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The Bride

Song of Songs 1:2

In 11 translations

BSB
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.
KJV
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.thy…: Heb. thy loves
WEB
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.
ASV
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For thy love is better than wine.
LSV
Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, || For better [are] your loves than wine.
YLT
Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, For better [are] thy loves than wine.
DBY
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For thy love is better than wine.
DRC1:1
Let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine,
GNV1:1
Let him kisse me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy loue is better then wine.
JPS
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth — for thy love is better than wine.
LXXE
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
יִשָּׁקֵ֨נִי֙ מִנְּשִׁיק֣וֹת פִּ֔יהוּ כִּֽי־טוֹבִ֥ים דֹּדֶ֖יךָ מִיָּֽיִן׃
LXX-Br
Φιλησάτω με ἀπὸ φιλημάτων στόματος αὐτοῦ· ὅτι ἀγαθοὶ μαστοί σου ὑπὲρ οἶνον, καὶ ὀσμὴ μύρων σου ὑπὲρ πάντα τὰ ἀρώματα·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Song of Songs 4:10How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.
  • Song of Songs 1:4Take 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.
  • Psalms 36:7How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
  • Psalms 63:3–5Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You. So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands. My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips…
  • Isaiah 55:1–2“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost! Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that…
  • Luke 15:20So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
  • Matthew 26:26While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”
  • Song of Songs 7:9and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.
  • Song of Songs 2:4He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love.
  • Psalms 2:12Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
  • Isaiah 25:6On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
  • Song of Songs 8:1–2O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me. I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I…
  • Song of Songs 7:12Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom— there I will give you my love.
  • Song of Songs 7:6How fair and pleasant you are, O love, with your delights!
  • Song of Songs 5:16His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
  • Acts 21:7When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 1:1 in some Bibles
  • 1:2 in most Bibles

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