American Standard Version (ASV):
Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, Because the sun hath scorched me. My mother’s sons were incensed against me; They made me keeper of the vineyards; [But] mine own vineyard have I not kept.
King James Version (KJV):
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.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest [thy flock], Where thou makest [it] to rest at noon: For why should I be as one that is veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions?
King James Version (KJV):
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?
American Standard Version (ASV):
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 make mention of thy love more than of wine: Rightly do they love thee. [
King James Version (KJV):
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.
American Standard Version (ASV):
I am black, but comely, Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.
King James Version (KJV):
I [am] black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
American Standard Version (ASV):
The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
King James Version (KJV):
The song of songs, which [is] Solomon’s.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For thy love is better than wine.
King James Version (KJV):
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love [is] better than wine.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is [as] oil poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love thee.
King James Version (KJV):
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.