Song of Songs 1:9-17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Colloquy of the Young Man, Friends, and the Young Woman
9 I compare you, my love,
to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.(A)
10 Your cheeks are comely with ornaments,
your neck with strings of jewels.(B)
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-gedi.(C)
15 Ah, you are beautiful, my love;
ah, you are beautiful;
your eyes are doves.(D)
16 Ah, you are beautiful, my beloved,
truly lovely.
Our couch is green;
17 the beams of our house are cedar;
our rafters[a] are pine.(E)
Footnotes
- 1.17 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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