KJV King James Version
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love [is] better than wine.
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Song of Solomon 1:2
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love [is] better than wine.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.
WEB World English Bible
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.
ASV American Standard Version
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For thy love is better than wine.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, For better are thy loves than wine.
Surrounding context — Song of Solomon 1
1 The song of songs, which [is] Solomon’s.
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love [is] better than wine.
3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
4 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.
5 I [am] black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
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Cross-references
Song of Solomon 4:10How fair is thy love, my sister, [my] spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!Song of Solomon 1:4Draw 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.Psalm 36:7How excellent [is] thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.Psalm 63:3-5Because thy lovingkindness [is] better than life, my lips shall praise thee.Isaiah 55:1-2Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.Luke 15:20And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.Song of Solomon 7:9And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth [down] sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.Matthew 26:26And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed [it], and brake [it], and gave [it] to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.Song of Solomon 7:12Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, [whether] the tender grape appear, [and] the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.Song of Solomon 8:1-2O that thou [wert] as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! [when] I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.Song of Solomon 2:4He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me [was] love.Psalm 2:12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish [from] the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed [are] all they that put their trust in him.Isaiah 25:6And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.Song of Solomon 5:16His mouth [is] most sweet: yea, he [is] altogether lovely. This [is] my beloved, and this [is] my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.Song of Solomon 7:6How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!Acts 21:7And when we had finished [our] course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.1 Peter 5:14Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace [be] with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.Genesis 45:15Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.
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