| English Standard Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O noble daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a master hand. | 1How beautiful are your sandaled feet, princess! The curves of your thighs are like jewelry, the handiwork of a master. |
| 2Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with lilies. | 2Your navel is a rounded bowl; it never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a mound of wheat surrounded by lilies. |
| 3Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle. | 3Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle. |
| 4Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon, which looks toward Damascus. | 4Your neck is like a tower of ivory, your eyes like pools in Heshbon by Bath-rabbim's gate. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon looking toward Damascus. |
| 5Your head crowns you like Carmel, and your flowing locks are like purple; a king is held captive in the tresses. | 5Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple cloth--a king could be held captive in your tresses. |
| 6How beautiful and pleasant you are, O loved one, with all your delights! | 6How beautiful you are and how pleasant, my love, with such delights! |
| 7Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters. | 7Your stature is like a palm tree; your breasts are clusters of fruit. |
| 8I say I will climb the palm tree and lay hold of its fruit. Oh may your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the scent of your breath like apples, | 8I said, "I will climb the palm tree and take hold of its fruit." May your breasts be like clusters of grapes, and the fragrance of your breath like apricots. |
| 9and your mouth like the best wine. She It goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding over lips and teeth. | 9Your mouth is like fine wine--Woman flowing smoothly for my love, gliding past my lips and teeth! |
| 10I am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me. | 10I am my love's, and his desire is for me. |
| 11Come, my beloved, let us go out into the fields and lodge in the villages; | 11Come, my love, let's go to the field; let's spend the night among the henna blossoms. |
| 12let us go out early to the vineyards and see whether the vines have budded, whether the grape blossoms have opened and the pomegranates are in bloom. There I will give you my love. | 12Let's go early to the vineyards; let's see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom. There I will give you my caresses. |
| 13The mandrakes give forth fragrance, and beside our doors are all choice fruits, new as well as old, which I have laid up for you, O my beloved. | 13The mandrakes give off a fragrance, and at our doors is every delicacy, both new and old. I have treasured them up for you, my love. |
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