Verse List for SNG 1:4

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B I ◄ ← Sng 1:4 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=The bride (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Take me with you—let’s run. ⇔ May the king has brought me to his bedroom. ⇔ Let’s be happy and celebrate with you. ⇔ We will praise your love more than wine. ⇔ It’s right that they love you.

OET-LV Draw_me after_you let _us _run he_has _brought _me the_king chambers _of_his let _us _be _glad and_let _us _rejoice on/over_you(fs) let _us _bring _to _remembrance love(s)_of_your more_than _wine uprightness(es) they_love _you.

ULT Draw me after you; let us run. ⇔ The king has brought me, to his bedroom. ⇔ Let us be glad and rejoice in you. ⇔ Let us profess your love more than wine; ⇔ rightly do they love you.

UST Take me quickly; ⇔  take me to your home. ⇔ He is like a king to me; ⇔  I desire him to bring me into his bedroom. ⇔ We are very happy about you; ⇔  we say that how you love is better than wine. ⇔  It is not surprising that the young women adore you.

BSB & MSB Take me away with you—let us hurry! ⇔  May the king bring me to his chambers. ⇔ We will rejoice and delight in you; ⇔  we will praise your love more than wine. ⇔ It is only right that they adore you.

OEB No OEB SNG book available

WEBBE & WMBB Take me away with you. ⇔  Let’s hurry. ⇔  The king has brought me into his rooms. ⇔ We will be glad and rejoice in you. ⇔  We will praise your love more than wine! ⇔ They are right to love you.

NET Draw me after you; let us hurry! ⇔ May the king bring me into his bedroom chambers! ⇔ We will rejoice and delight in you; ⇔ we will praise your love more than wine. ⇔ The Beloved to Her Lover: ⇔ How rightly the young women adore you!

LSV Draw me: we run after you,
The king has brought me into his inner chambers,
We delight and rejoice in you,
We mention your loves more than wine,
Uprightly they have loved you!

FBV Take me by the hand—let's run! (The king[fn] has brought me to his bedroom.) Let's be happy together and find pleasure in your love.[fn] Your love is far better than wine! Women are right to adore you so![fn]

T4T Take me quickly; ⇔  take me to your home. ⇔ It is as though you are my king; ⇔  take me into your room. ⇔ We are very happy [DOU] about you; ⇔  we say that your love for each other is better than wine. ⇔  It is not surprising that the other young women adore you.

LEB • Draw me after you, let us run!
  • May the king bring me into his chambers![fn]
• Let us be joyful and let us rejoice in you;
  • let us extol your love more than wine.
   • Rightly do they love you!

BBE Take me to you, and we will go after you: the king has taken me into his house. We will be glad and full of joy in you, we will give more thought to your love than to wine: rightly are they your lovers.

Moff but draw me to you--let us haste-- ⇔ bring me to your chamber, O my king, ⇔  and there let us thrill with delight; ⇔ caresses from you will be dearer than wine-- ⇔  no wonder girls adore you!

JPS 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 find thy love more fragrant than wine! sincerely do they love thee.

ASV 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 make mention of thy love more than of wine: ⇔ Rightly do they love thee.

DRA I am black but beautiful, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Cedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

YLT Draw me: after thee we run, The king hath brought me into his inner chambers, We do joy and rejoice in thee, We mention thy loves more than wine, Uprightly they have loved thee!

Drby 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. They love thee uprightly.

RV 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 make mention of thy love more than of wine: rightly do they love thee.
(Draw me; we will run after thee/you: the king hath/has brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee/you, we will make mention of thy/your love more than of wine: rightly do they love thee/you.)

SLT Draw me, we will run after thee: the king brought me to his chambers: we will exult and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy breasts above wine: the upright loved thee.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.[fn]
(Draw me, we will run after thee/you: the king hath/has brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee/you, we will remember thy/your love more than wine: the upright love thee/you.)

KJB-1611 Draw me, we will runne after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and reioyce in thee, we wil remember thy loue more then wine: [fn]the vpright loue thee.
(Draw me, we will run after thee/you: the king hath/has brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee/you, we will remember thy/your love more then wine: the upright love thee/you.)

Bshps Drawe thou me vnto thee we wyll runne after thee. The kyng hath brought me into his priuie chaumbers: We wylbe glad and reioyce in thee, we thinke more of thy loue then of wine: they that be righteous loue thee.
(Draw thou/you me unto thee/you we will run after thee/you. The king hath/has brought me into his privy/private chambers/rooms: We will be glad and rejoice in thee/you, we think more of thy/your love then of wine: they that be righteous love thee/you.)

Gnva I am blacke, O daughters of Ierusalem, but comely, as the tentes of Kedar, and as the curtaines of Salomon.
(I am black, Oh daughters of Yerusalem, but comely, as the tents of Kedar, and as the curtains of Solomon.)

Cvdl yee that same moueth me also to renne after the. The kynge hath brought me into his preuy chambre. We wil be glad & reioyce in the, we thynke more of thy brestes then of wyne: well is them that loue the.
(ye/you_all that same moveth/moves me also to run after them. The king hath/has brought me into his privy/private chamber/room. We will be glad and rejoice in them, we think more of thy/your breast/chests then of wine: well is them that love them.)

Wycl Ye douytris of Jerusalem, Y am blak, but fair, as the tabernaclis of Cedar, as the skynnes of Salomon.
(Ye/You_all daughters of Yerusalem, I am black, but fair, as the tabernacles/tents of Cedar, as the skins of Solomon.)

Luth Zeuch mich dir nach, so laufen wir. Der König führet mich in seine Kammer. Wir freuen uns und sind fröhlich über dir; wir gedenken an deine Liebe mehr denn an den Wein. Die Frommen lieben dich.
(stuff(v) me you/to_you(sg) after, so run(v) we/us. The king leads me in his chamber/room. We be_happy us/to_us/ourselves and are cheerful above you/to_you(sg); we/us commemorate at/to your love(n) more because/than at/to the wine. The pious/devout_(one) love(v) you/yourself.)

ClVg Sponsa Nigra sum, sed formosa, filiæ Jerusalem, sicut tabernacula Cedar, sicut pelles Salomonis.[fn]
(The_bride Nigra I_am, but beautiful, daughters Yerusalem, like shelters/tents cedar, like skins Salomonis.)

UHB מָשְׁכֵ֖⁠נִי אַחֲרֶ֣י⁠ךָ נָּר֑וּצָה הֱבִיאַ֨⁠נִי הַ⁠מֶּ֜לֶךְ חֲדָרָ֗י⁠ו נָגִ֤ילָה וְ⁠נִשְׂמְחָה֙ בָּ֔⁠ךְ נַזְכִּ֤ירָה דֹדֶ֨י⁠ךָ֙ מִ⁠יַּ֔יִן מֵישָׁרִ֖ים אֲהֵבֽוּ⁠ךָ׃ס ‡

BrLXX εἵλκυσάν σε· ὀπίσω σου εἰς ὀσμὴν μύρων σου δραμοῦμεν· εἰσήνεγκέ με ὁ βασιλεὺς εἰς τὸ ταμεῖον αὐτοῦ· ἀγαλλιασώμεθα καὶ εὐφρανθῶμεν ἐν σοί· ἀγαπήσομεν μαστούς σου ὑπὲρ οἶνον· εὐθύτης ἠγάπησέ σε.

BrTr They have drawn thee: we will run after thee, for the smell of thine ointments: the king has brought me into his closet: let us rejoice and be glad in thee; we will love thy breasts more than wine: righteousness loves thee.