Song of Songs 1:2

Song of Songs 1:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
• New International Version (NIV)Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— for your love is more delightful than wine.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine;
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— For your love is better than wine.

Context of Song of Songs 1:2

1The Song of Songs [the best of songs], which is Solomon’s. “May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!” [Solomon arrives, she turns to him, saying,] “For your love is better than wine. 3The aroma of your oils is fragrant and pleasing; Your name is perfume poured out; Therefore the maidens love you. 4Draw me away with you and let us run together! Let the king bring me into his chambers.” “We will rejoice and be glad in you; We will remember and extol your love more [sweet and fragrant] than wine. Rightly do they love you.”

Song of Songs 1:2 word by word

יִשָּׁקֵ֙נִי֙ מִנְּשִׁיק֣וֹת פִּ֔יהוּ כִּֽי־טוֹבִ֥ים דֹּדֶ֖יךָ מִיָּֽיִן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let him kissנָשַׁקnâshaq · to kissH5401
• me with the kissesנְשִׁיקָהneshîyqâh · kissH5390
• of his mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• for thy loveדּוֹדdôd dôd · beloved: loveH1730
• betterטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• than wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196

Commentaries on Song of Songs 1:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Let him kiss me, etc. - She speaks of the bridegroom in the third person, to testify her own modesty, and to show him the greater respect. Thy love is better than wine - The versions in general translate דדיך dodeyca, thy breasts; and they are said to represent, spiritually, the Old and New Testaments.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 2-6Verses 2-6 The church, or rather the believer, speaks here in the character of the spouse of the King, the Messiah. The kisses of his mouth mean those assurances of pardon with which believers are favoured, filling them with peace and joy in believing, and causing them to abound in hope by the power of the Holy Ghost. Gracious souls take most pleasure in loving Christ, and being loved of him. Christ's love is more valuable and desirable than the best this…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!: The woman desires the touch and taste of kisses from her true love. From the beginning, we see that the young woman and the man have a strong attraction. Their relationship is based on mutual respect and caring love. Love is a sensual experience in the Song. The taste of love is sweeter than wine, a rich and sensuous liquid. Love, like wine, also makes the person who experiences it feel slightly light-headed.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. him--abruptly. She names him not, as is natural to one whose heart is full of some much desired friend: so Mary Magdalene at the sepulchre (Joh 20:15), as if everyone must know whom she means, the one chief object of her desire (Psa 73:25; Mt 13:44-46; Php 3:7,8). kiss--the token of peace from the Prince of Peace (Lu 15:20); "our Peace" (Psa 85:10; Col 1:21; Ep 2:14). of his mouth--marking the tenderest affection. For a king to permit his hands, or…Read the comment
• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth She recites this song with her mouth, in her exile and in her widowhood: “If only King Solomon would kiss me with the kisses of his mouth as of old,” because in some places they kiss on the back of the hand or on the shoulder, but I desire and wish that he behave toward me as he behaved toward me originally, like a bridegroom with a bride, mouth to mouth.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Draw
• Kiss
• love, beloved

Commentaries on Song of Songs 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary