THE SONG OF SOLOMON

 SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1 The song of songs, which {is} Solomon's.

SONG OF SOLOMON 1:2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth:

for thy love {is} better than wine.

SONG OF SOLOMON 1:3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments

thy name {is as} ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins

love thee.

SONG OF SOLOMON 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 remember thy love more than wine: the upright love

thee.

SONG OF SOLOMON 1:5 I {am} black, but comely, O ye daughters of

Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

SONG OF SOLOMON 1:6 Look not upon me, because I {am} black,

because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were

angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; {but}

mine own vineyard have I not kept.

SONG OF SOLOMON 1:7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where

thou feedest, where thou makest {thy flock} to rest at noon: for

why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy

companions?

SONG OF SOLOMON 1:8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women,

go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids

beside the shepherds' tents.

SONG OF SOLOMON 1:9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company

of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

SONG OF SOLOMON 1:10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows {of jewels},

thy neck with chains {of gold}.

SONG OF SOLOMON 1:11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs

of silver.

SONG OF SOLOMON 1:12 While the king {sitteth} at his table, my

spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

SONG OF SOLOMON 1:13 A bundle of myrrh {is} my wellbeloved unto

me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

SONG OF SOLOMON 1:14 My beloved {is} unto me {as} a cluster of

camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.

SONG OF SOLOMON 1:15 Behold, thou {art} fair, my love; behold,

thou {art} fair; thou {hast} doves' eyes.

SONG OF SOLOMON 1:16 Behold, thou {art} fair, my beloved, yea,

pleasant: also our bed {is} green.

SONG OF SOLOMON 1:17 The beams of our house {are} cedar, {and}

our rafters of fir.

SONG OF SOLOMON 2:1 I {am} the rose of Sharon, {and} the lily of

the valleys.

SONG OF SOLOMON 2:2 As the lily among thorns, so {is} my love

among the daughters.

SONG OF SOLOMON 2:3 As the apple tree among the trees of the

wood, so {is} my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his

shadow with great delight, and his fruit {was} sweet to my taste.

SONG OF SOLOMON 2:4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and

his banner over me {was} love.

SONG OF SOLOMON 2:5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples:

for I {am} sick of love.

SONG OF SOLOMON 2:6 His left hand {is} under my head, and his

right hand doth embrace me.

SONG OF SOLOMON 2:7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by

the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor

awake {my} love, till he please.

SONG OF SOLOMON 2:8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh

leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

SONG OF SOLOMON 2:9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart:

behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the

windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

SONG OF SOLOMON 2:10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up,

my love, my fair one, and come away.

SONG OF SOLOMON 2:11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is

over {and} gone;

SONG OF SOLOMON 2:12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of

the singing {of birds} is come, and the voice of the turtle is

heard in our land;

SONG OF SOLOMON 2:13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs,

and the vines {with} the tender grape give a {good} smell. Arise,

my love, my fair one, and come away.

SONG OF SOLOMON 2:14 O my dove, {that art} in the clefts of the

rock, in the secret {places} of the stairs, let me see thy

countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet {is} thy voice, and

thy countenance {is} comely.

SONG OF SOLOMON 2:15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that

spoil the vines: for our vines {have} tender grapes.

SONG OF SOLOMON 2:16 My beloved {is} mine, and I {am} his: he

feedeth among the lilies.

SONG OF SOLOMON 2:17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee

away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart

upon the mountains of Bether.

SONG OF SOLOMON 3:1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul

loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

SONG OF SOLOMON 3:2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the

streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul

loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

SONG OF SOLOMON 3:3 The watchmen that go about the city found me:

{to whom I said}, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

SONG OF SOLOMON 3:4 {It was} but a little that I passed from

them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would

not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house,

and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

SONG OF SOLOMON 3:5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by

the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor

awake {my} love, till he please.

SONG OF SOLOMON 3:6 Who {is} this that cometh out of the

wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and

frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

SONG OF SOLOMON 3:7 Behold his bed, which {is} Solomon's;

threescore valiant men {are} about it, of the valiant of Israel.

SONG OF SOLOMON 3:8 They all hold swords, {being} expert in war:

every man {hath} his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the

night.

SONG OF SOLOMON 3:9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the

wood of Lebanon.

SONG OF SOLOMON 3:10 He made the pillars thereof {of} silver, the

bottom thereof {of} gold, the covering of it {of} purple, the

midst thereof being paved {with} love, for the daughters of

Jerusalem.

