Song of Solomon 2:16-17
Lexham English Bible
Poetic Refrain(s)
16 My beloved belongs to me and I belong to him;[a]
he pastures his flock among the lilies.
17 Until the day breathes and the shadows flee,
turn, my beloved!
Be like[b] a gazelle[c] or young stag[d] on the cleft mountains.[e]
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 2:16 Literally “My beloved for me and I for him”
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Literally “Be like for you”
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Or “a buck gazelle”
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Literally “the fawn of the stag”
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Or “the mountains of Bether”
Song of Solomon 2:16-17
American Standard Version
16 My beloved is mine, and I am his:
He feedeth his flock among the lilies.
17 [a]Until the day [b]be cool, and the shadows flee away,
Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a [c]roe or a young hart
Upon the [d]mountains of [e]Bether.
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Or, When the day is cool
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Or, break. Hebrew breathe.
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Or, gazelle
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Or, mountains of separation
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Perhaps, the spice malobathron
Song of Songs 2:16-17
New International Version
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