The Bride Confesses Her Love (Ephesians 5:22–33; 1 Peter 3:1–7)
1 RV The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s. BSB BSB: This is Solomon’s Song of Songs.
The Bride 2 RV Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy 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 RV Thine ointments have a goodly fragrance; thy name is as ointment poured forth; therefore do the virgins 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 RV Draw me; we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will make mention of thy love more than of wine: rightly do they 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 RV I am black, but comely, O 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 RV Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, because the sun hath scorched me. My mother’s sons were incensed against me, they made me keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I 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 RV Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest thy flock , where thou makest it to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that is veiled beside 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 RV If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside 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 RV I have compared thee, O my love, to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots. BSB BSB: I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
10 RV Thy cheeks are comely with plaits of hair , thy neck with strings of jewels BSB BSB: Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
The Friends 11 RV We will make thee plaits of gold with studs of silver. BSB BSB: We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver.
The Bride 12 RV While the king sat at his table, my spikenard sent forth its fragrance. BSB BSB: While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
13 RV My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh, that lieth betwixt my breasts. BSB BSB: My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
14 RV My beloved is unto me as 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 RV Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are as doves. BSB BSB: How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
The Bride 16 RV Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our couch is green. BSB BSB: How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.
The Bridegroom 17 RV The beams of our house are cedars, and our rafters are firs. BSB BSB: The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.
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