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Song of Solomon 1:3
Contemporary English Version

3     and you smell so sweet.
All the young women adore you;
the very mention of your name
    is like spreading perfume.
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Song of Songs 1:3
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3 Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;(A)
    your name(B) is like perfume poured out.
    No wonder the young women(C) love you!

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Song of Solomon 1:4
Contemporary English Version

4 Hurry, my king! Let's hurry.
    Take me to your home.

The Young Women Speak:

We are happy for you!
And we praise your love
    even more than wine.

She Speaks:

Young women of Jerusalem,
it is only right
    that you should adore him.

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Song of Songs 1:4
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4 Take me away with you—let us hurry!
    Let the king bring me into his chambers.(A)

Friends

We rejoice and delight(B) in you[a];
    we will praise your love(C) more than wine.

She

How right they are to adore you!

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 1:4 The Hebrew is masculine singular.
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