10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

11 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;

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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10 My beloved spoke and said to me,
    “Arise, my darling,
    my beautiful one, come with me.
11 See! The winter is past;
    the rains are over and gone.
12 Flowers appear on the earth;
    the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
    is heard in our land.
13 The 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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10 My beloved speaks and says to me:
(A)“Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
    and come away,
11 for behold, the winter is past;
    (B)the rain is over and gone.
12 (C)The flowers appear on the earth,
    the time of singing[a] has come,
and the voice of (D)the turtledove
    is heard in our land.
13 (E)The fig tree ripens its figs,
    and (F)the vines are in blossom;
    they give forth fragrance.
(G)Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
    and come away.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 2:12 Or pruning

10 My love calls to me:

Man

Arise,(A) my darling.
Come away, my beautiful one.
11 For now the winter is past;
the rain has ended and gone away.
12 The blossoms appear in the countryside.
The time of singing[a] has come,
and the turtledove’s cooing is heard in our land.(B)
13 The fig tree ripens its figs;(C)
the blossoming vines give off their fragrance.(D)
Arise, my darling.
Come away, my beautiful one.

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  1. 2:12 Or pruning

10 “My beloved responded and said to me,
(A)Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
And come along.
11 ‘For behold, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone.
12 ‘The flowers have already appeared in the land;
The time has arrived for [a]pruning the vines,
And the voice of the (B)turtledove has been heard in our land.
13 ‘The (C)fig tree has ripened its figs,
And the (D)vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance.
Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
And come along!’”

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 2:12 Or singing