The Song of Solomon 1
- 1The song of songs, which is Solomon's.
- 2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth. For your love is better than wine.
- 3Because of the aroma of your good ointments your name is as ointment poured out. Therefore the virgins love you.
- 4Draw me, we will run after you. The king has brought me into his rooms. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will remember your love more than wine. The upright love you.
- 5I am black, but beautiful, O you daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
- 6Do not look at me, because I am black, because the sun has looked at me. My mother's children were angry with me. They made me the keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept.
- 7Tell me, O you my soul loves, where you feed, where you make your flock to rest at noon. For why should I be as one who turns aside by the flocks of your companions?
- 8If you do not know, O you fairest among women, follow the tracks of the flock, and feed your kids beside the shepherds' tents.
- 9I have compared you, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
- 10Your cheeks are beautiful with rows of jewels, your neck with chains of gold.
- 11We will make you borders of gold with studs of silver.
- 12While the king sits at his table, my pure nard perfume sends out its smell.
- 13A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved to me. He shall lie all night between my breasts.
- 14My beloved is to me as a cluster of henna in the vineyards of Engedi.
- 15You are fair, my love. You are fair. You have doves' eyes.
- 16You are fair, my beloved, yes, pleasant. Also our bed is green.
- 17The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of The Song of Solomon 1 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVLet him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
GIGAKJVLet him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth. For your love is better than wine.
KJVBecause of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
GIGAKJVBecause of the aroma of your good ointments your name is as ointment poured out. Therefore the virgins love you.
KJVDraw 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.
GIGAKJVDraw me, we will run after you. The king has brought me into his rooms. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will remember your love more than wine. The upright love you.
KJVI am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
GIGAKJVI am black, but beautiful, O you daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
KJVLook 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.
GIGAKJVDo not look at me, because I am black, because the sun has looked at me. My mother's children were angry with me. They made me the keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept.
KJVTell 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?
GIGAKJVTell me, O you my soul loves, where you feed, where you make your flock to rest at noon. For why should I be as one who turns aside by the flocks of your companions?
KJVIf 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.
GIGAKJVIf you do not know, O you fairest among women, follow the tracks of the flock, and feed your kids beside the shepherds' tents.
KJVI have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
GIGAKJVI have compared you, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
KJVThy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
GIGAKJVYour cheeks are beautiful with rows of jewels, your neck with chains of gold.
KJVWe will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
GIGAKJVWe will make you borders of gold with studs of silver.
KJVWhile the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
GIGAKJVWhile the king sits at his table, my pure nard perfume sends out its smell.
KJVA bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
GIGAKJVA bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved to me. He shall lie all night between my breasts.
KJVMy beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.
GIGAKJVMy beloved is to me as a cluster of henna in the vineyards of Engedi.
KJVBehold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.
GIGAKJVYou are fair, my love. You are fair. You have doves' eyes.
KJVBehold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
GIGAKJVYou are fair, my beloved, yes, pleasant. Also our bed is green.
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