The Bride Confesses Her Love (Ephesians 5:22–33; 1 Peter 3:1–7)
1 Brenton The Song of songs, which is Solomon's. BSB BSB: This is Solomon’s Song of Songs.
The Bride 2 Brenton Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine. BSB BSB: Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.
3 Brenton And the smell of thine ointments is better than all spices: thy name is ointment poured forth; therefore do the young maidens love thee. BSB BSB: The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
4 Brenton They have drawn thee: we will run after thee, for the smell of thine ointments: the king has brought me into his closet: let us rejoice and be glad in thee; we will love thy breasts more than wine: righteousness loves thee. BSB BSB: Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.
The Friends The Bride 5 Brenton I am black, but beautiful, ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. BSB BSB: I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
6 Brenton Look not upon me, because I am dark, because the sun has looked unfavourably upon me: my mother's sons strove with me; they made me keeper in the vineyards; I have not kept my own vineyard. BSB BSB: Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.
7 Brenton Tell me, thou whom my soul loves, where thou tendest thy flock, where thou causest them to rest at noon, lest I become as one that is veiled by the flocks of thy companions. BSB BSB: Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
The Friends 8 Brenton If thou know not thyself, thou fair one among women, go thou forth by the footsteps of the flocks, and feed thy kids by the shepherds' tents. BSB BSB: If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.
The Bridegroom 9 Brenton I have likened thee, my companion, to my horses in the chariots of Pharao. BSB BSB: I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
10 Brenton How are thy cheeks beautiful as those of a dove, thy neck as chains! BSB BSB: Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
The Friends 11 Brenton We will make thee figures of gold with studs of silver. BSB BSB: We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver.
The Bride 12 Brenton So long as the king was at table, my spikenard gave forth its smell. BSB BSB: While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
13 Brenton My kinsman is to me a bundle of myrrh; he shall lie between my breasts. BSB BSB: My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
14 Brenton My kinsman is to me a cluster of camphor in the vineyards of Engaddi. BSB BSB: My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.
The Bridegroom 15 Brenton Behold, thou art fair, my companion; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are doves. BSB BSB: How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
The Bride 16 Brenton Behold, thou art fair, my kinsman, yea, beautiful, overshadowing our bed. BSB BSB: How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.
The Bridegroom 17 Brenton The beams of our house are cedars, our ceilings are of cypress. BSB BSB: The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.
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