SONG OF SOLOMON 3:11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold

king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in

the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his

heart.

SONG OF SOLOMON 4:1 Behold, thou {art} fair, my love; behold,

thou {art} fair; thou {hast} doves' eyes within thy locks: thy

hair {is} as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

SONG OF SOLOMON 4:2 Thy teeth {are} like a flock {of sheep that

are even} shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every

one bear twins, and none {is} barren among them.

SONG OF SOLOMON 4:3 Thy lips {are} like a thread of scarlet, and

thy speech {is} comely: thy temples {are} like a piece of a

pomegranate within thy locks.

SONG OF SOLOMON 4:4 Thy neck {is} like the tower of David builded

for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all

shields of mighty men.

SONG OF SOLOMON 4:5 Thy two breasts {are} like two young roes

that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

SONG OF SOLOMON 4:6 Until the day break, and the shadows flee

away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of

frankincense.

SONG OF SOLOMON 4:7 Thou {art} all fair, my love; {there is} no

spot in thee.

SONG OF SOLOMON 4:8 Come with me from Lebanon, {my} spouse, with

me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of

Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of

the leopards.

SONG OF SOLOMON 4:9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, {my}

spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with

one chain of thy neck.

SONG OF SOLOMON 4:10 How fair is thy love, my sister, {my}

spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of

thine ointments than all spices!

SONG OF SOLOMON 4:11 Thy lips, O {my} spouse, drop {as} the

honeycomb: honey and milk {are} under thy tongue; and the smell

of thy garments {is} like the smell of Lebanon.

SONG OF SOLOMON 4:12 A garden inclosed {is} my sister, {my}

spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

SONG OF SOLOMON 4:13 Thy plants {are} an orchard of pomegranates,

with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,

SONG OF SOLOMON 4:14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon,

with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the

chief spices:

SONG OF SOLOMON 4:15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living

waters, and streams from Lebanon.

SONG OF SOLOMON 4:16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south;

blow upon my garden, {that} the spices thereof may flow out. Let

my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

SONG OF SOLOMON 5:1 I am come into my garden, my sister, {my}

spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my

honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat,

O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

SONG OF SOLOMON 5:2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: {it is} the

voice of my beloved that knocketh, {saying}, Open to me, my

sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled

with dew, {and} my locks with the drops of the night.

SONG OF SOLOMON 5:3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it

on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

SONG OF SOLOMON 5:4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole {of

the door}, and my bowels were moved for him.

SONG OF SOLOMON 5:5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands

dropped {with} myrrh, and my fingers {with} sweet smelling myrrh,

upon the handles of the lock.

SONG OF SOLOMON 5:6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had

withdrawn himself, {and} was gone: my soul failed when he spake:

I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave

me no answer.

SONG OF SOLOMON 5:7 The watchmen that went about the city found

me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took

away my veil from me.

SONG OF SOLOMON 5:8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye

find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I {am} sick of love.

SONG OF SOLOMON 5:9 What {is} thy beloved more than {another}

beloved, O thou fairest among women? what {is} thy beloved more

than {another} beloved, that thou dost so charge us?

SONG OF SOLOMON 5:10 My beloved {is} white and ruddy, the

chiefest among ten thousand.

SONG OF SOLOMON 5:11 His head {is as} the most fine gold, his

locks {are} bushy, {and} black as a raven.

SONG OF SOLOMON 5:12 His eyes {are} as {the eyes} of doves by the

rivers of waters, washed with milk, {and} fitly set.

SONG OF SOLOMON 5:13 His cheeks {are} as a bed of spices, {as}

sweet flowers: his lips {like} lilies, dropping sweet smelling

myrrh.

SONG OF SOLOMON 5:14 His hands {are as} gold rings set with the

beryl: his belly {is as} bright ivory overlaid {with} sapphires.

SONG OF SOLOMON 5:15 His legs {are as} pillars of marble, set

upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance {is} as Lebanon,

excellent as the cedars.

SONG OF SOLOMON 5:16 His mouth {is} most sweet: yea, he {is}

altogether lovely. This {is} my beloved, and this {is} my friend,

O daughters of Jerusalem.

SONG OF SOLOMON 6:1 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest

among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may

seek him with thee.

SONG OF SOLOMON 6:2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to

the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

SONG OF SOLOMON 6:3 I {am} my beloved's, and my beloved {is}

mine: he feedeth among the lilies.

