Song of Solomon 1

Song of Solomon 1 in full

King James Version, 17 verses. Tap a reference to link straight to a single verse.

1. Song 1:1

   The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.

2. Song 1:2

   Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

3. Song 1:3

   Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

4. Song 1:4

   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.

5. Song 1:5

   I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

6. Song 1:6

   Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

7. Song 1:7

   Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

8. Song 1:8

   If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.

9. Song 1:9

   I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.

10. Song 1:10

    Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.

11. Song 1:11

    We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.

12. Song 1:12

    While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

13. Song 1:13

    A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

14. Song 1:14

    My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En–gedi.

15. Song 1:15

    Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.

16. Song 1:16

    Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

17. Song 1:17

    The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

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Song of Solomon 1 is part of Song of Solomon, book 22 of the 66 in the King James Bible. Read the 8 chapters straight through, or search any word across all 66 books.