Song of Songs 2
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| Verse | BSB | KJV | WEB | ASV |
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| 1 | I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley. | I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. | I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. | I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys. |
| 2 | Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens. | As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. | As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. | As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters. |
| 3 | Like an apricot tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste. | As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. | As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste. | As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste. |
| 4 | He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love. | He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. | He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love. | He brought me to the banqueting-house, And his banner over me was love. |
| 5 | Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love. | Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. | Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples; for I am faint with love. | Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love. |
| 6 | His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me. | His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. | His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me. | His left hand is under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me. |
| 7 | O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right. | I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. | I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires. | I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please. |
| 8 | Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills. | The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. | The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills. | The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills. |
| 9 | My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice. | My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice. | My beloved is like a roe or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice. | My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice. |
| 10 | My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one. | My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. | My beloved spoke, and said to me, “Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away. | My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. |
| 11 | For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. | For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; | For behold, the winter is past. The rain is over and gone. | For, lo, the winter is past; The rain is over and gone; |
| 12 | The flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land. | The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; | The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. | The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land; |
| 13 | The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.” | The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. | The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom. They give out their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.” | The fig-tree ripeneth her green figs, And the vines are in blossom; They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. |
| 14 | O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely. | O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. | My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountainside, let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely. | O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the steep place, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. |
| 15 | Catch for us the foxes— the little foxes that ruin the vineyards— for our vineyards are in bloom. | Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. | Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that plunder the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom. | Take us the foxes, the little foxes, That spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in blossom. |
| 16 | My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies. | My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. | My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies. | My beloved is mine, and I am his: He feedeth his flock among the lilies. |
| 17 | Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether. | Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. | Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a roe or a young deer on the mountains of Bether. | Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart Upon the mountains of Bether. |