SONG OF SOLOMON 6:4 Thou {art} beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah,

comely as Jerusalem, terrible as {an army} with banners.

SONG OF SOLOMON 6:5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have

overcome me: thy hair {is} as a flock of goats that appear from

Gilead.

SONG OF SOLOMON 6:6 Thy teeth {are} as a flock of sheep which go

up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and {there

is} not one barren among them.

SONG OF SOLOMON 6:7 As a piece of a pomegranate {are} thy temples

within thy locks.

SONG OF SOLOMON 6:8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore

concubines, and virgins without number.

SONG OF SOLOMON 6:9 My dove, my undefiled is {but} one; she {is}

the {only} one of her mother, she {is} the choice {one} of her

that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; {yea}, the

queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

SONG OF SOLOMON 6:10 Who {is} she {that} looketh forth as the

morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, {and} terrible as

{an army} with banners?

SONG OF SOLOMON 6:11 I went down into the garden of nuts to see

the fruits of the valley, {and} to see whether the vine

flourished {and} the pomegranates budded.

SONG OF SOLOMON 6:12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me {like}

the chariots of Amminadib.

SONG OF SOLOMON 6:13 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return,

that we may look upon thee.  What will ye see in the Shulamite?

as it were the company of two armies.

SONG OF SOLOMON 7:1 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O

prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs {are} like jewels,

the work of the hands of a cunning workman.

SONG OF SOLOMON 7:2 Thy navel {is like} a round goblet, {which}

wanteth not liquor: thy belly {is like} an heap of wheat set

about with lilies.

SONG OF SOLOMON 7:3 Thy two breasts {are} like two young roes

{that are} twins.

SONG OF SOLOMON 7:4 Thy neck {is} as a tower of ivory; thine eyes

{like} the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy

nose {is} as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

SONG OF SOLOMON 7:5 Thine head upon thee {is} like Carmel, and

the hair of thine head like purple; the king {is} held in the

galleries.

SONG OF SOLOMON 7:6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love,

for delights!

SONG OF SOLOMON 7:7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and

thy breasts to clusters {of grapes}.

SONG OF SOLOMON 7:8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will

take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as

clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

SONG OF SOLOMON 7:9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine

for my beloved, that goeth {down} sweetly, causing the lips of

those that are asleep to speak.

SONG OF SOLOMON 7:10 I {am} my beloved's, and his desire {is}

toward me.

SONG OF SOLOMON 7:11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the

field; let us lodge in the villages.

SONG OF SOLOMON 7:12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us

see if the vine flourish, {whether} the tender grape appear,

{and} the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my

loves.

SONG OF SOLOMON 7:13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates

{are} all manner of pleasant {fruits}, new and old, {which} I

have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

SONG OF SOLOMON 8:1 O that thou {wert} as my brother, that sucked

the breasts of my mother!  {when} I should find thee without, I

would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.

SONG OF SOLOMON 8:2 I would lead thee, {and} bring thee into my

mother's house, {who} would instruct me: I would cause thee to

drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

SONG OF SOLOMON 8:3 His left hand {should be} under my head, and

his right hand should embrace me.

SONG OF SOLOMON 8:4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that

ye stir not up, nor awake {my} love, until he please.

SONG OF SOLOMON 8:5 Who {is} this that cometh up from the

wilderness, leaning upon her beloved?  I raised thee up under the

apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she

brought thee forth {that} bare thee.

SONG OF SOLOMON 8:6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal

upon thine arm: for love {is} strong as death; jealousy {is}

cruel as the grave: the coals thereof {are} coals of fire, {which

hath} a most vehement flame.

SONG OF SOLOMON 8:7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can

the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his

house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

SONG OF SOLOMON 8:8 We have a little sister, and she hath no

breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she

shall be spoken for?

SONG OF SOLOMON 8:9 If she {be} a wall, we will build upon her a

palace of silver: and if she {be} a door, we will inclose her

with boards of cedar.

SONG OF SOLOMON 8:10 I {am} a wall, and my breasts like towers:

then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.

SONG OF SOLOMON 8:11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let

out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof

was to bring a thousand {pieces} of silver.

SONG OF SOLOMON 8:12 My vineyard, which {is} mine, {is} before

me: thou, O Solomon, {must have} a thousand, and those that keep

the fruit thereof two hundred.

SONG OF SOLOMON 8:13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the

companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear {it}.

SONG OF SOLOMON 8:14 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to

a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.