American Standard Version ASV
Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
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 As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
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Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women.
3 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.
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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.
4 He brought me to the banqueting-house, And his banner over me was love.
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He brought me to the banquet hall, and he looked on me with love.
5 Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love.
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Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apricots, for I am lovesick.
6 His left hand [is] under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me.
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His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.
7 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.
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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.
8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.
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Listen! My love [is approaching]. Look! Here he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.
9 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.
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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.
10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
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My love calls to me: Arise, my darling. Come away, my beautiful one.
11 For, lo, the winter is past; The rain is over and gone;
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For now the winter is past; the rain has ended and gone away.
12 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;
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The blossoms appear in the countryside. The time of singing has come, and the turtledove's cooing is heard in our land.
13 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.
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The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines give off their fragrance. Arise, my darling. Come away, my beautiful one.
14 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.
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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.
15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, That spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in blossom.
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Catch the foxes for us- the little foxes that ruin the vineyards- for our vineyards are in bloom.
16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: He feedeth [his flock] among the lilies.
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My love is mine and I am his; he feeds among the lilies.
17 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.
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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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