New American Standard Bible 2020

Song of Songs 1:1-11

1 1The 2Song of 3Songs, which is Solomon’s.

2“May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your 4love is 5sweeter than wine.3Your 6oils have a pleasing fragrance, Your 7name is like 8purified oil; Therefore the 9 10young women love you.4Draw me after you and let’s run together! The 11king has brought me into his chambers.” The Chorus “We will rejoice in you and be joyful; We will praise your 12love more than wine. Rightly do they love you.”

5“I am black and 13beautiful, You 14daughters of Jerusalem, Like the 15tents of 16Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon.6Do not stare at me because I am 17dark, For the sun has tanned 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, you 20whom my soul loves, Where do you 21pasture your flock, Where do you have it 22lie down at noon? For why should I be like one who 23veils herself Beside the flocks of your 24companions?”

8“If you yourself do not know, 25Most beautiful among women, Go out on the trail of the flock, And pasture your young goats By the tents of the shepherds.

9“26To me, 27my darling, you are like My 28mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.10Your 29cheeks are delightful with jewelry, Your neck with strings of 30beads.”

11“We will make for you jewelry of gold With beads of silver.”

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Notes

1. Song of Songs 1:1 The speaker identifications are not from the Hebrew text nor the Septuagint, but reflect an ancient tradition which appears in some manuscripts. ↩
2. Song of Songs 1:1 Or Best of the Songs ↩
3. Song of Songs 1:1 1 Kin 4:32 ↩
4. Song of Songs 1:2 Song 1:4; 4:10 ↩
5. Song of Songs 1:2 Lit more pleasant ↩
6. Song of Songs 1:3 Song 4:10; John 12:3 ↩
7. Song of Songs 1:3 Eccl 7:1 ↩
8. Song of Songs 1:3 Lit oil poured from one vessel to another ↩
9. Song of Songs 1:3 Or virgins ↩
10. Song of Songs 1:3 Ps 45:14 ↩
11. Song of Songs 1:4 Ps 45:14, 15 ↩
12. Song of Songs 1:4 Song 1:4; 4:10 ↩
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 swarthy, blackish ↩
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 ancient versions wanders ↩
24. Song of Songs 1:7 Song 8:13 ↩
25. Song of Songs 1:8 Song 5:9; 6:1 ↩
26. Song of Songs 1:9 Lit I have compared you to ↩
27. Song of Songs 1:9 Song 1:15; 2:2, 10, 13 ↩
28. Song of Songs 1:9 2 Chr 1:16, 17 ↩
29. Song of Songs 1:10 Song 5:13 ↩
30. Song of Songs 1:10 Gen 24:53; Is 61:10 ↩

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