Song of Songs (Bible)

For works with similar titles, see Song of Songs, Song of Solomon, Canticle, and Canticle of Canticles.

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Christian canons: Ecclesiastes
Jewish canon: Job

English-language translations of
Šîr HašŠîrîm (Song of Songs)
Anonymous; traditionally attributed to Solomon

Protestant canon: Isaiah
Other Christian canons: Wisdom
Jewish canon: Ruth

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Song of Songs, also known as Song of Solomon, Song of Songs of Solomon, Canticle and Canticle of Canticles, is a book of the Hebrew Bible. It is universally accepted across all Jewish and Christian biblical canons, though the order of placement differs.

English-language translations of Šîr HašŠîrîm include:

"Songes of Songes" in the Wycliffe version of the Bible (1380s)
"Song of Songs" in the Bishops' version (1568)
"Canticle of Canticles" in the Douay-Rheims version (1610)
"Song of Solomon" in the Authorized Version (1611)
"Song of Solomon" in the King James version (1769)
"Song of Solomon" in the American Standard version (1901)
"Song of Songs" in the Jewish Publication Society version (1917)
"Song of Solomon" in the World English version (in progress since 1997)

"Song of Solomon" in the Wikisource edition (in progress since 2006)
"Song of Songs" in the Literal Standard Version of the Bible (2020)

Song of Songs (Bible)

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