The Beloved

If you do not know, (A)O fairest among women,
[a]Follow in the footsteps of the flock,
And feed your little goats
Beside the shepherds’ tents.
I have compared you, (B)my love,
(C)To my filly among Pharaoh’s chariots.
10 (D)Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
Your neck with chains of gold.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 1:8 Lit. Go out

Friends

If you do not know, most beautiful of women,(A)
    follow the tracks of the sheep
and graze your young goats
    by the tents of the shepherds.

He

I liken you, my darling, to a mare
    among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.(B)
10 Your cheeks(C) are beautiful with earrings,
    your neck with strings of jewels.(D)

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