The Bride Confesses Her Love (Ephesians 5:22–33; 1 Peter 3:1–7)
1 UEB The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's. BSB BSB: This is Solomon’s Song of Songs.
The Bride 2 UEB Oh, that he would kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your love is better than wine. BSB BSB: Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.
3 UEB Your anointing oils have a delightful fragrance; your name is like flowing perfume, so the young women love you. BSB BSB: The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
4 UEB Take me with you, and we will run. The king has brought me into his rooms. We are glad; We rejoice about you; let us celebrate your love; it is better than wine. It is natural for the other women to adore you. 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 UEB I am dark but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem— dark like the tents of Kedar, lovely like 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 UEB Do not stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own 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 UEB Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where do you feed your flock? Where do you rest your flock at noontime? Why should I be like someone who wanders beside the flocks of your 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 UEB If you do not know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of my flock, and pasture your young goats near 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 UEB I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh's chariot horses. BSB BSB: I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
10 UEB Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels. BSB BSB: Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
The Friends 11 UEB We will make for you gold ornaments with silver studs. BSB BSB: We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver.
The Bride 12 UEB While the king lay on his couch, my nard emitted its fragrance. BSB BSB: While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
13 UEB My beloved is to me like a bag of myrrh that spends the night lying between my breasts. BSB BSB: My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
14 UEB My beloved is to me like a cluster of henna flowers in the vineyards of En Gedi. BSB BSB: My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.
The Bridegroom 15 UEB Listen, you are beautiful, my love; listen, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves. BSB BSB: How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
The Bride 16 UEB Listen, you are handsome, my beloved, how handsome. The lush plants are our bed. BSB BSB: How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.
The Bridegroom 17 UEB The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are firs. BSB BSB: The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.
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