Song of Songs 2:3-6

New International Version

She

³Like an apple^[a] tree among the trees of the forest
    is my beloved^(A) among the young men.
I delight^(B) to sit in his shade,
    and his fruit is sweet to my taste.^(C)
⁴Let him lead me to the banquet hall,^(D)
    and let his banner^(E) over me be love.
⁵Strengthen me with raisins,
    refresh me with apples,^(F)
    for I am faint with love.^(G)
⁶His left arm is under my head,
    and his right arm embraces me.^(H)

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Footnotes

Song of Songs 2:3 Or possibly apricot; here and elsewhere in Song of Songs

Song of Songs 2:10-13

New International Version

¹⁰My beloved spoke and said to me,
    “Arise, my darling,
    my beautiful one, come with me.
¹¹See! The winter is past;
    the rains are over and gone.
¹²Flowers appear on the earth;
    the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
    is heard in our land.
¹³The fig tree forms its early fruit;^(A)
    the blossoming^(B) vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
    my beautiful one, come with me.”

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Song of Songs 2:16

New International Version

She

¹⁶My beloved is mine and I am his;^(A)
he browses among the lilies.^(B)

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Song of Songs 2:16 in all English translations

Song of Songs 8:6-7

New International Version

⁶Place me like a seal over your heart,
    like a seal on your arm;
for love^(A) is as strong as death,
    its jealousy^[a]^(B) unyielding as the grave.
It burns like blazing fire,
    like a mighty flame.^[b]
⁷Many waters cannot quench love;
    rivers cannot sweep it away.
If one were to give
    all the wealth of one’s house for love,
    it^[c] would be utterly scorned.^(C)