Song of Solomon
8 chapter
Song of Solomon: The whole book, chapter by chapter
Song of Solomon 1
Song of Solomon 1 opens in verse 1 with “The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.”, reaches its middle movement near verse 9 with “I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.”, and closes in verse 17 with “The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.” Repeated or prominent terms include love, fair, beloved, black, comely. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
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Song of Solomon 2 opens in verse 1 with “I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.”, reaches its middle movement near verse 9 with “My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he…”, and closes in verse 17 with “Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe…” Repeated or prominent terms include beloved, love, voice, vines, countenance. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
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Song of Solomon 3 opens in verse 1 with “By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.”, reaches its middle movement near verse 6 with “Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh…”, and closes in verse 11 with “Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his…” Repeated or prominent terms include loveth, soul, daughters, sought, city. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
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Song of Solomon 4 opens in verse 1 with “Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy…”, reaches its middle movement near verse 8 with “Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana…”, and closes in verse 16 with “Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof…” Repeated or prominent terms include spouse, fair, Lebanon, love, garden. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
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Song of Solomon 5 opens in verse 1 with “I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice…”, reaches its middle movement near verse 8 with “I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I…”, and closes in verse 16 with “His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is…” Repeated or prominent terms include beloved, myrrh, sweet, gold, charge. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
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Song of Solomon 6 opens in verse 1 with “Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned…”, reaches its middle movement near verse 7 with “As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.”, and closes in verse 13 with “Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye…” Repeated or prominent terms include beloved, return, army, banners, concubines. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
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Song of Solomon 7 opens in verse 1 with “How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are…”, reaches its middle movement near verse 7 with “This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.”, and closes in verse 13 with “The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and…” Repeated or prominent terms include beloved, breasts, clusters, head, nose. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
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Song of Solomon 8 opens in verse 1 with “O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find…”, reaches its middle movement near verse 7 with “Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all…”, and closes in verse 14 with “Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains…” Repeated or prominent terms include love, breasts, vineyard, beloved, cause. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
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