Song of Songs
Old Testament · 8 chapters · 118 verses
Every chapter of Song of Songs is given below in Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX) — 118 verses in 8 chapters — each with the Greek text of the Septuagint in parallel and the translator's notes to the printed edition.
1 Church Father comments on Song of Songs in this edition: Saint Methodius of Olympus. Their commentary appears on the chapter it explains.
Chapters
Chapter by Chapter
- Song of Songs 1 The Song of songs, which is Solomon's.
- Song of Songs 2 I am a flower of the plain, a lily of the valleys.
- Song of Songs 3 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he listened not to me.
- Song of Songs 4 Behold, you are fair, my companion; behold, you are fair; your eyes are doves, beside your veil: your hair is as flocks of goats, that have appeared…
- Song of Songs 5 Let my kinsman come down into his garden, and eat the fruit of his choice berries. I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my…
- Song of Songs 6 My kinsman is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spice, to feed his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
- Song of Songs 7 Your steps are beautiful in shoes, O daughter of the prince: the joints of your thighs are like chains, the work of the craftsman.
- Song of Songs 8 I would that you, O my kinsman, were he that sucked the breasts of my mother; when I found you without, I would kiss you; yes, they should not…