Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
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1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
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I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
2 Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women.
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Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the young women.
3 Like an apricot tree among the trees of the forest, so is my love among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
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Like an apple 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.
4 He brought me to the banquet hall, and he looked on me with love.
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Let him lead me to the banquet hall, and let his banner over me be love.
5 Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apricots, for I am lovesick.
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Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.
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His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
7 Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you, by the gazelles and the wild does of the field: do not stir up or awaken love until the appropriate time.
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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.
8 Listen! My love [is approaching]. Look! Here he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.
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Listen! My beloved! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
9 My love is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he is standing behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
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My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
10 My love calls to me: Arise, my darling. Come away, my beautiful one.
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My beloved spoke and said to me, “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me.
11 For now the winter is past; the rain has ended and gone away.
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See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.
12 The blossoms appear in the countryside. The time of singing has come, and the turtledove's cooing is heard in our land.
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Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.
13 The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines give off their fragrance. Arise, my darling. Come away, my beautiful one.
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The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me.”
14 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 face is lovely.
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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.
15 Catch the foxes for us- the little foxes that ruin the vineyards- for our vineyards are in bloom.
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Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.
16 My love is mine and I am his; he feeds among the lilies.
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My beloved is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies.
17 Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn [to me], my love, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the divided mountains.
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Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the rugged hills.
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