The song of songs, which
is Solomon's.
The Song of Songs, that
`
is '
Solomon's.
Translation comparison
Song of Solomon 1
17 aligned verses; 17 with wording or punctuation differences .
Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Let him kiss me with the
kisses of his mouth :
for thy
love
is
better than wine.
Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth ,
For better `are'
thy
loves
than wine.
Because
of
the
savour
of
thy good ointments
thy name is
as
ointment
poured
forth
, therefore do
the
virgins love
thee .
For
fragrance
`are'
thy perfumes
good .
Perfume
emptied
out
--
thy name, Therefore have
virgins loved
thee !
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
remember
thy love
more than wine :
the
upright
love
thee .
Draw me :
after thee we
run,
The king hath brought me into his inner
chambers ,
We do
joy
and rejoice in thee, We mention
thy loves
more than wine ,
Uprightly
they
have
loved
thee !
I
am black
, but
comely, O
ye
daughters of Jerusalem, as the
tents of Kedar, as the
curtains of Solomon.
Dark
`
am '
I
, and
comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon.
Look
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.
Fear
me not
, because I `
am '
very
dark
, Because the sun hath scorched
me ,
The
sons
of
my mother
were angry with me ,
They made me keeper of the vineyards ,
My
vineyard --
my
own
--
I have
not kept.
Tell
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?
Declare
to
me, thou whom my soul hath
loved
, Where thou delightest
, Where thou liest
down
at noon ,
For why am
I as one veiled,
By the ranks
of thy companions?
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.
If thou knowest
not, O fair
among women, Get
thee
forth by the traces
of the flock, And feed thy kids by
the shepherds' dwellings!
I have compared thee, O
my love
, to
a
company
of
horses
in
Pharaoh's
chariots.
To
my
joyous
one
in
chariots
of
Pharaoh,
I have compared thee, my friend
,
Thy cheeks are
comely
with rows
of
jewels
, thy neck with chains of
gold
.
Comely
have
been
thy cheeks with garlands
, Thy neck with chains.
We will
make thee borders
of
gold
with studs of silver .
Garlands
of
gold
we do
make for
thee ,
With studs of silver !
While the king sitteth
at
his table
, my spikenard sendeth
forth
the
smell
thereof
.
While the king `is'
in
his circle
, My spikenard hath
given
its
fragrance
.
A bundle of myrrh is my well-
beloved unto
me ;
he
shall
lie
all
night
betwixt
my breasts.
A bundle of myrrh `
is '
my beloved to
me ,
Between
my breasts it
lodgeth
.
My
beloved
is
unto
me
as
a cluster of camphire
in the vineyards of Engedi.
A cluster of cypress
`is'
my
beloved
to
me,
In the vineyards of En-Gedi!
Behold
, thou art fair, my love;
behold
, thou art fair;
thou
hast
doves
' eyes .
Lo
, thou `
art '
fair, my friend
, Lo,
thou `
art' fair,
thine
eyes `are'
doves!
Behold
, thou art fair, my beloved
, yea, pleasant :
also
our bed
is green .
Lo
, thou `
art '
fair, my love
, yea, pleasant ,
Yea,
our couch
`
is '
green ,
The beams of our house
are cedar
, and
our rafters of fir.
The beams of our houses
`
are '
cedars
, Our rafters `are'
firs,
I
`am'
a
rose
of Sharon,
a
lily
of
the
valleys!
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