The Bride Confesses Her Love (Ephesians 5:22–33; 1 Peter 3:1–7)
The Bride 2 DRA Let him kiss me with the kiss 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 DRA Smelling sweet of the best ointments. Thy name is as oil poured out: therefore young maidens have loved thee. BSB BSB: The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
4 DRA Draw me: we will run after thee to the odour of thy ointments. The king hath brought me into his storerooms: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, remembering thy breasts more than wine: the righteous love 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 DRA I am black but beautiful, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Cedar, 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 DRA Do not consider me that I am brown, because the sun hath altered my colour: the sons of my mother have fought against me, they have made me the keeper in the vineyards: my vineyard I have not kept. 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 DRA Shew me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou liest in the midday, lest I begin to wander after 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 DRA If thou know not thyself, O fairest among women, go forth, and follow after the steps of the flocks, and feed thy kids beside the tents of the shepherds. 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 DRA To my company of horsemen, in Pharao’s chariots, have I likened thee, O my love. BSB BSB: I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
10 DRA Thy cheeks are beautiful as the turtledove’s, thy neck as jewels. BSB BSB: Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
The Friends 11 DRA We will make thee chains of gold, inlaid with silver. BSB BSB: We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver.
The Bride 12 DRA While the king was at his repose, my spikenard sent forth the odour thereof. BSB BSB: While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
13 DRA A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, he shall abide between my breasts. BSB BSB: My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
14 DRA A cluster of cypress my love is to me, 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 DRA Behold thou art fair, O my love, behold thou art fair, thy eyes are as those of doves. BSB BSB: How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
The Bride 16 DRA Behold thou art fair, my beloved, and comely. Our bed is flourishing. BSB BSB: How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.
The Bridegroom 17 DRA The beams of our houses are of cedar, our rafters of cypress trees. BSB BSB: The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.
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