Song of Solomon 1:1-2

New Life Version

1 The Song of Songs, the most beautiful of them all, which is Solomon’s.

The First Song

²“May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine.

1 Solomon’s Song of Songs.^(A)

²Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—
for your love^(B) is more delightful than wine.^(C)

Song of Songs 1:2 The main male and female speakers (identified primarily on the basis of the gender of the relevant Hebrew forms) are indicated by the captions He and She respectively. The words of others are marked Friends. In some instances the divisions and their captions are debatable.

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