Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
1 I am only a wild flower in Sharon, a lily in a mountain valley.
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I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys.
2 Like a lily among thorns is my darling among women.
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As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters. Beloved
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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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, His fruit was sweet to my taste.
4 He brought me to his banquet hall and raised the banner of love over me.
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He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.
5 Restore my strength with raisins and refresh me with apples! I am weak from passion.
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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 caresses me.
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His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.
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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I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That you not stir up, nor awaken love, Until it so desires.
8 I hear my lover's voice. He comes running over the mountains, racing across the hills to me.
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The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, Leaping on the mountains, Skipping on the hills.
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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My beloved is like a roe or a young hart. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.
10 My lover speaks to me. Come then, my love; my darling, come with me.
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My beloved spoke, and said to me, Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
11 The winter is over; the rains have stopped;
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For, behold, the winter is past. The rain is over and gone.
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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The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing has come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land.
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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The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom; They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, And come away. Lover
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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My dove in the clefts of the rock, In the hiding places of the mountainside, Let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
15 Catch the foxes, the little foxes, before they ruin our vineyard in bloom.
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Catch for us the foxes, The little foxes that spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in blossom. Beloved
16 My lover is mine, and I am his. He feeds his flock among the lilies
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My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.
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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Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, And be like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Bether.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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