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Song of Solomon, Chapter 1

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Song of Solomon 1 ASV - American Standard VersionSong of Solomon 1 ASV - American Standard Version

Chapter 1 of Song of Solomon—American Standard Version (ASV)

  1. ¶ The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
  2. ¶ Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth;
    ¶ For thy love is better than wine.
  3. ¶ Thine oils have a goodly fragrance;
    ¶ Thy name is as oil poured forth;
    ¶ Therefore do the [a]virgins love thee.
  4. ¶ 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 make mention of thy love more than of wine:
    [b]Rightly do they love thee.
  5. ¶ I am black, but comely,
    ¶ Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem,
    ¶ As the tents of Kedar,
    ¶ As the curtains of Solomon.
  6. ¶ Look not upon me, because I am swarthy,
    ¶ Because the sun hath [c]scorched me.
    ¶ My mother’s sons were incensed against me;
    ¶ They made me keeper of the vineyards;
    But mine own vineyard have I not kept.
  7. ¶ Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth,
    ¶ Where thou feedest thy flock,
    ¶ Where thou makest it to rest at noon:
    ¶ For why should I be as one that is veiled
    ¶ Beside the flocks of thy companions?
  8. ¶ 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.
  9. ¶ I have compared thee, O [d]my love,
    [e]To a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.
  10. ¶ Thy cheeks are comely with plaits of hair,
    ¶ Thy neck with strings of jewels.
  11. ¶ We will make thee plaits of gold
    ¶ With studs of silver.
  12. ¶ While the king sat at his table,
    ¶ My spikenard sent forth its fragrance.
  13. ¶ My beloved is unto me as a [f]bundle of myrrh,
    ¶ That lieth betwixt my breasts.
  14. ¶ My beloved is unto me as a cluster of [g]henna-flowers
    ¶ In the vineyards of En-gedi.
  15. ¶ Behold, thou art fair, my love;
    ¶ Behold thou art fair;
    [h]Thine eyes are as doves.
  16. ¶ Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant:
    ¶ Also our couch is green.
  17. ¶ The beams of our [i]house are [j]cedars,
    And our rafters are [k]firs.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, maidens
  2. ^ Or, In uprightness
  3. ^ Or, looked upon
  4. ^ Or, my friend (and so throughout)
  5. ^ Or, To the steeds. Or, To my steed
  6. ^ Or, bag
  7. ^ Hebrew copher.
  8. ^ Or, Thou hast doves’ eyes
  9. ^ Or, houses
  10. ^ Or, of cedar . . . of fir
  11. ^ Or, cypresses

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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