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1. Solomon's Most Wonderful Song.
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1. The song H7892 of songs H7892 , which H834 is Solomon H8010 's.
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2. Cover me with kisses, for your love is better than wine.
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2. Let him kiss H5401 me with the kisses H4480 H5390 of his mouth H6310 : for H3588 thy love H1730 is better H2896 than wine H4480 H3196 .
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3. Your perfume smells wonderful, but your name is sweeter than the best perfume. That is why the young women love you.
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3. Because of the savor H7381 of thy good H2896 ointments H8081 thy name H8034 is as ointment H8081 poured forth H7324 , therefore H5921 H3651 do the virgins H5959 love H157 thee.
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4. Take me with you. Let's run away. The king took me into his room. We will rejoice and be happy for you. Remember, your love is better than wine. With good reason, the young women love you.
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4. Draw H4900 me , we will run H7323 after H310 thee : the king H4428 hath brought H935 me into his chambers H2315 : we will be glad H1523 and rejoice H8055 in thee , we will remember H2142 thy love H1730 more than wine H4480 H3196 : the upright H4339 love H157 thee.
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5. Daughters of Jerusalem, I am dark and beautiful, as black as the tents of Kedar and Salma.
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5. I H589 am black H7838 , but comely H5000 , O ye daughters H1323 of Jerusalem H3389 , as the tents H168 of Kedar H6938 , as the curtains H3407 of Solomon H8010 .
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6. Don't look at how dark I am, at how dark the sun has made me. My brothers were angry with me. They forced me to take care of their vineyards, so I could not take care of myself.
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6. Look H7200 not H408 upon me , because I H7945 H589 am black H7840 , because the sun H8121 hath looked H7945 H7805 upon me : my mother H517 's children H1121 were angry H2734 with me ; they made H7760 me the keeper H5201 of H853 the vineyards H3754 ; but mine own H7945 vineyard H3754 have I not H3808 kept H5201 .
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7. I love you with all my soul! Tell me, where do you feed your sheep? Where do you lay them down at noon? {I should come to be with you} or I will be like a hired woman caring for the sheep of your friends.
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7. Tell H5046 me , O thou whom my soul H5315 loveth H7945 H157 , where H349 thou feedest H7462 , where H349 thou makest thy flock to rest H7257 at noon H6672 : for why H7945 H4100 should I be H1961 as one that turneth aside H5844 by H5921 the flocks H5739 of thy companions H2270 ?
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8. You are such a beautiful woman. Surely you know what to do. Go, follow the sheep. Feed your young goats near the shepherds' tents.
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8. If H518 thou know H3045 not H3808 , O thou fairest H3303 among women H802 , go thy way forth H3318 by the footsteps H6119 of the flock H6629 , and feed H7462 H853 thy kids H1429 beside H5921 the shepherds H7462 ' tents H4908 .
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9. My darling, you are more exciting to me than any mare among the stallions pulling Pharaoh's chariots. {Those horses have beautiful decorations at the side of their faces and around their necks.}
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9. I have compared H1819 thee , O my love H7474 , to a company of horses H5484 in Pharaoh H6547 's chariots H7393 .
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10. Here are the decorations made for you, a golden headband and a silver necklace. Your cheeks are so beautiful decorated with gold. Your neck is so beautiful laced with silver.
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10. Thy cheeks H3895 are comely H4998 with rows H8447 of jewels , thy neck H6677 with chains H2737 of gold .
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11. We will make H6213 thee borders H8447 of gold H2091 with H5973 studs H5351 of silver H3701 .
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12. The smell of my perfume reaches out to the king lying on his couch.
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12. While H5704 the king H7945 H4428 sitteth at his table H4524 , my spikenard H5373 sendeth forth H5414 the smell H7381 thereof.
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13. My lover is like the small bag of myrrh {around my neck}, lying all night between my breasts.
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13. A bundle H6872 of myrrh H4753 is my well H1730 -beloved unto me ; he shall lie all night H3885 between H996 my breasts H7699 .
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14. My lover is like a bunch of henna flowers near the vineyards of En Gedi.
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14. My beloved H1730 is unto me as a cluster H811 of camphire H3724 in the vineyards H3754 of En H5872 -gedi.
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15. My darling, you are so beautiful! Oh, you are beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
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15. Behold H2009 , thou art fair H3303 , my love H7474 ; behold H2009 , thou art fair H3303 ; thou hast doves H3123 ' eyes H5869 .
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16. You are so handsome, my lover! Yes, and so charming! Our bed is so fresh and pleasant.
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16. Behold H2009 , thou art fair H3303 , my beloved H1730 , yea H637 , pleasant H5273 : also H637 our bed H6210 is green H7488 .
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17. The beams of our house are cedar. The rafters are fir.
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17. The beams H6982 of our house H1004 are cedar H730 , and our rafters H7351 of fir H1266 .
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