The Bride Confesses Her Love 1This is Solomon’s (peace) Song of Songs.a The Bride 2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine. 3The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you. 4Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. The Friends We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. The Bride It is only right that they adore you. 5I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem (city of peace), like the tents of Kedar (dark), like the curtains of Solomon (peace). 6Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected. 7Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions? The Friends 8If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds. The Bridegroom 9I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s (great house) chariots. 10Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels. The Friends 11We will make you ornaments of gold, The Bride 12While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance. 13My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh 14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi (fount of the kid). The Bridegroom 15How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! The Bride 16How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed. The Bridegroom 17The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs. Footnotes: 1 a Most translators add subheadings for speaker identifications such as The Bride, The Groom, and The Friends based on the gender and number of the Hebrew words. The Berean Annotated Bible (BAB) is the Annotated version of the Berean Standard Bible (BSB). The BAB includes over 50,000 points of emphasis using the following system: (Emphasis and Names) {Hebrew and Greek} [Alternate Manuscripts] \Literal translation/ <Measurements and Crossrefs> Second Person Plural: you⁺ your⁺ yours⁺ This version is an early draft and is now in the stage of proofing, consistency checking, and public comment. Please note that meanings for Biblical names are based on Hebrew and Greek roots and can be somewhat subjective. Feel free to Contact us with suggestions or corrections. We are still adding points of emphasis wherever helpful. |
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