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1 I am only a wild flower in Sharon, a lily in a mountain valley.
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1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
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2 Like a lily among thorns is my darling among women.
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2 Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens.
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3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my dearest compared to other men. I love to sit in its shadow, and its fruit is sweet to my taste.
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3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my lover among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
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4 He brought me to his banquet hall and raised the banner of love over me.
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4 He has taken me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love.
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5 Restore my strength with raisins and refresh me with apples! I am weak from passion.
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5 Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
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6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand caresses me.
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6 His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
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7 Promise me, women of Jerusalem; swear by the swift deer and the gazelles that you will not interrupt our love.
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7 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.
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8 I hear my lover's voice. He comes running over the mountains, racing across the hills to me.
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8 Listen! My lover! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
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9 My lover is like a gazelle, like a young stag. There he stands beside the wall. He looks in through the window and glances through the lattice.
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9 My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
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10 My lover speaks to me. Come then, my love; my darling, come with me.
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10 My lover spoke and said to me, "Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with me.
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11 The winter is over; the rains have stopped;
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11 See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.
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12 in the countryside the flowers are in bloom. This is the time for singing; the song of doves is heard in the fields.
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12 Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.
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13 Figs are beginning to ripen; the air is fragrant with blossoming vines. Come then, my love; my darling, come with me.
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13 The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me."
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14 You are like a dove that hides in the crevice of a rock. Let me see your lovely face and hear your enchanting voice.
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14 My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
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15 Catch the foxes, the little foxes, before they ruin our vineyard in bloom.
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15 Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.
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16 My lover is mine, and I am his. He feeds his flock among the lilies
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16 My lover is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies.
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17 until the morning breezes blow and the darkness disappears. Return, my darling, like a gazelle, like a stag on the mountains of Bether.
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17 Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my lover, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the rugged hills.
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| Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. (The Good News Translation - The Holy Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
