King James Version KJV
Good News Translation GNT
1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
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I am only a wild flower in Sharon, a lily in a mountain valley.
2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
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Like a lily among thorns is my darling among 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 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.
4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
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He brought me to his banquet hall and raised the banner of love over me.
5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
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Restore my strength with raisins and refresh me with apples! I am weak from passion.
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 caresses me.
7 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.
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Promise me, women of Jerusalem; swear by the swift deer and the gazelles that you will not interrupt our love.
8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
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I hear my lover's voice. He comes running over the mountains, racing across the hills to me.
9 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.
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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.
10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
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My lover speaks to me. Come then, my love; my darling, come with me.
11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
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The winter is over; the rains have stopped;
12 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;
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in the countryside the flowers are in bloom. This is the time for singing; the song of doves is heard in the fields.
13 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.
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Figs are beginning to ripen; the air is fragrant with blossoming vines. Come then, my love; my darling, come with me.
14 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.
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You are like a dove that hides in the crevice of a rock. Let me see your lovely face and hear your enchanting voice.
15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
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Catch the foxes, the little foxes, before they ruin our vineyard in bloom.
16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
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My lover is mine, and I am his. He feeds his flock among the lilies
17 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.
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until the morning breezes blow and the darkness disappears. Return, my darling, like a gazelle, like a stag on the mountains of Bether.
The King James Version is in the public domain.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.