# Song of Solomon 1 ## Song of Solomon 1:1 - [KJV] The song of songs, which *is* Solomon's. - [ASV] The Song of songs, which is Solomon's. - [YLT] The Song of Songs, that *is* Solomon's. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 1:1 - ## Song of Solomon 1:2 - [KJV] Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love *is* better than wine. - [ASV] Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For thy love is better than wine. - [YLT] Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, For better *are* thy loves than wine. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 1:2 - ## Song of Solomon 1:3 - [KJV] Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name *is as* ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. - [ASV] Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is *as* oil poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love thee. - [YLT] For fragrance *are* thy perfumes good. Perfume emptied out -- thy name, Therefore have virgins loved thee! ### Notes on Song of Solomon 1:3 - ## Song of Solomon 1:4 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] 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: Rightly do they love thee. - [YLT] 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! ### Notes on Song of Solomon 1:4 - ## Song of Solomon 1:5 - [KJV] I *am* black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. - [ASV] I am black, but comely, Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon. - [YLT] Dark *am* I, and comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 1:5 - ## Song of Solomon 1:6 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, Because the sun hath 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. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 1:6 - ## Song of Solomon 1:7 - [KJV] 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? - [ASV] 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? - [YLT] 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? ### Notes on Song of Solomon 1:7 - ## Song of Solomon 1:8 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] 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! ### Notes on Song of Solomon 1:8 - ## Song of Solomon 1:9 - [KJV] I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. - [ASV] I have compared thee, O my love, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots. - [YLT] To my joyous one in chariots of Pharaoh, I have compared thee, my friend, ### Notes on Song of Solomon 1:9 - ## Song of Solomon 1:10 - [KJV] Thy cheeks are comely with rows *of jewels*, thy neck with chains *of gold*. - [ASV] Thy cheeks are comely with plaits *of hair*, Thy neck with strings of jewels. - [YLT] Comely have been thy cheeks with garlands, Thy neck with chains. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 1:10 - ## Song of Solomon 1:11 - [KJV] We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. - [ASV] We will make thee plaits of gold With studs of silver. - [YLT] Garlands of gold we do make for thee, With studs of silver! ### Notes on Song of Solomon 1:11 - ## Song of Solomon 1:12 - [KJV] While the king *sitteth* at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. - [ASV] While the king sat at his table, My spikenard sent forth its fragrance. - [YLT] While the king *is* in his circle, My spikenard hath given its fragrance. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 1:12 - ## Song of Solomon 1:13 - [KJV] A bundle of myrrh *is* my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. - [ASV] My beloved is unto me *as* a bundle of myrrh, That lieth betwixt my breasts. - [YLT] A bundle of myrrh *is* my beloved to me, Between my breasts it lodgeth. ### Notes on Song of Solomon 1:13 - ## Song of Solomon 1:14 - [KJV] My beloved *is* unto me *as* a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi. - [ASV] My beloved is unto me *as* a cluster of henna-flowers In the vineyards of En-gedi. - [YLT] A cluster of cypress *is* my beloved to me, In the vineyards of En-Gedi! ### Notes on Song of Solomon 1:14 - ## Song of Solomon 1:15 - [KJV] Behold, thou *art* fair, my love; behold, thou *art* fair; thou *hast* doves' eyes. - [ASV] Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold thou art fair; Thine eyes are *as* doves. - [YLT] Lo, thou *art* fair, my friend, Lo, thou *art* fair, thine eyes *are* doves! ### Notes on Song of Solomon 1:15 - ## Song of Solomon 1:16 - [KJV] Behold, thou *art* fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed *is* green. - [ASV] Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: Also our couch is green. - [YLT] Lo, thou *art* fair, my love, yea, pleasant, Yea, our couch *is* green, ### Notes on Song of Solomon 1:16 - ## Song of Solomon 1:17 - [KJV] The beams of our house *are* cedar, *and* our rafters of fir. - [ASV] The beams of our house are cedars, *And* our rafters are firs. - [YLT] The beams of our houses *are* cedars, Our rafters *are* firs, I *am* a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys! ### Notes on Song of Solomon 1:17 -