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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Solomon&#8217;s Song of Songs.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">The main male and female speakers (identified primarily on the basis of the gender of the relevant Hebrew forms) are indicated by the captions </span></span><span class="fqa"><span class="heading">He </span></span><span class="ft"><span class="heading">and </span></span><span class="fqa"><span class="heading">She </span></span><span class="ft"><span class="heading">respectively. The words of others are marked </span></span><span class="fqa"><span class="heading">Friends. </span></span><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In some instances the divisions and their captions are debatable.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.1.2"><span class="content">for your love is more delightful than wine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.1.3"><span class="content">your name is like perfume poured out.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.1.3"><span class="content">No wonder the young women love you!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Take me away with you&#8212;let us hurry!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.1.4"><span class="content">Let the king bring me into his chambers.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">Friends</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.1.4"><span class="content">We rejoice and delight in you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is masculine singular.</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.1.4"><span class="content">we will praise your love more than wine.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.1.4"><span class="content">How right they are to adore you!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Dark am I, yet lovely,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.1.5"><span class="content">daughters of Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.1.5"><span class="content">dark like the tents of Kedar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.1.5"><span class="content">like the tent curtains of Solomon.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Salma</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not stare at me because I am dark,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.1.6"><span class="content">because I am darkened by the sun.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.1.6"><span class="content">My mother&#8217;s sons were angry with me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.1.6"><span class="content">and made me take care of the vineyards;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.1.6"><span class="content">my own vineyard I had to neglect.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Tell me, you whom I love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.1.7"><span class="content">where you graze your flock</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.1.7"><span class="content">and where you rest your sheep at midday.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.1.7"><span class="content">Why should I be like a veiled woman</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.1.7"><span class="content">beside the flocks of your friends?</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">Friends</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">If you do not know, most beautiful of women,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.1.8"><span class="content">follow the tracks of the sheep</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.1.8"><span class="content">and graze your young goats</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.1.8"><span class="content">by the tents of the shepherds.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">He</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I liken you, my darling, to a mare</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.1.9"><span class="content">among Pharaoh&#8217;s chariot horses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.1.10"><span class="content">your neck with strings of jewels.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">We will make you earrings of gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.1.11"><span class="content">studded with silver.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">While the king was at his table,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.1.12"><span class="content">my perfume spread its fragrance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.1.13"><span class="content">resting between my breasts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.1.14"><span class="content">from the vineyards of En Gedi.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">He</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">How beautiful you are, my darling!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.1.15"><span class="content">Oh, how beautiful!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.1.15"><span class="content">Your eyes are doves.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">How handsome you are, my beloved!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.1.16"><span class="content">Oh, how charming!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.1.16"><span class="content">And our bed is verdant.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">He</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="SNG.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The beams of our house are cedars;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="SNG.1.17"><span class="content">our rafters are firs.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">Or </span></span><span class="fqa"><span class="heading">He</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I am a rose</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="ft">Probably a member of the crocus family</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Sharon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.2.1"><span class="content">a lily of the valleys.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">He</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Like a lily among thorns</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.2.2"><span class="content">is my darling among the young women.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Like an apple</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:3 </span><span class="ft">Or possibly </span><span class="fqa">apricot</span><span class="ft">; here and elsewhere in Song of Songs</span></span></span><span class="content"> tree among the trees of the forest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.2.3"><span class="content">is my beloved among the young men.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.2.3"><span class="content">I delight to sit in his shade,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.2.3"><span class="content">and his fruit is sweet to my taste.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Let him lead me to the banquet hall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.2.4"><span class="content">and let his banner over me be love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Strengthen me with raisins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.2.5"><span class="content">refresh me with apples,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.2.5"><span class="content">for I am faint with love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">His left arm is under my head,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.2.6"><span class="content">and his right arm embraces me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.2.7"><span class="content">by the gazelles and by the does of the field:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.2.7"><span class="content">Do not arouse or awaken love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.2.7"><span class="content">until it so desires.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Listen! My beloved!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.2.8"><span class="content">Look! Here he comes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.2.8"><span class="content">leaping across the mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.2.8"><span class="content">bounding over the hills.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.2.9"><span class="content">Look! There he stands behind our wall,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.2.9"><span class="content">gazing through the windows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.2.9"><span class="content">peering through the lattice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My beloved spoke and said to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.2.