| Ca 1:1 | The church's love unto Christ. |
| Ca 1:1 | ¶ The song1 of songs, which is Solomon's2. |
| Ca 1:2 | ¶ Let him3 kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love4 is better than wine. |
| Ca 1:3 | Because of the savour5 of thy good ointments thy name6 is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins7 love thee. |
Ca 1:4
•ATTRACTION, DIVINE | Draw8 me, we will9 run after thee: the king10 hath brought me into his chambers: we will be11 glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember12 thy love more than wine: the upright love thee13. |
| Ca 1:5 | She confesses her deformity, |
Ca 1:5
Kedar
Jerusalem | I am black14, but comely15, O ye16 daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents17 of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. |
Ca 1:6
•BUSINESS LIFE
•FAITHFULNESS-UNFAITHFULNESS | Look18 not upon me, because19 I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's20 children were angry with me; they made me the keeper21 of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. |
| Ca 1:7 | and prays to be directed to his flock. |
| Ca 1:7 | ¶ Tell me, O thou22 whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest23, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for24 why should I be as one that turneth aside25 by the flocks of thy companions? |
| Ca 1:8 | Christ directs her to the shepherd's tents; |
| Ca 1:8 | If thou know not, O thou26 fairest among women, go27 thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed28 thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. |
| Ca 1:9 | and shewing his love to her, |
| Ca 1:9 | I have compared thee, O my29 love, to a30 company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. |
Ca 1:10
•ADORNING, PHYSICAL-SPIRITUAL | ¶ Thy cheeks31 are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck32 with chains of gold. |
| Ca 1:11 | gives her gracious promises. |
| Ca 1:11 | 33We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. |
| Ca 1:12 | The church and Christ congratulate one another. |
| Ca 1:12 | ¶ While the king34 sitteth35 at his table, my36 spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. |
| Ca 1:13 | A bundle37 of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall38 lie all night betwixt my breasts. |
Ca 1:14
•EN-GEDI
Engedi | My beloved39 is unto me as a cluster of camphire40 in the vineyards of Engedi41. |
| Ca 1:15 | Behold, thou art fair42, my love43; behold, thou art fair; thou hast44 doves' eyes. |
| Ca 1:16 | Behold, thou art45 fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also46 our bed is green. |
| Ca 1:17 | The beams47 of our house are cedar, and our rafters48 of fir. |
