Chapter 1
The song of songs, which is Solomon's.
song
Psalms 14:1 *title; Isaiah 5:1
Solomon's
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
him
5:16 8:1 Genesis 27:26,27 29:11 45:15 Psalms 2:12 Luke 15:20 Acts 21:7 1 Peter 5:14
thy love
Heb. thy loves.
4 2:4 4:10 7:6,9,12 8:2 Psalms 36:7 63:3-5 Isaiah 25:6 55:1,2 Matthew 26:26
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
the savour
3:6 4:10 5:5,13 Exodus 30:23-28 Psalms 45:7,8 133:2 Proverbs 27:9 Ecclesiastes 7:1 Isaiah 61:3 John 12:3 2 Corinthians 2:14-16 Philippians 4:18
thy name
Exodus 33:12,19 34:5-7 Psalms 89:15,16 Isaiah 9:6,7 Jeremiah 23:5,6 Matthew 1:21-23 Philippians 2:9,10
the virgins
6:8 Psalms 45:14 Matthew 25:1 2 Corinthians 11:2 Revelation 14:4
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 remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
Draw
Jeremiah 31:3 Hosea 11:4 John 6:44 12:32 Philippians 2:12,13
we will
the king
2:3-5 3:4 Psalms 45:14,15 Matthew 25:10 John 14:2,3 Ephesians 2:6
we will be
Psalms 98:4-9 149:2 Isaiah 25:8 45:25 61:3 Zephaniah 3:14 Zechariah 9:9 Luke 2:10 Philippians 3:3 4:4 1 Peter 1:8
remember
2 Psalms 42:4 48:9 63:5 103:1,2 111:4 Isaiah 63:7 Luke 22:19 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
the upright love thee
or, they love thee uprightly.
3 John 21:15-17 Ephesians 6:24
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
black
Isaiah 53:2 Matthew 10:25 1 Corinthians 4:10-13 1 John 3:1
comely
Psalms 90:17 149:4 Isaiah 61:10 Ezekiel 16:14 Matthew 22:11 Luke 15:22 Romans 13:14 2 Corinthians 5:21 Ephesians 5:26
O ye
Psalms 45:9 Luke 13:34 Galatians 4:26
as the tents
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.
Look
because
Job 30:30 Jeremiah 8:21 Lamentations 4:8 Mark 4:6 Acts 14:22
my mother's
Psalms 69:8 Jeremiah 12:6 Micah 7:6 Matthew 10:22,25,35,36 Luke 12:51-53 Galatians 4:29
keeper
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?
O thou
2:3 3:1-4 5:8,10,16 Psalms 18:1 116:1 Isaiah 5:1 26:9 Matthew 10:37 John 21:17 1 Peter 1:8 2:7
thou feedest
Genesis 37:16 Psalms 23:1,2 80:1 Isaiah 40:11 Micah 5:4 John 10:11,28,29 Revelation 7:17
for
1 Samuel 12:20,21 Psalms 28:1 John 6:67-69 1 John 2:19
turneth aside
or, is veiled.
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.
O thou
15 2:10 4:1,7,10 5:9 6:1,4-10 7:1-13 Psalms 16:3 45:11,13 Ephesians 5:27 Revelation 19:7,8
go
Proverbs 8:34 Jeremiah 6:16 1 Corinthians 11:1 Hebrews 6:12 11:4-40 13:7 James 2:21,25 James 5:10 1 Peter 3:6
feed
I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
O my
2:2,10,13 4:1,7 5:2 6:4 John 15:14,15
to a
1 Kings 10:28 2 Chronicles 1:14-17 Isaiah 31:1
Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
thy cheeks
Genesis 24:22,47 Isaiah 3:18-21 Ezekiel 16:11-13 2 Peter 1:3,4
thy neck
4:9 Genesis 41:42 Numbers 31:50 Proverbs 1:9 1 Peter 3:4
We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
8:9 Genesis 1:26 Psalms 149:4 Ephesians 5:25-27 Philippians 3:21
While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
the king
7:5 Psalms 45:1 Matthew 22:11 25:34
sitteth
4:16 Matthew 22:4 26:26-28 Luke 24:30-32 Revelation 3:20
my
4:13-16 John 12:3 Philippians 4:18 Revelation 8:3,4
A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
bundle
4:6,14 5:1,5,13 Genesis 43:11 Psalms 45:8 John 19:39
he shall
My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.
beloved
camphire
or, cypress.
4:13,14 Joshua 15:62 1 Samuel 23:29 24:1
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.
thou art fair
my love
or, my companion.
thou hast
4:1 5:12 2 Corinthians 11:2,3 Ephesians 1:17,18
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
thou art
2:3 5:10-16 Psalms 45:2 Zechariah 9:17 Philippians 3:8,9 Revelation 5:11-13
also
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
beams
8:9 2 Chronicles 2:8,9 Psalms 92:12 1 Timothy 3:15,16 Hebrews 11:10 1 Peter 2:4,5
rafters
or, galleries.