Song of Solomon 1:7-9

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She Speaks to Him

⁷I 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

⁸You are such a beautiful woman.
Surely you know what to do.
Go, follow the sheep.
Feed your young goats near the shepherds’ tents.

⁹My darling, you are more exciting to me
than any mare among the stallions^[b] pulling Pharaoh’s chariots.^[c]

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Footnotes

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