OET-RV GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOB JOS JDG RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG JOEL MIC ISA ZEP HAB JER LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBA DAN EZE EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR DNG GES LES ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAO PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
SNG Intro C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8
This OET Readers’ Version was designed to be used with the Literal Version alongside, so you won’t get the best understanding from this single viewpoint. This is still an early look into the drafted text of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check the text in advance before using in public.
1 The song to beat all songs by Shelomoh (Solomon).[ref]
1:2 The first song
The bride
2 Let him kiss me on the lips,
because your caresses are better than wine.
3 As for the fragrance of your perfumes—they’re good.
Your reputation is like fragrant oil
The bride
It’s right that they love you.
5 I am black but lovely, daughters of Yerushalem (Jerusalem),
Like Shelomoh’s (Solomon) palace curtains.
6 Don’t look at me, that I’m black.
My brothers were angry with me.
They forced me to look after our vineyards—
but I haven’t maintained my own vineyard.
7 Declare to me, you who my heart loves.
Where do you make your flocks lie down at noontime?
Why should I be like a woman who covers herself beside your companions’ flocks?
The groom
8 If you don’t know, most beautiful among women,
follow the footprints of the flock,
and graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.
to a mare walking among Par’oh’s (Pharaoh) stallions hitched to chariots.
