You are as exciting, my darling, as a mare among Pharaoh’s stallions.

我的佳偶，我将你比法老车上套的骏马。

我的佳偶，你好比法老战车上的骏马。

我的佳偶，你好比法老战车上的骏马。

我的爱人啊，你好比法老战车上套的牝马，引人注目。

我的佳偶啊！我把你比作套在法老车上的骏马。

我的佳偶，我將你比法老車上套的駿馬。

我的佳偶，你好比法老戰車上的駿馬。

我的佳偶，你好比法老戰車上的駿馬。

我的愛人啊，你好比法老戰車上套的牝馬，引人注目。

我的佳偶啊！我把你比作套在法老車上的駿馬。

我的愛侶啊，我將你比作法老車上套的駿馬。

所羅門曰我之嘉偶、我視爾若法老駕車之駿馬、

其良人曰、我視愛妃、若法老駕車之馬、

我之佳耦、我視爾如法老駕車之駿馬、

I liken you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.

“ You are my love. You are like a mare among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.

I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

“ To me, my darling, you are like My mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.

I have compared you, my love, To my filly among Pharaoh’s chariots.

I have compared thee, O my love, To a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.

I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.

O my beloved, you are like a mare among Pharaoh’s stallions.

I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.

The fig trees are forming young fruit, and the fragrant grapevines are blossoming. Rise up, my darling! Come away with me, my fair one!”

My lover said to me,“ Rise up, my darling! Come away with me, my fair one!

Like a lily among thistles is my darling among young women.

You are my friends if you do what I command.I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me.

I slept, but my heart was awake, when I heard my lover knocking and calling:“ Open to me, my treasure, my darling, my dove, my perfect one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”

What sorrow awaits those who look to Egypt for help, trusting their horses, chariots, and charioteers and depending on the strength of human armies instead of looking to the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

You are beautiful, my darling, beautiful beyond words. Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair falls in waves, like a flock of goats winding down the slopes of Gilead.

You are altogether beautiful, my darling, beautiful in every way.

How beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.

Solomon built up a huge force of chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He stationed some of them in the chariot cities and some near him in Jerusalem.The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah.Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Cilicia; the king’s traders acquired them from Cilicia at the standard price.At that time chariots from Egypt could be purchased for 600 pieces of silver, and horses for 150 pieces of silver. They were then exported to the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

You are beautiful, my darling, like the lovely city of Tirzah. Yes, as beautiful as Jerusalem, as majestic as an army with billowing banners.

Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Cilicia; the king’s traders acquired them from Cilicia at the standard price.