| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1Oh, that you were like my brother, Who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I should find you outside, I would kiss you; I would not be despised. | 1O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised. |
| 2I would lead you and bring you Into the house of my mother, She who used to instruct me. I would cause you to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate. | 2I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate. |
| 3His left hand is under my head, And his right hand embraces me. | 3His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. |
| 4I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, Do not stir up nor awaken love Until it pleases. | 4I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please. |
| 5Who is this coming up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? I awakened you under the apple tree. There your mother brought you forth; There she who bore you brought you forth. | 5Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee. |
| 6Set me as a seal upon your heart, As a seal upon your arm; For love is as strong as death, Jealousy as cruel as the grave; Its flames are flames of fire, A most vehement flame. | 6Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. |
| 7Many waters cannot quench love, Nor can the floods drown it. If a man would give for love All the wealth of his house, It would be utterly despised. | 7Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. |
| 8We have a little sister, And she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister In the day when she is spoken for? | 8We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? |
| 9If she is a wall, We will build upon her A battlement of silver; And if she is a door, We will enclose her With boards of cedar. | 9If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar. |
| 10I am a wall, And my breasts like towers; Then I became in his eyes As one who found peace. | 10I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour. |
| 11Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon; He leased the vineyard to keepers; Everyone was to bring for its fruit A thousand silver coins. | 11Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. |
| 12My own vineyard is before me. You, O Solomon, may have a thousand, And those who tend its fruit two hundred. | 12My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred. |
| 13You who dwell in the gardens, The companions listen for your voice— Let me hear it! | 13Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it. |
| 14Make haste, my beloved, And be like a gazelle Or a young stag On the mountains of spices. | 14Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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