The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
King James Version KJV
1 I am but a rose from the Sharon, just a lily in the valleys.
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I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
2 [He] Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the other women.
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As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
3 [She] Like an apple tree among the other trees in the forest is my darling among the other men. I love to sit in his shadow; his fruit is sweet to my taste.
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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 brings me to the banquet hall; his banner over me is love.
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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 sick with love.
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Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
6 [I wish] his left arm [were] under my head, and his right arm around me.
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His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
7 I warn you, daughters of Yerushalayim, by the gazelles and deer in the wilds, not to awaken or stir up love until it wants to arise!
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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.
8 The voice of the man I love! Here he comes, bounding over the mountains, skipping over the hills!
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The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
9 My darling is like a gazelle or young stag. There he is, standing outside our wall, looking in through the windows, peering in through the lattice.
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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.
10 My darling speaks; he is saying to me, "Get up, my love! My beauty! Come away!
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My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
11 For you see that the winter has passed, the rain is finished and gone,
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For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
12 the flowers are appearing in the countryside, the time has come for [the birds] to sing, and the cooing of doves can be heard in the land.
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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;
13 The fig trees are forming their unripe figs, and the grapevines in bloom give out their perfume. Get up, my love, my beauty! Come away!"
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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.
14 [He] My dove, hiding in holes in the rock, in the secret recesses of the cliff, let me see your face and hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
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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.
15 [She] "Catch the foxes for us, yes, the little foxes! They are ruining the vineyards when our vineyards are in bloom!"
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Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
16 My darling is mine, and I am his, as he pastures his flock among the lilies.
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My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
17 Before the daytime breeze rises and the shadows flee, return, my love, like a stag or gazelle on the hills of Beter.
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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.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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