| International Standard Version | English Standard Version |
| 1The Most Beautiful Song by Solomon. | 1The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s. |
| 2Let him kiss me over and over again! Your love is better than wine. | 2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine; |
| 3The fragrance of your perfumed oil is wonderful. Your name is perfume poured out. Therefore the young women love you. | 3your anointing oils are fragrant; your name is oil poured out; therefore virgins love you. |
| 4Take me with you! Let's run away! Let the king bring me into his private chambers. The daughters of Jerusalem will rejoice and be happy for you. We will value your love more than wine. They love you appropriately. | 4Draw me after you; let us run. The king has brought me into his chambers. Others We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you. |
| 5The daughters of Jerusalem, I'm dark and lovely like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon. | 5I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon. |
| 6Don't stare at me because I'm dark; the sun has tanned me. My mother's sons were angry with me. They made me the caretaker of the vineyards, but I didn't take care of my own vineyard. | 6Do not gaze at me because I am dark, because the sun has looked upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept! |
| 7Tell me, you whom I love, where do you graze your flock? Where do you make your flock lie down at noon? Why should I be considered a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions? | 7Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions? |
| 8If you don't know, most beautiful of women, go out after the flock and graze your young goats beside the shepherd's tents. | 8If you do not know, O most beautiful among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents. |
| 9My darling, I compare you to a mare among Pharaoh's chariots. | 9I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots. |
| 10Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels. | 10Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels. |
| 11We will make ornaments of gold for you, accented with silver. | 11We will make for you ornaments of gold, studded with silver. |
| 12While the king was sitting at his table, my perfume sent forth its fragrance. | 12While the king was on his couch, my nard gave forth its fragrance. |
| 13My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh that lies between my breasts all night. | 13My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh that lies between my breasts. |
| 14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi. | 14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of Engedi. |
| 15Look at you! You are beautiful, my darling. Look at you! You are so beautiful. Your eyes are doves. | 15Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves. |
| 16Look at you! You are handsome, my beloved, truly lovely. How lush is our couch. | 16Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly delightful. Our couch is green; |
| 17The beams of our house are cedar, our rafters are pine. | 17the beams of our house are cedar; our rafters are pine. |
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