Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
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1 I am a flower of the plain, a lily of the valleys.
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I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
2 As a lily among thorns, so is my companion among the daughters.
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Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the young women.
3 As the apple among the trees of the wood, so is my kinsman among the sons. I desired his shadow, and sat down, and his fruit was sweet in my throat.
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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 Bring me into the wine house; set love before me.
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Let him lead me to the banquet hall, and let his banner over me be love.
5 Strengthen me with perfumes, stay me with apples: for I wounded with love.
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Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
6 His left under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.
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His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
7 I have charged you, ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the powers and by the virtues of the field, that ye do not rouse or wake love, until he please.
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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 The voice of my kinsman! behold, 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 kinsman is like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Baethel: behold, he is behind our wall, looking through the windows, peeping through the lattices.
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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 kinsman answers, and says to me, Rise up, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove.
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My beloved spoke and said to me, “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me.
11 For, behold, the winter is past, the rain is gone, it has departed.
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See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.
12 The flowers are seen in the land; the time of pruning has arrived; the voice of the turtle-dove has been 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 has put forth its young figs, the vines put forth the tender grape, they yield a smell: arise, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove; yea, come.
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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 shelter of the rock, near the wall: shew me thy face, and cause me to hear thy voice; for thy voice is sweet, and thy countenance is beautiful.
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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 Take us the little foxes that spoil the vines: for our vines put forth tender grapes.
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Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.
16 My kinsman 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 Until the day dawn, and the shadows depart, turn, my kinsman, be thou like to a roe or young hart on the mountains of the ravines.
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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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