King James Version KJV
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
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I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
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As a lily among brambles, so is my love among maidens.
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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As an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was 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 banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
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Sustain me with raisins, refresh me with apples; for I am sick with love.
6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
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O that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand embraced 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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I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the hinds of the field, that you stir not up nor awaken love until it please.
8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
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The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping upon 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 forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
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My beloved is like a gazelle, or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking 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 beloved speaks and says to me: "Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away;
11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
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for lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.
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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The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
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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The fig tree puts forth its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
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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O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is comely.
15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
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Catch us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom."
16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
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My beloved is mine and I am his, he pastures 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 day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle, or a young stag upon rugged mountains.
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Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.