1: 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For thy love is better than wine.
1: 3 Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is as oil poured forth; Therefore do the 1virgins love thee.
1Or, maidens
1: 4 Draw me; we will run after thee: The king hath brought me into his chambers; We will be glad and rejoice in thee; We will make mention of thy love more than of wine: 2Rightly do they love thee.
2Or, In uprightness do they love thee. or, The upright love thee.
1: 5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.
1: 6 Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, Because the sun hath 3scorched me. My mother’s sons were incensed against me; They made me keeper of the vineyards; But mine own vineyard have I not kept.
3Or, looked upon me.
1: 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest thy flock, where thou makest it to rest at noon: For why should I be as one that is veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions?
1: 8 If thou know not, O thou the fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.
1: 9 I have compared thee, O 4my love, 5To a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.
4Or, my friend (and so throughout)
5Or, To the steeds or, To my steed
1: 10 Thy cheeks are comely with plaits of hair, Thy neck with strings of jewels.
1: 11 We will make thee plaits of gold With studs of silver.
1: 12 While the king sat at his table, My spikenard sent forth its fragrance.
1: 13 My beloved is unto me as a 6bundle of myrrh, That lieth betwixt my breasts.
6Or, bag
1: 14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of 7henna-flowers In the vineyards of En-gedi.
7Hb. kopher
1: 15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; 8Thine eyes are as doves.
8Or, Thou hast doves’ eyes.
1: 16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yes, pleasant: Also our couch is green.
1: 17 The beams of our 9house are 10cedars, and our rafters are 11firs.
9Or, houses
10Or, of cedar, And our rafters are of fir.
11Or, cypresses.
