Song of Solomon 1:9-14
Revised Standard Version
Colloquy of Bridegroom, Friends, and Bride
9 I compare you, my love,
to a mare of Pharaoh’s chariots.
10 Your cheeks are comely with ornaments,
your neck with strings of jewels.
11 We will make you ornaments of gold,
studded with silver.
12 While the king was on his couch,
my nard gave forth its fragrance.
13 My beloved is to me a bag of myrrh,
that lies between my breasts.
14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms
in the vineyards of En-ge′di.
Song of Solomon 1:9-14
American Standard Version
9 I have compared thee, O [a]my love,
[b]To a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.
10 Thy cheeks are comely with plaits of hair,
Thy neck with strings of jewels.
11 We will make thee plaits of gold
With studs of silver.
12 While the king sat at his table,
My spikenard sent forth its fragrance.
13 My beloved is unto me as a [c]bundle of myrrh,
That lieth betwixt my breasts.
14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of [d]henna-flowers
In the vineyards of En-gedi.
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 1:9 Or, my friend (and so throughout)
- Song of Solomon 1:9 Or, To the steeds. Or, To my steed
- Song of Solomon 1:13 Or, bag
- Song of Solomon 1:14 Hebrew copher.
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