American Standard Version (ASV):
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are [as] doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of mount Gilead.
King James Version (KJV):
Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair; thou [hast] doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair [is] as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Thy teeth are like a flock [of ewes] that are [newly] shorn, Which are come up from the washing, Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them.
King James Version (KJV):
Thy teeth [are] like a flock [of sheep that are even] shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none [is] barren among them.
American Standard Version (ASV):
He made the pillars thereof of silver, The bottom thereof of gold, the seat of it of purple, The midst thereof being paved with love, From the daughters of Jerusalem.
King James Version (KJV):
He made the pillars thereof [of] silver, the bottom thereof [of] gold, the covering of it [of] purple, the midst thereof being paved [with] love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon, With the crown wherewith his mother hath crowned him In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the gladness of his heart.
King James Version (KJV):
Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
American Standard Version (ASV):
They all handle the sword, [and] are expert in war: Every man hath his sword upon his thigh, Because of fear in the night.
King James Version (KJV):
They all hold swords, [being] expert in war: every man [hath] his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
American Standard Version (ASV):
King Solomon made himself a palanquin Of the wood of Lebanon.
King James Version (KJV):
King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant?
King James Version (KJV):
Who [is] this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
American Standard Version (ASV):
Behold, it is the litter of Solomon; Threescore mighty men are about it, Of the mighty men of Israel.
King James Version (KJV):
Behold his bed, which [is] Solomon’s; threescore valiant men [are] about it, of the valiant of Israel.
American Standard Version (ASV):
It was but a little that I passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother’s house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.
King James Version (KJV):
[It was] but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
American Standard Version (ASV):
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, Until he please.
King James Version (KJV):
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.