1. The song of songs, which {is} Solomon's. / 2. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love {is} better than wine. {thy...: Heb. thy loves} / 3. Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name {is as} ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. →

1. I {am} the rose of Sharon, {and} the lily of the valleys. / 2. As the lily among thorns, so {is} my love among the daughters. / 3. As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so {is} my beloved among the sons. →

1. By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. / 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. →

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. {that...: or, that eat of, etc} →

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. →

1. Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee. / 2. My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. →

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. / 2. Thy navel {is like} a round goblet, {which} wanteth not liquor: thy belly {is like} an heap of wheat set about with lilies. →

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. {I should not...: Heb. they should not despise me} →