The Tanach, with the evidence built in
This is the complete Hebrew Bible in the Jewish Publication Society translation. Wherever a real archaeological find bears on the text, those words are underlined in gold✦. Hover over them or tap them to see the artifact and what it confirms. From there, Next find takes you to the next underline, so you can tour a whole book’s evidence, and the share button turns the verse into an image.
Each chapter lists its finds under its title, and the chapter picker shows how many finds every book and chapter has. The AA button sets the text size, light or dark, and English, Hebrew, or the two together.
Chapter 1
1The Song of Songs, by Solomon.
2Oh, give me of the kisses of your mouth,For your love is more delightful than wine.
3Your ointments yield a sweet fragrance,Your name is like finest oil—Therefore do maidens love you.
4Draw me after you, let us run!The king has brought me to his chambers.Let us delight and rejoice in your love,Savoring it more than wine—Like new wine they love you!
5I am dark, but comely,O daughters of Jerusalem—Like the tents of Kedar,Like the pavilions of Solomon.
6Don’t stare at me because I am swarthy,Because the sun has gazed upon me.My mother’s sons quarreled with me,They made me guard the vineyards;My own vineyard I did not guard.
7Tell me, you whom I love so well;Where do you pasture your sheep?Where do you rest them at noon?Let me not be as one who straysBeside the flocks of your fellows.
8If you do not know, O fairest of women,Go follow the tracks of the sheep,And graze your kidsBy the tents of the shepherds.
9I have likened you, my darling,To a mare in Pharaoh’s chariots:
10Your cheeks are comely with plaited wreaths,Your neck with strings of jewels.
11We will add wreaths of goldTo your spangles of silver.
12While the king was on his couch,My nard gave forth its fragrance.
13My beloved to me is a bag of myrrhLodged between my breasts.
14My beloved to me is a spray of henna bloomsFrom the vineyards of En-gedi.
15Ah, you are fair, my darling,Ah, you are fair,With your dove-like eyes!
16And you, my beloved, are handsome,Beautiful indeed!Our couch is in a bower;
17Cedars are the beams of our house,Cypresses the rafters.
Translation: Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1985), via Sefaria, used under CC BY-NC.
Paragraph divisions follow the Masoretic text (Miqra according to the Masorah, CC BY-SA).