| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1The song of songs, which is Solomon's. | 1The Most Beautiful Song by Solomon. |
| 2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. | 2Let him kiss me over and over again! Your love is better than wine. |
| 3Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. | 3The fragrance of your perfumed oil is wonderful. Your name is perfume poured out. Therefore the young women love you. |
| 4Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. | 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. |
| 5I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. | 5The daughters of Jerusalem, I'm dark and lovely like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon. |
| 6Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. | 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. |
| 7Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? | 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? |
| 8If 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. | 8If you don't know, most beautiful of women, go out after the flock and graze your young goats beside the shepherd's tents. |
| 9I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. | 9My darling, I compare you to a mare among Pharaoh's chariots. |
| 10Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. | 10Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels. |
| 11We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. | 11We will make ornaments of gold for you, accented with silver. |
| 12While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. | 12While the king was sitting at his table, my perfume sent forth its fragrance. |
| 13A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. | 13My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh that lies between my breasts all night. |
| 14My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi. | 14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi. |
| 15Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes. | 15Look at you! You are beautiful, my darling. Look at you! You are so beautiful. Your eyes are doves. |
| 16Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. | 16Look at you! You are handsome, my beloved, truly lovely. How lush is our couch. |
| 17The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir. | 17The beams of our house are cedar, our rafters are pine. |
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