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She Speaks to Him

I love you with all my soul!
    Tell me, where do you feed your sheep?
    Where do you lay them down at noon?
I should come to be with you
    or I will be like a hired woman[a] caring for the sheep of your friends.

He Speaks to Her

You are such a beautiful woman.
    Surely you know what to do.
Go, follow the sheep.
    Feed your young goats near the shepherds’ tents.

My darling, you are more exciting to me
    than any mare among the stallions[b] pulling Pharaoh’s chariots.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 1:7 hired woman Or “a woman wearing a veil.” This might mean a prostitute.
  2. Song of Solomon 1:9 mare … stallions Female and male horses. Only male horses were used to pull chariots.
  3. Song of Solomon 1:9 Literally, “To a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots I compare you, my darling.”

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