Thematic Bible
Song of Songs 1:1 (show verse)
The Song of Songs [the best of songs], which is Solomon’s.
No Themes for this verse.
Song of Songs 1:2 (show verse)
“May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!” [Solomon arrives, she turns to him, saying,]
“For your love is better than wine.
Song of Songs 1:3 (show verse)
“The aroma of your oils is fragrant and pleasing;
Your name is perfume poured out;
Therefore the maidens love you.
Song of Songs 1:4 (show verse)
“Draw me away with you and let us run together!
Let the king bring me into his chambers.”
Song of Songs 1:5 (show verse)
We will remember and extol your love more [sweet and fragrant] than wine.
Rightly do they love you.”(The Shulammite Bride)
“I am deeply tanned but lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
[I am dark] like the tents of [the Bedouins of] Kedar,
Like the [beautiful] curtains of Solomon.
Song of Songs 1:6 (show verse)
“Do not gaze at me because I am deeply tanned,
[I have worked in] the sun; it has left its mark on me.
My mother’s sons were angry with me;
They made me keeper of the vineyards,
But my own vineyard (my complexion) I have not kept.”
Business life » Vices found in, » Breach of trust
The sun » The rays of » Change the color of the skin
Unfaithfulness » Of men, warnings concerning
Vices » Found in business » Breach of trust
Vineyards » Members of the family often wrought in
Woman » Often engaged in » Agriculture
Woman » Of the poorer classes swarthy from exposure to the sun
Women » Kept vineyards
The sun » The rays of » Change the color of the skin
Unfaithfulness » Of men, warnings concerning
Vices » Found in business » Breach of trust
Vineyards » Members of the family often wrought in
Woman » Often engaged in » Agriculture
Woman » Of the poorer classes swarthy from exposure to the sun
Women » Kept vineyards
Song of Songs 1:7 (show verse)
“Tell me, O you whom my soul loves,
Where do you pasture your flock,
Where do you make it lie down at noon?
For why should I be like one who is veiled
Beside the flocks of your companions?”
Song of Songs 1:8 (show verse)
(The Bridegroom)
“If you do not know [where your lover is],
O you fairest among women,
Run along, follow the tracks of the flock,
And pasture your young goats
By the tents of the shepherds.
“If you do not know [where your lover is],
O you fairest among women,
Run along, follow the tracks of the flock,
And pasture your young goats
By the tents of the shepherds.
Song of Songs 1:9 (show verse)
“To me, my love, you are like
My [favorite] mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.
Song of Songs 1:10 (show verse)
“Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
Your neck with strings of jewels.”
Song of Songs 1:11 (show verse)
(The Chorus)
“We will make for you chains and ornaments of gold,
[Studded] with beads of silver.”
“We will make for you chains and ornaments of gold,
[Studded] with beads of silver.”
Song of Songs 1:12 (show verse)
(The Shulammite Bride)
“While the king was at his table,
My perfume (Solomon) sent forth [his] fragrance [surrounding me].
“While the king was at his table,
My perfume (Solomon) sent forth [his] fragrance [surrounding me].
Song of Songs 1:13 (show verse)
“My beloved is to me like a pouch of myrrh
Which lies all night between my breasts.
No Themes for this verse.
Song of Songs 1:14 (show verse)
“My beloved is to me a cluster of henna flowers
In the [fragrant] vineyards of
Song of Songs 1:15 (show verse)
(The Bridegroom)
“Behold, how beautiful you are, my darling,
Behold, how beautiful you are!
Your eyes are dove’s eyes.”
“Behold, how beautiful you are, my darling,
Behold, how beautiful you are!
Your eyes are dove’s eyes.”
Song of Songs 1:16 (show verse)
(The Shulammite Bride)
“Behold, how fair and handsome you are, my beloved;
And so delightful!
Our arbor is green and luxuriant.
“Behold, how fair and handsome you are, my beloved;
And so delightful!
Our arbor is green and luxuriant.
No Themes for this verse.
Song of Songs 1:17 (show verse)
“The beams of our houses are cedars,
Our rafters and panels are cypresses.