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Song of Solomon 1:4–5

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4“Draw me after you and let us run together!

The aking has brought me into his chambers.”

“1We will rejoice in you and be glad;

We will 2extol your blove more than wine.

Rightly do they love you.”

5“1I am black but alovely,

O bdaughters of Jerusalem,

Like the ctents of dKedar,

Like the curtains of Solomon.

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Song of Solomon 1:4: Draw me after you; let us run. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you.

Footnotes

  1. 1CHORUS
  2. 2Lit make remembrance of
  3. 1BRIDE

Cross references

  1. aPs 45:14, 15
  2. bSong 1:4; 4:10
  3. aSong 2:14; 4:3; 6:4
  4. bSong 2:7; 3:5, 10; 5:8, 16; 8:4
  5. cPs 120:5
  6. dIs 60:7

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Draw me after you; let us run.

The king has brought me into his chambers.

We will exult and rejoice in you;

we will extol your love more than wine;

rightly do they love you.

I am very dark, but lovely,

O daughters of Jerusalem,

like the tents of Kedar,

like the curtains of Solomon.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Take me away with you—let us hurry!

Let the king bring me into his chambers.

We rejoice and delight in you;

we will praise your love more than wine.

How right they are to adore you!

Dark am I, yet lovely,

daughters of Jerusalem,

dark like the tents of Kedar,

like the tent curtains of Solomon.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Take me with you—let’s hurry.

Oh, that the king would bring me to his chambers.

We will rejoice and be glad in you;

we will celebrate your caresses more than wine.

It is only right that they adore you.

Daughters of Jerusalem,

I am dark like the tents of Kedar,

yet lovely like the curtains of Solomon.

NLTNew Living Translation

Take me with you; come, let’s run!

The king has brought me into his bedroom.

How happy we are for you, O king.

We praise your love even more than wine.

How right they are to adore you.

I am dark but beautiful,

O women of Jerusalem—

dark as the tents of Kedar,

dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Draw me after you, let us run!

May the king bring me into his chambers!

Let us be joyful and let us rejoice in you;

let us extol your love more than wine.

Rightly do they love you!

I am black but beautiful, O maidens of Jerusalem,

like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,

As the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.