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Arise, my darling,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.2.10"><span class="content">my beautiful one, come with me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">See! The winter is past;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.2.11"><span class="content">the rains are over and gone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Flowers appear on the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.2.12"><span class="content">the season of singing has come,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.2.12"><span class="content">the cooing of doves</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.2.12"><span class="content">is heard in our land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The fig tree forms its early fruit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.2.13"><span class="content">the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.2.13"><span class="content">Arise, come, my darling;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.2.13"><span class="content">my beautiful one, come with me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">He</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">My dove in the clefts of the rock,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.2.14"><span class="content">in the hiding places on the mountainside,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.2.14"><span class="content">show me your face,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.2.14"><span class="content">let me hear your voice;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.2.14"><span class="content">for your voice is sweet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.2.14"><span class="content">and your face is lovely.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Catch for us the foxes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.2.15"><span class="content">the little foxes</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.2.15"><span class="content">that ruin the vineyards,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.2.15"><span class="content">our vineyards that are in bloom.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">My beloved is mine and I am his;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.2.16"><span class="content">he browses among the lilies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="SNG.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Until the day breaks</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="SNG.2.17"><span class="content">and the shadows flee,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="SNG.2.17"><span class="content">turn, my beloved,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="SNG.2.17"><span class="content">and be like a gazelle</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="SNG.2.17"><span class="content">or like a young stag</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="SNG.2.17"><span class="content">on the rugged hills.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the hills of Bether</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">All night long on my bed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.3.1"><span class="content">I looked for the one my heart loves;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.3.1"><span class="content">I looked for him but did not find him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will get up now and go about the city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.3.2"><span class="content">through its streets and squares;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.3.2"><span class="content">I will search for the one my heart loves.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.3.2"><span class="content">So I looked for him but did not find him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The watchmen found me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.3.3"><span class="content">as they made their rounds in the city.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.3.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Have you seen the one my heart loves?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Scarcely had I passed them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.3.4"><span class="content">when I found the one my heart loves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.3.4"><span class="content">I held him and would not let him go</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.3.4"><span class="content">till I had brought him to my mother&#8217;s house,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.3.4"><span class="content">to the room of the one who conceived me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.3.5"><span class="content">by the gazelles and by the does of the field:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.3.5"><span class="content">Do not arouse or awaken love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.3.5"><span class="content">until it so desires.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Who is this coming up from the wilderness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.3.6"><span class="content">like a column of smoke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.3.6"><span class="content">perfumed with myrrh and incense</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.3.6"><span class="content">made from all the spices of the merchant?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Look! It is Solomon&#8217;s carriage,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.3.7"><span class="content">escorted by sixty warriors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.3.7"><span class="content">the noblest of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">all of them wearing the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.3.8"><span class="content">all experienced in battle,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.3.8"><span class="content">each with his sword at his side,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.3.8"><span class="content">prepared for the terrors of the night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">King Solomon made for himself the carriage;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.3.9"><span class="content">he made it of wood from Lebanon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Its posts he made of silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.3.10"><span class="content">its base of gold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.3.10"><span class="content">Its seat was upholstered with purple,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.3.10"><span class="content">its interior inlaid with love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.3.10"><span class="content">Daughters of Jerusalem, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">come out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.3.11"><span class="content">and look, you daughters of Zion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.3.11"><span class="content">Look</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:10,11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">interior lovingly inlaid / by the daughters of Jerusalem. / </span><span class="fv">11 </span><span class="fqa">Come out, you daughters of Zion, / and look</span></span></span><span class="content"> on King Solomon wearing a crown,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.3.11"><span class="content">the crown with which his mother crowned him</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.3.11"><span class="content">on the day of his wedding,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.3.11"><span class="content">the day his heart rejoiced.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">He</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How beautiful you are, my darling!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.4.1"><span class="content">Oh, how beautiful!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.4.1"><span class="content">Your eyes behind your veil are doves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.4.1"><span class="content">Your hair is like a flock of goats</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.4.1"><span class="content">descending from the hills of Gilead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Your teeth are like a flock of sheep just shorn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.4.2"><span class="content">coming up from the washing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.4.2"><span class="content">Each has its twin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.4.2"><span class="content">not one of them is alone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.4.3"><span class="content">your mouth is lovely.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.4.3"><span class="content">Your temples behind your veil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.4.3"><span class="content">are like the halves of a pomegranate.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Your neck is like the tower of David,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.4.4"><span class="content">built with courses of stone</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:4 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.4.4"><span class="content">on it hang a thousand shields,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.4.4"><span class="content">all of them shields of warriors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Your breasts are like two fawns,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.4.5"><span class="content">like twin fawns of a gazelle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.4.5"><span class="content">that browse among the lilies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Until the day breaks</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.4.6"><span class="content">and the shadows flee,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.4.6"><span class="content">I will go to the mountain of myrrh</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.4.6"><span class="content">and to the hill of incense.