Song of Solomon 1
Berean Standard Bible · Compare translations · 970 BC – 931 BC · United kingdom · Tap a verse to copy, share or highlight ·
17 verses · 313 words · ~2 min read · ~2 min listen
The Bride Confesses Her Love
1This is Solomon’s Song of Songs.
The Bride
2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!
For your love is more delightful than wine.
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!
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.
The Friends
The Bride
5I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem,
6Do not stare because I am dark,
for the sun has gazed upon me.
My motherʼs sons were angry with me;
they made me a keeper of the vineyards,
but my own vineyard I have neglected.
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?
The Friends
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.
The Bridegroom
9I compare you, my darling,
to a mare among Pharaohʼs chariots.
10Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments,
your neck with strings of jewels.
The Friends
11We will make you ornaments of gold,
studded with beads of silver.
The Bride
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.
14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms
in the vineyards of En-gedi.
The Bridegroom
15How beautiful you are, my darling!
Oh, how very beautiful!
Your eyes are like doves.
The Bride
16How handsome you are, my beloved!
Oh, how delightful!
The soft grass is our bed.
The Bridegroom
17The beams of our house are cedars;
our rafters are fragrant firs.
Footnotes (1)
- a v1 Most translators add subheadings for speaker identifications such as The Bride, The Groom, and The Friends based on the gender and number of the Hebrew words.