Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

SHELet him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! THEYFor better are thy caresses than wine:

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

Holman Bible

W Oh, that he would kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!
For your love is more delightful than wine.

International Standard Version

Let him kiss me over and over again! Your love is better than wine.

A Conservative Version

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for thy love is better than wine.

American Standard Version

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For thy love is better than wine.

Amplified

(The Shulammite Bride)
“May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!” [Solomon arrives, she turns to him, saying,]
“For your love is better than wine.

Bible in Basic English

Let him give me the kisses of his mouth: for his love is better than wine.

Darby Translation

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For thy love is better than wine.

Julia Smith Translation

He shall kiss me from the kisses of his mouth: for thy good breasts are above wine.

King James 2000

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for your love is better than wine.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{May you kiss me} {passionately with your lips}, for your love [is] better than wine.

Modern King James verseion

Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth; for Your love is better than wine.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For thy love is more pleasant than wine,

NET Bible

The Beloved to Her Lover: Oh, how I wish you would kiss me passionately! For your lovemaking is more delightful than wine.

New Heart English Bible

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.

Webster

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

World English Bible

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.

Youngs Literal Translation

Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, For better are thy loves than wine.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נשׁק 
Nashaq 
Usage: 35

me with the kisses
נשׁיקה 
N@shiyqah 
Usage: 2

דּד דּוד 
Dowd 
Usage: 61

Verse Info

Context Readings

Maiden's Soliloquy

1 The Song of Songs, which pertaineth to Solomon. 2 SHELet him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! THEYFor better are thy caresses than wine: 3 Like the fragrance of thy precious oils, Oil poured out, is thy name, For this cause, virgins love thee.

Cross References

Song of Songs 4:10

How beautiful are thy caresses, my sister, bride, - how much more delightful thy caresses, than wine, and the fragrance of thine oils, than all spices:

Psalm 63:3-5

Because better is thy lovingkindness than life, My lips, aloud shall praise thee!

Song of Songs 1:4

SHEDraw me! THEYAfter thee, will we run! SHEThe king, hath brought me, into his chambers. THEYWe will exult and rejoice in thee, we will mention thy caresses, beyond wine, Sincerely they love thee.

Genesis 27:26-27

Then Isaac his father said unto him, - Come thou near I pray thee and kiss me my son.

Genesis 29:11

And Jacob kissed Rachel, - and lifted up his voice, and wept.

Genesis 45:15

Then kissed he all his brethren, and wept upon them, - and, thereafter, his brethren spake with him.

Psalm 2:12

Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish by the way, for soon might be kindled his anger, - How happy are all who seek refuge in him!

Psalm 36:7

How precious thy lovingkindness, O God, - Therefore, the sons of men, under the shadow of thy wings, seek refuge:

Song of Songs 2:4

He hath brought me into the house of wine, and, his banner over me, is love.

Song of Songs 5:16

His mouth, most sweet, yea, altogether, he is delightful, - This, is my beloved, yea, this, is my dear one, ye daughters of Jerusalem.

Song of Songs 7:6

HEHow beautiful, and how delightful, O dear love, for delights:

Song of Songs 7:9

And, thy mouth, like good wine - SHEFlowing to my beloved smoothly, gliding over the lips of the sleeping.

Song of Songs 7:12

Let us get up early to the vineyards, Let us see whether the vine, hath burst forth, the blossom, hath opened, the pomegranates, have bloomed, - There, will I give my caresses to thee.

Song of Songs 8:1-2

Oh that thou hadst been a very brother to me, who had sucked the breasts of my own mother, - Had I found thee without, I had kissed thee, Yea, folk would not have despised me!

Isaiah 25:6

Then will Yahweh of hosts prepare for all the peoples in this mountain, A banquet of fat things, A banquet of old wines, - Of fat things full of marrow, Of old wines well refined;

Isaiah 55:1-2

Ho! every one that thirsteth! Come ye to the waters, Yea he that hath no money, - Come ye - buy corn, and eat, Yea come - buy corn without money, And without price, wine and milk,

Matthew 26:26

And, as they were eating, Jesus, taking a loaf and blessing, brake, - and, giving to his disciples, said - Take, eat! This, is, my body.

Luke 15:20

Now, while yet he was holding afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and, running, fell upon his neck, and tenderly kissed him.

Acts 21:7

And, we, finishing the voyage from Tyre, reached Ptolemais, and, saluting the brethren, abode one day with them;

1 Peter 5:14

Salute ye one another with a kiss of love. Peace unto you all who are in Christ.

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