Longing for Her Beloved 1 ULT Who will give you like a brother to me, who nursed at the breasts of my mother? If I found you outside, I would kiss you. Yes, they would not despise me. BSB BSB: O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
2 ULT I would lead you; I would bring you to the house of my mother, she{ who} taught me. I would make you drink from the wine of spice, from the juice of my pomegranate. BSB BSB: I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
3 ULT His left hand{ is} under my head and his right hand embraces me. BSB BSB: His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
4 ULT I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, do not awaken and do not stir love until it desires. BSB BSB: O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
The Friends 5 ULT Who{ is} that coming up from the wilderness, leaning against her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you; there your mother was in labor{ with} you; there she was in labor; she gave birth{ to} you. BSB BSB: Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.
The Bride 7 ULT Many waters are not able to quench{ this} love and rivers will not drown it. If a man would give all{ the} wealth of his house in exchange for love, they would utterly despise it. BSB BSB: Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.
The Friends 8 ULT A sister{ belongs} to us— a little one— and breasts there are not for her. What will we do for our sister on the day when it is spoken for her? BSB BSB: We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
9 ULT If she{ is} a wall, we will build on her a battlement of silver. And if she{ is} a door, we will enclose over her boards of cedar. BSB BSB: If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver upon her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
The Bride 10 ULT I{ was} a wall and my breasts{ are} like towers; then I was, in his eyes, like a person who finds peace. BSB BSB: I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.
11 ULT { There} was a vineyard for Solomon in Baal Hamon. He gave the vineyard to keepers. Each person brought in exchange for its fruit a thousand{ pieces of} silver. BSB BSB: Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.
12 ULT My vineyard that{ belongs} to me{ is} to my face. The thousand{ belong} to you, Solomon, and the two hundred{ belong} to the people who{ are} keepers of its fruit. BSB BSB: But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.
The Bridegroom 13 ULT { You} who reside in the gardens; companions are listening intently for your voice— let me hear it. BSB BSB: You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!
The Bride 14 ULT Flee, my beloved, and resemble a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices. BSB BSB: Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
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