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The Bride Confesses Her Love

Song of Songs 1:1

In 9 translations

BSB
This is Solomon’s Song of Songs.Most translators add subheadings for speaker identifications such as The Bride, The Groom, and The Friends based on the gender and number of the Hebrew words.
KJV
The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
WEB
The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
ASV
The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
LSV
The Song of Songs, that [is] of Solomon.
YLT
The Song of Songs, that [is] Solomon's.
DBY
The song of songs, which is Solomon's.
JPS
THE SONG of songs, which is Solomon's.
LXXE
The Song of songs, which is Solomon's.

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Original-language editions

WLC
שִׁ֥יר הַשִּׁירִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִשְׁלֹמֹֽה׃
LXX-Br
ἌΣΜΑ ᾀσμάτων, ὅ ἐστι Σαλωμών.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 5:1I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
  • 1 Kings 4:32Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.
  • Psalms 14:1The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.

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