New American Standard Bible 1995
Song of Songs 1:2-8
2“1May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your 2love is better than wine.3Your 3oils have a pleasing fragrance, Your 4name is like 5purified oil; Therefore the 67maidens love you.4Draw me after you and let us run together! The 8king has brought me into his chambers.” “9We will rejoice in you and be glad; We will 10extol your 11love more than wine. Rightly do they love you.”
5“12I am black but 13lovely, O 14daughters of Jerusalem, Like the 15tents of 16Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon.6Do not stare at me because I am 17swarthy, For the sun has burned me. My 18mother’s sons were angry with me; They made me 19caretaker of the vineyards, But I have not taken care of my own vineyard.7Tell me, O you 20whom my soul loves, Where do you 21pasture your flock, Where do you make it 22lie down at noon? For why should I be like one who 23veils herself Beside the flocks of your 24companions?”
8“25If you yourself do not know, 26Most beautiful among women, Go forth on the trail of the flock And pasture your young goats By the tents of the shepherds.
Notes
- 1. Song of Songs 1:2 BRIDE ↩
- 2. Song of Songs 1:2 Song 1:4; 4:10 ↩
- 3. Song of Songs 1:3 Song 4:10; John 12:3 ↩
- 4. Song of Songs 1:3 Eccl 7:1 ↩
- 5. Song of Songs 1:3 Lit oil which is emptied (from one vessel to another) ↩
- 6. Song of Songs 1:3 Or virgins ↩
- 7. Song of Songs 1:3 Ps 45:14 ↩
- 8. Song of Songs 1:4 Ps 45:14, 15 ↩
- 9. Song of Songs 1:4 CHORUS ↩
- 10. Song of Songs 1:4 Lit mention with praise ↩
- 11. Song of Songs 1:4 Song 1:4; 4:10 ↩
- 12. Song of Songs 1:5 BRIDE ↩
- 13. Song of Songs 1:5 Song 2:14; 4:3; 6:4 ↩
- 14. Song of Songs 1:5 Song 2:7; 3:5, 10; 5:8, 16; 8:4 ↩
- 15. Song of Songs 1:5 Ps 120:5 ↩
- 16. Song of Songs 1:5 Is 60:7 ↩
- 17. Song of Songs 1:6 Or black ↩
- 18. Song of Songs 1:6 Ps 69:8 ↩
- 19. Song of Songs 1:6 Song 8:11 ↩
- 20. Song of Songs 1:7 Song 3:1-4 ↩
- 21. Song of Songs 1:7 Song 2:16; 6:3 ↩
- 22. Song of Songs 1:7 Is 13:20; Jer 33:12 ↩
- 23. Song of Songs 1:7 Some versions read wanders ↩
- 24. Song of Songs 1:7 Song 8:13 ↩
- 25. Song of Songs 1:8 BRIDEGROOM ↩
- 26. Song of Songs 1:8 Song 5:9; 6:1 ↩
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
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