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You are altogether beautiful, my darling;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.4.7"><span class="content">there is no flaw in you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.4.8"><span class="content">come with me from Lebanon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.4.8"><span class="content">Descend from the crest of Amana,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.4.8"><span class="content">from the top of Senir, the summit of Hermon,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.4.8"><span class="content">from the lions&#8217; dens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.4.8"><span class="content">and the mountain haunts of leopards.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.4.9"><span class="content">you have stolen my heart</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.4.9"><span class="content">with one glance of your eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.4.9"><span class="content">with one jewel of your necklace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.4.10"><span class="content">How much more pleasing is your love than wine,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.4.10"><span class="content">and the fragrance of your perfume</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.4.10"><span class="content">more than any spice!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.4.11"><span class="content">milk and honey are under your tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.4.11"><span class="content">The fragrance of your garments</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.4.11"><span class="content">is like the fragrance of Lebanon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.4.12"><span class="content">you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.4.13"><span class="content">with choice fruits,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.4.13"><span class="content">with henna and nard,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">nard and saffron,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.4.14"><span class="content">calamus and cinnamon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.4.14"><span class="content">with every kind of incense tree,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.4.14"><span class="content">with myrrh and aloes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.4.14"><span class="content">and all the finest spices.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You are</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">I am </span><span class="ft">(spoken by </span><span class="fqa">She</span><span class="ft">)</span></span></span><span class="content"> a garden fountain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.4.15"><span class="content">a well of flowing water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.4.15"><span class="content">streaming down from Lebanon.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Awake, north wind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.4.16"><span class="content">and come, south wind!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.4.16"><span class="content">Blow on my garden,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.4.16"><span class="content">that its fragrance may spread everywhere.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.4.16"><span class="content">Let my beloved come into his garden</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.4.16"><span class="content">and taste its choice fruits.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1JN.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father&#8212;Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1JN.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1JN.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1JN.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1JN.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Whoever says, &#8220;I know him,&#8221; but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1JN.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But if anyone obeys his word, love for God</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">word, God&#8217;s love</span></span></span><span class="content"> is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1JN.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1JN.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1JN.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1JN.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1JN.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1JN.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:9 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brother or sister </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphos</span>) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15, 17; 4:20; 5:16.</span></span></span><span class="content"> is still in the darkness. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1JN.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Anyone who loves their brother and sister</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:10 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brother and sister </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphos</span>) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in 3:10; 4:20, 21.</span></span></span><span class="content"> lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1JN.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Reasons for Writing</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1JN.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1JN.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I am writing to you, dear children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1JN.2.12"><span class="content">because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1JN.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I am writing to you, fathers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.2.13"><span class="content">because you know him who is from the beginning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.2.13"><span class="content">I am writing to you, young men,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.2.13"><span class="content">because you have overcome the evil one.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I write to you, dear children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">because you know the Father.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">I write to you, fathers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">because you know him who is from the beginning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">I write to you, young men,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">because you are strong,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">and the word of God lives in you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">and you have overcome the evil one.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">On Not Loving the World</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1JN.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">world, the Father&#8217;s love</span></span></span><span class="content"> is not in them. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1JN.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For everything in the world&#8212;the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life&#8212;comes not from the Father but from the world. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1JN.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warnings Against Denying the Son</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1JN.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1JN.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1JN.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1JN.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1JN.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:20 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">and you know all things</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1JN.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1JN.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist&#8212;denying the Father and the Son. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1JN.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1JN.2.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1JN.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1JN.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">And this is what he promised us&#8212;eternal life.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1JN.2.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1JN.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1JN.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit&#8212;just as it has taught you, remain in him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Children and Sin</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1JN.2.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1JN.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1JN.2.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1JN.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.</span></span></div>
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