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I compare you, (A)my love,
    to (B)a mare among Pharaoh's chariots.

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He

I liken you, my darling, to a mare
    among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.(A)

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I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

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He

As a lily among brambles,
    so is (A)my love among the young women.

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He

Like a lily among thorns
    is my darling among the young women.

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As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

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10 My beloved speaks and says to me:
(A)“Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
    and come away,

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10 My beloved spoke and said to me,
    “Arise, my darling,
    my beautiful one, come with me.

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10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

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13 (A)The fig tree ripens its figs,
    and (B)the vines are in blossom;
    they give forth fragrance.
(C)Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
    and come away.

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13 The fig tree forms its early fruit;(A)
    the blossoming(B) vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
    my beautiful one, come with me.”

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13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

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Solomon Admires His Bride's Beauty

He

Behold, (A)you are beautiful, my love,
    behold, you are beautiful!
(B)Your eyes are doves
    (C)behind your veil.
(D)Your hair is like a flock of goats
    leaping down (E)the slopes of Gilead.

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He

How beautiful you are, my darling!
    Oh, how beautiful!
    Your eyes behind your veil(A) are doves.(B)
Your hair is like a flock of goats
    descending from the hills of Gilead.(C)

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Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

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(A)You are altogether beautiful, my love;
    there is no (B)flaw in you.

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You are altogether beautiful,(A) my darling;
    there is no flaw(B) in you.

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Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.

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The Bride Searches for Her Beloved

She

I slept, but my heart was awake.
A sound! My beloved is (A)knocking.
“Open to me, my (B)sister, my (C)love,
    my (D)dove, my (E)perfect one,
for my head is wet with dew,
    my (F)locks with the drops of the night.”

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She

I slept but my heart was awake.
    Listen! My beloved is knocking:
“Open to me, my sister, my darling,
    my dove,(A) my flawless(B) one.(C)
My head is drenched with dew,
    my hair with the dampness of the night.”

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I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

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Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other

He

You are beautiful as (A)Tirzah, (B)my love,
    (C)lovely as (D)Jerusalem,
    (E)awesome as an army with banners.

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He

You are as beautiful as Tirzah,(A) my darling,
    as lovely as Jerusalem,(B)
    as majestic as troops with banners.(C)

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Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

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