Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
New Revised Standard NRS
1 I am the flower of the field, 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 woods, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow, whom I desired: and his fruit was sweet to my palate.
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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 into the cellar of wine, he set in order charity in me.
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He brought me to the banqueting house, and his intention toward me was love.
5 Stay me up with flowers, compass me about with apples: because I languish with love.
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Sustain 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 shall embrace me.
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O that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand embraced me!
7 I adjure you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and the harts of the field, that you stir not up, nor make the beloved to awake, till she please.
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I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the wild does: do not stir up or awaken love until it is ready!
8 The voice of my beloved, behold he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping over the hills.
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The voice of my beloved! Look, 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, looking through the windows, looking through the lattices.
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My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice.
10 Behold my beloved speaketh to me: Arise, make haste, my love, my dove, my beautiful one, and come.
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My beloved speaks and says to me: "Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away;
11 For winter is now past, the rain is over and gone.
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for now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.
12 The flowers have appeared in our land, the time of pruning is come: 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 hath put forth her green figs: the vines in flower yield their sweet smell. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come:
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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 My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollow places of the wall, shew me thy face, let thy voice sound in my ears: for thy voice is sweet, and thy face 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 lovely.
15 Catch us the little foxes that destroy the vines: for our vineyard hath flourished.
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Catch us the foxes, the little foxes, that ruin the vineyards— for our vineyards are in blossom."
16 My beloved to me, and I to him who feedeth among the lilies,
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My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
17 Till the day break, and the shadows retire. Return: be like, my beloved, to a roe, or to 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 on the cleft mountains.
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