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    1The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s.1:1 1Kg 4:32
    Woman
    2Oh, that he would kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!
    For your caresses1:2 Or acts of love are more delightful than wine.1:2 Sg 4:10
    3The fragrance of your perfume is intoxicating;1:3 Jn 12:3
    your name is perfume poured out.1:3 Ec 7:1
    No wonder young women1:3 Or wonder virgins adore you.
    4Take me with you1:4 Hs 11:4 — let’s hurry.
    Oh, that the king would bring1:4 Or The king has brought me to his chambers.
    Young Women
    We will rejoice and be glad in you;
    we will celebrate your caresses more than wine.
    Woman
    It is only right that they adore you.

    5Daughters of Jerusalem,1:5 Sg 2:7; 3:5,10; 5:8,16; 8:4
    I am dark like the tents of Kedar,1:5 Ps 120:5; Is 60:7
    yet lovely1:5 Sg 2:14; 4:3; 6:4 like the curtains of Solomon.
    6Do not stare at me because I am dark,
    for the sun has gazed on me.
    My mother’s sons were angry with me;1:6 Ps 69:8
    they made me take care of the vineyards.1:6 Sg 8:11
    I have not taken care of my own vineyard.

    7Tell me, you whom I love:1:7 Sg 3:1–4
    Where do you pasture your sheep?1:7 Sg 2:16; 6:3
    Where do you let them rest at noon?1:7 Is 13:20; Jr 33:12
    Why should I be like one who veils herself1:7 Or who wanders
    beside the flocks of your companions?1:7 Sg 8:13
    Man
    81:8 Some understand the young women to be the speakers in this verse.If you do not know,
    most beautiful of women,1:8 Sg 5:9; 6:1
    follow1:8 Lit go out for yourself into the tracks of the flock,
    and pasture your young goats
    near the shepherds’ tents.

    9I compare you, my darling,1:9 Sg 1:15
    to a1:9 Lit my mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.1:9 2Ch 1:16–17
    10Your cheeks are beautiful with jewelry,1:10 Sg 5:13
    your neck with its necklace.
    11We will make gold jewelry for you,
    accented with silver.
    Woman
    12While the king is on his couch,1:12 Or is at his table
    my perfume1:12 Lit nard releases its fragrance.1:12 Sg 4:14; Mk 14:3; Jn 12:3
    13The one I love is a sachet of myrrh to me,1:13 Ps 45:8; Jn 19:39
    spending the night between my breasts.
    14The one I love is a cluster of henna blossoms to me,1:14 Sg 4:13
    in the vineyards of En-gedi.1:14 1Sm 23:29
    Man
    15How beautiful you are, my darling.
    How very beautiful!
    Your eyes are doves.1:15 Sg 4:1
    Woman
    16How handsome you are, my love.1:16 Sg 2:3
    How delightful!
    Our bed is verdant;
    17the beams of our house are cedars,
    and our rafters are cypresses.1:17 Or firs, or pines

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