:5 Sol 5:6 Sol 5:8
¹⁷ “The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters,^u Or juniperscypresses.	17 Ki1 6:9 Ki1 6:10 Jer 22:14 Ch2 3:5


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