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Song of Songs 1:9-14
Christian Standard Bible
Song of Songs 1:9-14
Christian Standard Bible
9 I compare you, my darling,(A)
to a[a] mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.(B)
10 Your cheeks are beautiful with jewelry,(C)
your neck with its necklace.
11 We will make gold jewelry for you,
accented with silver.
Woman
12 While the king is on his couch,[b]
my perfume[c] releases its fragrance.(D)
13 The one I love is a sachet of myrrh to me,(E)
spending the night between my breasts.
14 The one I love is a cluster of henna blossoms to me,(F)
in the vineyards of En-gedi.(G)
Song of Solomon 1:9-14
English Standard Version
Song of Solomon 1:9-14
English Standard Version
9 I compare you, (A)my love,
to (B)a mare among Pharaoh's chariots.
10 (C)Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
your neck with strings of jewels.
Others
11 We will make for you[a] ornaments of gold,
studded with silver.
She
12 While (D)the king was on his couch,
my (E)nard gave forth its fragrance.
13 My beloved is to me a sachet of (F)myrrh
that lies between my breasts.
14 My beloved is to me a cluster of (G)henna blossoms
in the vineyards of (H)Engedi.
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 1:11 The Hebrew for you is feminine singular
Song of Songs 1:9-14
New International Version
Song of Songs 1:9-14
New International Version
He
9 I liken you, my darling, to a mare
among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.(A)
10 Your cheeks(B) are beautiful with earrings,
your neck with strings of jewels.(C)
11 We will make you earrings of gold,
studded with silver.
She
Song of Solomon 1:9-14
King James Version
Song of Solomon 1:9-14
King James Version
9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
13 A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.
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