Song of Solomon 1:2
1 This is Solomon’s Song of Songs.
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.
3 The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
4 Take 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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- 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.
- DARBY
- Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For thy love is better than wine.
- BLB
- Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love [is] better than wine.
- ÅB
- Han kysser meg med kyss av sin munn! For din kjærlighet er bedre enn vin.
- OTB
- Må han kysse meg med kyssene fra sin munn! For din kjærlighet er mer behagelig enn vin.
- B1930
- Han kysser mig med kyss av sin munn! For din kjærlighet er bedre enn vin.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Song of Solomon 4:10
How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 1:4
Take 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.
Read in contextPsalms 36:7
How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
Read in contextPsalms 63:3–5
Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
Read in contextIsaiah 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!
Read in contextSong of Solomon 7:9
and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.
Read in contextLuke 15:20
So 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.
Read in contextMatthew 26:26
While 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.”
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